Backend SDE II

Allen Digital Pty Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Allen Digital Pty Ltd in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Software Engineer II - Backend to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems powering our edtech platform. You will participate in full SDLC, contribute to architecture decisions, write clean code, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable services.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, cloud services, microservices, and performance.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of work experience in backend or full-stack roles.
• Strong abstraction, coding, and system design skills.
• Technical mindset with attention to detail.
• Proven track record delivering backend in consumer internet ecosystems.
• Experience leading agile software engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Knowledge of distributed systems design.
• Experience building platforms and products from scratch.
• Strong knowledge of designing and developing microservices.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture, design, develop, test, document and operate backend systems and services. Accountable for solution elegance, ease of evolution, quality of the systems and performance, scalability, and availability characteristics.
• Work with product management and other engineering peers to deliver on the goals.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to junior developers.
• Be a technical engineer passionate about distributed systems, cloud service development, deployment, and delivery.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders to determine functional and non-functional requirements for software development.
• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility.
• Write clean, maintainable code while rapidly iterating and shipping the features.

Skills

Backend architecture

Distributed systems

Microservices

Agile mindset

Leadership

Job description

As a Software Engineer II - Backend at ALLEN Digital, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining mission-critical systems that power our edtech platform. You’ll work across the full software development lifecycle, contributing to architecture decisions, writing clean and efficient code, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Define the architecture, design, develop, test, document and operate backend systems and services. Accountable for solution elegance, ease of evolution, quality of the systems and performance, scalability, and availability characteristics.
• Work with product management and other engineering peers to deliver on the goals.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to junior developers.
• Be a technical engineer passionate about distributed systems, cloud service development, deployment, and delivery.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders to determine functional and non-functional requirements for software development.
• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility.
• Write clean, maintainable code while rapidly iterating and shipping the features.

What we are looking for:

• Work experience of 2-5yrs
• A solid engineer at heart with excellent abstraction, coding, and system design skills with excellent programming skills
• A technical mindset with great attention to detail
• A proven track record of working on the design, architecture, and delivery in a consumer internet ecosystem on backend technologies.
• An experienced technical leader in agile software engineering teams.
• Strong communicator, able to navigate ambiguity, and exercise judgment when making decisions.
• Good knowledge of design and development of Distributed Systems.
• Must have exposure to building platforms and products from scratch.
• Excellent knowledge of designing and developing Microservice