Backend Engineer

noon; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

noon in Gurugram, India, is looking for a Backend Engineer to scale Noon Minutes and logistics services. You will translate complex requirements into robust, scalable APIs, and lead junior engineers while building fault-tolerant distributed systems.

Requirements include a 5+ year track record in backend engineering, expertise in Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, MySQL, and experience with GCP data tools. Strong SQL and distributed systems skills are essential, with an eye toward AI-assisted

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5 years of backend engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, MySQL.
• Familiarity with GCP-native data solutions (Bigtable, Spanner, BigQuery).
• Strong SQL skills and distributed systems experience.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to enhance coding productivity.

Responsibilities

• Develop clean engineering solutions for complex supply chain and logistics problems.
• Design fault‑tolerant, highly available distributed systems.
• Translate business requirements into bug‑free, production‑ready code.
• Mentor and lead more junior engineers.
• Develop APIs and services that handle real‑time decisioning and high concurrency.
• Work with event‑driven and asynchronous systems.
• Integrate with external partners and APIs.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Pydantic

MySQL

GCP

SQL

Distributed systems

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Bigtable

Spanner

BigQuery

Job description

About noonWe’re building an ecosystem of digital products and services that power everyday life across the Middle East—fast, scalable, and deeply customer-centric. Our mission is to deliver to every door every day. We want to redefine what technology can do in this region, and we’re looking for a Backend Engineer, who can help us move even faster.

Noon’s fastest hyper‑local delivery platform, Noon Minutes, offers a localized assortment of FMCG & grocery products with delivery within 15‑minutes. Currently live across the UAE and Saudi Arabia, offering thousands of products to customers in record time.

noon’s mission: Every door, every day.

What you’ll do:

• Develop clean and effective engineering solutions for complex supply chain and logistics problems.
• Design fault-tolerant, highly available distributed systems.
• Translate business requirements into bug‑free, production‑ready code.
• Mentor and lead more junior members of the engineering team.
• Develop APIs and services that handle real‑time decisioning and high concurrency.
• Work with event‑driven and asynchronous systems.
• Integrate with external partners and APIs.

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5 years of relevant backend engineering experience.
• Hands‑on experience with our core stack (Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, MySQL).
• Familiarity with GCP-native data solutions (Bigtable, Spanner, BigQuery).
• Strong SQL skills with confidence in writing and optimizing queries.
• Proven experience building and working with distributed systems.
• Ability to effectively leverage AI tools to enhance coding productivity and know when to automate vs. handle tasks manually.

Who will excel?

We’re looking for people with high standards, who understand that hard work matters. You need to be relentlessly resourceful and operate with a deep bias for action. We need people with the courage to be fiercely original. noon is not for everyone; readiness to adapt, pivot, and learn is essential.