Back End Engineer

Independent Recruitment Consultant (freelancer); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Independent Recruitment Consultant in Bengaluru is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our core team. You will architect, build, and scale backend systems powering fintech-like products with ownership and impact.

You should have 3–6 years of backend experience, deep Java and Spring Boot skills, and strong API/system design capabilities. Experience with AWS, Kafka, Terraform, and cloud-native microservices is a plus; Bengaluru-based candidates preferred.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of backend experience building real-world products, preferably in fintech or complex platforms.
• Deep proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native microservices architecture.
• Strong in system design, API design, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka or similar), and understanding of eventual consistency patterns.
• Hands-on with relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB/Redis) databases.
• Proven ability to write secure, production-grade code in high-trust domains.
• Exposure to AWS, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and containerized deployments (Fargate/ECS).
• A product mindset: you think in terms of value, tradeoffs, and customer experience, not just code.
• Should be able to join in 45 days max.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and scale the backend systems that power our core products: EWA, rent automation, card issuance, risk assessment, and more.
• Design of secure, event-driven, cloud-native microservices using Java (17+) and Spring Boot.
• Help make foundational decisions around domain boundaries, data modeling, orchestration vs choreography, and infrastructure.
• Help establish engineering best practices, code quality, and system observability.
• Collaborate with founders, product, and design to influence what we build—not just how.
• Proactively identify and address scalability, reliability, and data consistency challenges before they hit production.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

System design

Distributed systems

Event-driven

APIs

Security-conscious coding

Product mindset

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Fargate/ECS

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Redis

Kafka

Job description

Were looking for a Backend Engineer to join our core team. If you've built and scaled backend systems in high-trust environments (fintech, health, marketplaces, etc.) and want to do it again - this time with deep ownership, speed, and impact - this is your opportunity.

What You'll Do -

• Architect, build, and scale the backend systems that power our core products: EWA, rent automation, card issuance, risk assessment, and more.
• Design of secure, event-driven, cloud-native microservices using Java (17+) and Spring Boot.
• Help make foundational decisions around domain boundaries, data modeling, orchestration vs choreography, and infrastructure.
• Help establish engineering best practices, code quality, and system observability.
• Collaborate with founders, product, and design to influence what we build-not just how.
• Proactively identify and address scalability, reliability, and data consistency challenges before they hit production.

What Were Looking For

• 3-6 years of backend experience building real-world products, preferably in fintech or complex platforms.
• Deep proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native microservices architecture.
• Strong in system design, API design, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka or similar), and understanding of eventual consistency patterns.
• Hands-on with relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB/Redis) databases.
• Proven ability to write secure, production-grade code in high-trust domains.
• Exposure to AWS, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and containerized deployments (Fargate/ECS).
• A product mindset: you think in terms of value, tradeoffs, and customer experience, not just code.
• Should be able to join in 45 days max.

Bonus Points for:

• Experience designing systems using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) or
• CQRS/Event Sourcing.
• Familiarity with risk decision-making systems, KYC integrations, Plaid, or payment rails.
• Built or contributed to a platform that scaled to 1 M+ users or processed high- volume transactions.
• Past startup or founding team experience, comfortable with ambiguity, fast cycles, and lean processes.