Backend Engineer

Flexiple

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Backend Engineer

A high-growth, VC-backed SaaS company hiring its founding India team

Location: Mumbai, India — hybrid

About the Company

A high-growth, VC-backed SaaS company is hiring its founding India team and has partnered with Flexiple to bring on backend engineers for its core services team. You will build the APIs and services that power the product's core workflows. Flexiple is a managed marketplace that helps global companies build high-performing teams and GCCs in India.

Role Overview

As a Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and operate the services and APIs that sit behind the product, with a strong focus on correctness, performance, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

API & Services Development

Design and build REST or GraphQL APIs consumed by web and mobile clients
Model data and write efficient queries against relational and NoSQL stores
Write integration and unit tests that catch regressions before they shipPerformance & Reliability
Profile and optimise slow endpoints and background jobs
Instrument services with logging, metrics, and alerts
Participate in an on-call rotation and resolve production incidentsIdeal Candidate Profile
2 to 6 years building backend services in a language such as Java, Python, Go, or Node.js
Strong understanding of relational databases, indexing, and query performance
Experience designing and versioning APIs used by multiple client applications
Clear written and spoken English and a reliable remote-work setupPreferred Qualifications
Exposure to message queues or event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
Experience with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
A degree in computer science or a related fieldWhat We Offer
A backend engineer seat at a VC-backed SaaS company's founding India team
Remote-friendly, pan-India hiring with long-term placement
Direct ownership of services that sit on the product's critical path
One application considered for this and future matched rolesHiring Process

HR Screening → Technical Assessment → Technical Round 1 → Technical Round 2 → Culture Fit

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