Backend Developer

Ditto Insurance; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Ditto Insurance, based in Bengaluru, India, seeks a skilled backend engineer to design and implement robust services. The role focuses on building scalable APIs, integrating with insurers, payment gateways, and partners, while upholding high observability and performance.

The candidate will own database design, testing, and code quality, delivering secure, maintainable backend systems for mission-critical workflows.

Qualifications

• 2–8 years of backend development experience.
• Strong knowledge of API design and scalable systems.
• Experience with Python, Django, DRF, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery.
• Ability to build secure, scalable backend services and middleware.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and cloud platforms (AWS preferred).

Responsibilities

• Architect and build end-to-end backend services and APIs.
• Integrate with external systems such as insurers, payment gateways, and partners.
• Ensure high observability, performance, and reliability across systems.
• Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code with a focus on scalability.
• Implement comprehensive test coverage and maintain code quality.
• Manage database design, migrations, scripting, and administration.

Skills

Backend development

System design

APIs

Ownership

Problem solving

Leadership

Tools

Python

Django

DRF

PostgreSQL

Redis

Celery

AWS

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build end-to-end backend services and APIs.
• Integrate with external systems such as insurers, payment gateways, and other partners.
• Ensure high observability, performance, and reliability across systems.
• Write clean, reusable, and maintainable code with a focus on scalability.
• Implement comprehensive test coverage and maintain code quality.
• Manage database design, migrations, scripting, and administration.

Requirements:

• 2-8 years of experience in backend development.
• Hands-on experience with low-level and high-level system design.
• Proven experience building scalable, secure backend systems (APIs, middleware, caching).
• Proficiency in Python, Django, Django REST Framework (DRF), PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, and basic HTML/CSS.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with AWS or other major cloud platforms is a plus.
• Strong sense of ownership, problem-solving ability, and leadership qualities.