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Backend Engineer
Bengaluru · Hybrid · 2–5 years

About the role
We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team and build and run the services and APIs behind our product.

What you'll do
- Design, build and maintain APIs and backend services used by our web and mobile apps
- Model data and write efficient queries; own schema changes and migrations
- Write tests and keep services observable with logging, metrics and alerts
- Take part in code reviews and an on-call rotation for the services you own
- Work with product and frontend engineers to scope and ship features end to end

What we're looking for
- 2–5 years of professional experience
- Hands-on experience with Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Docker and AWS
- Clear written and spoken communication, and comfort owning work end to end

Nice to have
- Go
- Kafka
- Redis
- Kubernetes

How we hire
- A 30-minute intro call with the hiring manager
- A technical round on the kind of work you'd do here
- A final conversation with the team, then a decision within a week

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What a Backend Engineer does

Backend engineers own the services, APIs and data layer behind a product. In Indian product companies the role usually spans API design, database work and production operations, so a good JD says which of those the hire will spend most of their time on.

Hiring tip: Name the actual stack and scale. "Node.js and PostgreSQL, about 2 million requests a day" filters applicants far better than "experience with backend technologies".

Backend Engineer responsibilities

Design, build and maintain APIs and backend services used by our web and mobile apps
Model data and write efficient queries; own schema changes and migrations
Write tests and keep services observable with logging, metrics and alerts
Take part in code reviews and an on-call rotation for the services you own
Work with product and frontend engineers to scope and ship features end to end

For senior and lead roles, add:

Lead the design of new services and make the trade-offs on scaling, consistency and cost
Mentor engineers on the team and raise the bar on code quality and reliability

Skills to list

Must-have: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Docker, AWS.
Nice to have: Go, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes.

Swap in your real stack. Keep must-haves to what the hire will use every week; everything else belongs under nice-to-have.

Experience by seniority

Title	Typical experience
Junior Backend Engineer	0–2 years
Backend Engineer	2–5 years
Senior Backend Engineer	5–8 years
Lead Backend Engineer	8+ years

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Frequently asked questions

What should a backend engineer job description include?

The stack the team actually uses (language, framework, database, cloud), the scale of the system, whether the role includes on-call, the experience range, and a salary band. Applicants use those five things to decide whether to apply, and a JD that leaves them out gets a pile of mismatched resumes.

Should I ask for Java, Node.js, Go or Python?

Ask for the language your services are written in today, and say whether others are acceptable. Many strong backend engineers switch languages easily; if you'd hire a Java engineer to write Go, say so in the nice-to-have section instead of making Go a hard requirement.

How do I post this Backend Engineer job description?

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