SENIOR BACKEND DEVELOPER

Varaha; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits package (ESOP)

Support for learning & professional development

Culture of creativity and collaboration

Job summary

A leading climate tech venture in India seeks a Senior Full Stack Developer to lead system architecture and development for their carbon intelligence platform. The role requires strong expertise in Python and Golang, focusing on scalable, data-intensive applications. Join an international team offering a competitive salary and benefits, and contribute to impactful climate solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full stack or backend development experience.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, system design, and data modeling.
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, and web frameworks like Django and FastAPI.
• Experience with AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, etc.) and DevOps best practices.
• Deep understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable, resilient backend systems using Python and Golang.
• Design and manage data pipelines and APIs for geospatial and carbon data processing.
• Lead system and database design for real-time and batch applications.
• Integrate cloud-native services (AWS) for compute and storage.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver impactful features.

Skills

Python

Golang

Django

FastAPI

AWS

Geospatial data processing

Kafka

React

Tools

PostgreSQL

DevOps practices

Job description

Varaha is a leading climate tech venture focused on nature-based solutions such as regenerative agriculture, ARR, and biochar projects that support smallholder land stewards at scale. In our second year of operation we are removing and avoiding more than 1 Million tons of CO2 and distributing the majority of the revenues to more than 100,000 smallholder land stewards in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Our in-house best in class MRV technology includes a bio-geo-chemical model for soil carbon, remote sensing and machine learning and uses soil samples for calibration. Backed by leading global investors, our founding and management team comes with a stellar track record of successfully scaling projects and products to millions of smallholder land stewards at leading agri- and tech business.

Job Description

Position: SDE-2

About the Role

We’re seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in system design, distributed systems, and data-intensive application development using Python , Golang, Django , and FastAPI. You will lead architecture and development efforts across backend, database, and infrastructure, powering our carbon intelligence platform and tools for farmers, field agents, and carbon buyers.

Responsibilities

Architect and implement scalable, resilient backend systems using Python (Django/FastAPI) and Golang.

Design and manage data pipelines and APIs to support high-throughput geospatial and carbon data processing.

Lead system and database design for real-time and batch applications.

Integrate cloud-native services (AWS) for compute, storage, and orchestration.

Collaborate with product, data science, and field teams to deliver impactful features end-to-end.

Drive performance optimization, observability, and CI/CD improvements.

Qualifications

Skills & Qualifications

5+ years of full stack or backend development experience.

Strong knowledge of distributed systems, system design, and data modeling.

Proficiency in Python, Golang, and web frameworks like Django and FastAPI.

Experience with AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, etc.) and DevOps best practices.

Deep understanding of relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.

Proven ability to handle large-scale, data-intensive systems in production.

Additional Information

Bonus Points If You have:

Experience with geospatial data processing (GDAL, rasterio, GeoJSON, etc.).

Familiarity with real-time stream processing (Kafka, Redis Streams).

Exposure to frontend frameworks (React, Next.js) is a plus.

Passion for climate, agriculture, or sustainability domains.

What We Offer

Join a small, ambitious, and international team and enjoy the following benefits:

Competitive salaryand benefits package (ESOP)

Key role in shaping a fast-growing climate tech startup

Support for learning & professional development

A culture of undogmatic, unbureaucratic creativity and collaboration

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Varaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.

If you are interested in becoming a part of this venture, then we would love to know your story, write to us at [e-mail]