SDE-2

About ConveGenius

ConveGenius is an AI-native education infrastructure company transforming how governments, enterprises, and social institutions deliver learning and governance outcomes at population scale. Operating across 22+ Indian states, ConveGenius works across B2G and B2B segments through its two core business lines — SwiftAI (AI, automation, and governance intelligence) and SwiftSchool (adaptive learning, digital classrooms, and analytics).

Role Overview

We are looking for an SDE-2 – Backend Engineer to design and build backend services powering learning and governance products serving millions of users across India. You will own end-to-end delivery of REST APIs, microservices, and AI-enhanced backend features, while working with infrastructure teams across cloud, on-premise, and State Data Centre (SDC) environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement robust, scalable, and well-documented REST APIs.
• Design and develop low-latency, high-availability, high-performance backend applications.
• Build AI-enhanced/agent-driven backend features using LangChain, CrewAI, or similar tools.
• Build backend services capable of handling large-scale data with clean separation of concerns.
• Work with frontend teams to integrate backend services with UI components.
• Test software for responsiveness, correctness, reliability, and efficiency.
• Identify and implement solutions to improve scale, performance, and development efficiency.
• Troubleshoot application and production issues and collaborate with infrastructure teams during major incidents.
• Install, configure, automate, and deploy applications across cloud and on-premise/SDC environments.
• Perform technical deep-dives, research solutions, and contribute to engineering best practices.Required Qualifications & Skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript (ES6+) and Node.js.
• Strong knowledge of Express.js / Restify and Node.js concepts including the Event Loop.
• Strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Experience building large-scale backend services and high-availability applications.
• Experience with MySQL and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and DynamoDB.
• Strong SQL skills, including complex SQL queries.
• Understanding of WebSockets, Microservices architecture, Clean Architecture, and SOLID principles.
• Good knowledge of Linux, including basic commands, package installation, and server/application troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Git.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot for development, debugging, code reviews, and productivity.Preferred Skills
• Hands-on experience with on-premise infrastructure, particularly State Data Centres (SDCs), NIC, or government data centres.
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, or Nutanix.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code / Configuration Management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet.
• Basic knowledge of AWS and Docker.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms, particularly in on-premise environments.
• Exposure to production monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix, or Nagios.
• Knowledge of ReactJS will be an added advantage.