Software Development Engineer 2

As an SDE-2 you will design and build backend services that power 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. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys building for scale, writing clean code, and delivering end-to-end products for use at scale.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement REST APIs that are robust, well-documented, and easy to consume.
• Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, and performant backend applications.
• Build AI-enhanced or agent-driven backend features using tools like LangChain or CrewAI.
• Build backend services for handling data at large scale, with clean separation of concerns and adherence to SOLID principles.
• Test software to ensure responsiveness, correctness, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with front-end developers on the integration of UI elements with backend services.
• Take initiatives to build better and faster solutions to the problems of scale.
• Troubleshoot application-related issues and work with the infrastructure team to triage Major Incidents.
• Analyze and research solutions, and develop and implement recommendations accordingly.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Two or more years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Expertise in JavaScript (ES6) and Node.js is a must.
• In-depth knowledge of frameworks like Express.js and Restify.
• In-depth knowledge of Node.js concepts like the event loop.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience in building backend services for handling data at large scale is a must.
• Ability to architect high-availability applications and servers in the cloud, adhering to best practices. Microservices architecture is preferable.
• Knowledge of design patterns and high-concurrency application building
• Experience working with MySQL and NoSQL databases like DynamoDB and MongoDB.
• Experience writing complex SQL queries.
• Understanding of communication using WebSockets.
• Good understanding of clean architecture and SOLID principles.
• Ability to perform technical deep-dives into code.
• Good application troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with Git.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e. g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate development, assist in code reviews, and support efficient coding practices is a must.

Preferred Qualifications (Strong Plus)

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools like Ansible, Terraform, Argo CD or Puppet for cloud environments.
• Basic knowledge of AWS and Docker containerization.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration.
• Knowledge of AWS/Azure applications like Lambda, SQS, S3 ADLS, etc.
• Exposure to monitoring and any observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix, Nagios) for production systems.
• Knowledge of front-end frameworks like ReactJS would be a plus. This job was posted by Divya Sharma from ConveGenius.