Senior Backend Engineer

Hiring

HackerRank

Bangalore · IndiaFull-time· 12d ago

Experience

3–6 yrs

Work Type

Full-time

Domain

Backend systems, Distributed systems

Leadership

Required

Core SkillsMust Have

PythonRubyGoJavaNode.jsPostgreSQLMySQLNoSQLRedisMemcachedKafkaRabbitMQDockerKubernetesCI/CDInfrastructure-as-codeGitHub CopilotCursorClaude CodeLLMsAgentic AI systemsAI/ML fundamentalsTransformer architecturesEmbedding modelsInference optimizationRAG patternsFine-tuningPrompt engineeringEvaluation methodologies

What You'll Do

1Architect, design, and lead implementation of complex backend systems and services at scale

2Define and drive technical strategy for your domain, making key decisions on system design, technology choices, and long-term architectural direction

3Own end-to-end reliability and performance of critical backend services, establishing SLOs, monitoring, and incident response best practices

4Design scalable API frameworks and data models serving multiple product teams and external integrations

5Lead cross-functional technical initiatives spanning multiple teams

6Identify and drive large-scale refactoring efforts, tackling tech debt and evolving legacy systems

7Mentor and grow engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on technical guidance

8Contribute to engineering-wide standards, tooling, and processes for code quality and developer productivity

Nice to HaveOptional

MicroservicesCQRSEvent SourcingDomain-Driven DesignAWSGCPAzureServerless architectures

Domain

Backend systemsDistributed systemsPlatform engineering

LeadershipMentoring or team leadership preferred