Software Development Engineer III/Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer - SDE3 (Python/Golang)

Reporting to : Tech Lead / Engineering Manager

Required Experience : 4 - 7 years

Location : Bangalore

What you will do :

As an SDE3 Backend Engineer, you will take technical ownership of complex backend components, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability of our systems. You will serve as a go-to engineer for challenging problems, mentor junior developers, and play an active role in shaping system architecture and technical direction.

Core Responsibilities :

- Design & Development : Architect and implement scalable backend services and APIs using Python or Golang, ensuring high performance, resilience, and extensibility.

- System Ownership : Take end-to-end ownership of critical modules, from design and development to deployment and support.

- Technical Leadership : Conduct design and code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers to raise the team's technical bar.

- Collaboration : Work closely with product managers, architects, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

- Performance & Reliability : Troubleshoot complex issues in production systems, identify root causes, and design sustainable long-term solutions.

- Innovation : Evaluate new technologies, contribute to proof-of-concepts, and recommend tools that can improve developer productivity.

- Process Improvement : Drive initiatives to improve coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing practices.

- Knowledge Sharing : Document designs, create technical guides, and share insights with the broader engineering team.

What we're looking for :

- 4 - 7 years of backend development experience with Python or Golang.

- Strong expertise in designing, developing, and scaling microservices and distributed systems.

- Solid understanding of concurrency, multi-threading, and performance optimization.

- Proficiency with databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.).

- Hands-on experience with Linux development, Docker, and Kubernetes.

- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and related services.

- Strong debugging, profiling, and optimization skills for production-grade systems.

- Experience with AI-powered development tools is a strong plus; familiarity with concepts like 'agentic coding' for workflow automation or 'context engineering' for leveraging LLMs in system design is highly desirable.

Skills :

- Strong problem-solving ability, with experience handling complex technical challenges.

- Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.

- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate trade-offs.

- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to operate independently while aligning with team goals.

- Passionate about engineering culture, quality, and developer productivity.

Skills

Backend Architecture, Python, Golang, System Design, System Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices Architecture, Kafka, Redis, SQL