Software Development Engineer (SDE -2)

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend systems and services
  
• Own features end -to -end: design, development, testing, and deployment
  
• Work on system design and architecture (HLD & LLD) for high -traffic applications
  
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices
  
• Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and reliability
  
• Solve complex problems using Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA)
  
• Collaborate with cross -functional teams (Product, Design, DevOps)
  
• Lead and mentor junior engineers; enforce engineering best practices
  
• Implement logging, monitoring, and analytics for production systems
  
• Design and manage databases, including handling data migration across systems
  

Required Skills & Experience

• 5–6 years of experience in backend development
  
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and/or Python preferred node js
  
• Hands -on experience with MongoDB (NoSQL), PostgreSQL (SQL) and Redis/Memcache, and Redis/Memcache/Cassandra, so you’ll have to be comfortable with operating there despite your previous experience.
  
• Strong understanding of database design, indexing, and query optimization
  
• Experience with data migration.
  
• Experience in system design (High -Level & Low -Level Design)
  
• Experience building scalable and distributed systems
  
• Strong understanding of API design and microservices architecture
  
• Prior experience in team handling or mentoring engineers
  
• Experience working on high -traffic or large -scale production systems
  
• Exposure to payment systems or fintech integrations
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
  
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and analytics tools
  
• Knowledge of database scaling, replication, and performance tuning