Backend Engineer

Predictive Data Sciences; Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Predictive Data Sciences is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs in Hyderabad, India. You will work with Go, RESTful APIs, and microservices, delivering reliable server-side solutions and collaborating with frontend teams.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years of backend development experience, strong Go skills, and a solid grasp of database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB, plus performance optimization and testing best practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang).
• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
• Knowledge of server-side performance optimization and testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend APIs and services.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Manage and optimize database systems for performance and integrity.
• Implement security best practices to protect data and systems.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to define API contracts.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain quality.
• Troubleshoot and debug production issues.

Skills

Go (Golang)

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Performance optimization

Testing practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Backend Engineer

We're looking for a skilled and experienced Backend Engineer to join our team. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust backend services and APIs that power our applications. You'll focus on creating scalable, efficient, and reliable server-side solutions.

What You'll Work On

• Design, develop, and maintain backend APIs and services using modern languages and frameworks.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Manage and optimize database systems to ensure high performance and data integrity.
• Implement security best practices to protect data and systems.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to define and implement API contracts.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge.
• Troubleshoot and debug production issues.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of professional experience in backend development.
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) is required (at least 2 years of hands-on experience with server/application coding).
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems.
• Experience with database technologies, like PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB etc.
• Knowledge of server-side performance optimization and scaling techniques.
• Solid understanding of testing methodologies and best practices.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS) and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Github Actions).
• Experience with containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of message queues and event-driven architecture (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka).