leWe are looking for an extraordinary Software Development Engineer who is passionate about transforming how children engage with technology and acquire future-ready skills. We are looking for a highly skilled Backend SDE II who can design, build, and scale backend systems that power our core products. You will work on high-performance APIs, distributed systems, data pipelines, and scalable microservices. You should be strong in system design, clean code practices, and building reliable production system.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure backend services (Node.js).
- Develop RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Optimize application performance and ensure low latency, high throughput systems.
- Participate in high-level architecture, database modelling, and system design discussions.
- Build distributed systems that scale to millions of users.
- Implement best practices for fault tolerance, observability, caching, and resiliency.
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
- Perform code reviews and enforce engineering standards.
- Work with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and deployment automation.
- Work with SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
- Design efficient schemas, indexes, and optimize complex queries.
- Manage data pipelines, messaging queues (SQS/Kafka/RabbitMQ).
- Work closely with product, frontend, QA, and DevOps teams.
- Convert product requirements into technical specifications.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering culture.
Requirements
- 3+ years of backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Node.js
- Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous processing.
- Experience with AWS serverless (Lambda), or containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong understanding of system design, distributed systems, caching, and queues.
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
- Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of backend development experience
- Strong proficiency in Node.js
- Understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and asynchronous processing
- Experience with AWS serverless services such as Lambda or containerized deployments using Docker or Kubernetes
- Understanding of system design, distributed systems, caching, and queues
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or CloudWatch
- Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills
What We Do
A global live-learning edtech platform for kids from 6 to 16 years to learn next-gen life skills such as Coding, Financial Literacy, Communication Skills and Robotics. BrightCHAMPS is currently valued at $650 million with a $63 million investment, and services 30+ countries (India, Indonesia, US, UAE, Vietnam, and many other countries across SEA and MENA) in 12+ languages across its 4 verticals. It is our vision and mission to become the world’s most learning impact-driven educational organisation by empowering the world’s 2 billion kids with next-gen life skills to help level the playing field for success, regardless of gender, physical, socio-political, cultural and financial considerations
