Senior Backend Developer

Improva; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Improva is seeking a seasoned Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs powering data-heavy products. You will own database architecture, including schema design, indexing, backups, and high availability, across environments.

You will monitor scheduled jobs, workflows, and alerts, proactively diagnosing issues before users are affected. The role demands deep knowledge of SQL, performance tuning, and RESTful API design, with expertise in cloud platforms

Qualifications

• 4+ years in backend engineering with hands-on database administration experience.
• Strong proficiency building backend services with dotnet.
• Deep expertise in database internals — execution plans, indexing, partitioning, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, service architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with job scheduling systems, alerting pipelines, and observability tooling.
• Strong scripting skills for automation (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power data-intensive products
• Own database architecture — schema design, indexing strategy, backup/restore procedures, and high availability across environments
• Monitor scheduled jobs, workflows, and alerts; proactively diagnose and resolve issues before they impact users
• Perform SQL performance tuning and query optimization to keep systems fast at scale
• Integrate AI tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude) into your daily development and troubleshooting workflow to accelerate delivery
• Automate operational tasks through scripting and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Collaborate with data and product teams to translate requirements into robust, well-tested backend systems

Skills

Backend engineering

SQL optimization

Dotnet

Database internals

RESTful APIs

Cloud platforms

Automation scripting

Job description

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power data-intensive products
• Own database architecture — schema design, indexing strategy, backup/restore procedures, and high availability across environments
• Monitor scheduled jobs, workflows, and alerts; proactively diagnose and resolve issues before they impact users
• Perform SQL performance tuning and query optimization to keep systems fast at scale
• Integrate AI tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude) into your daily development and troubleshooting workflow to accelerate delivery
• Automate operational tasks through scripting and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Collaborate with data and product teams to translate requirements into robust, well-tested backend systems

What we're looking for

• 4+ years in backend engineering with significant hands-on database administration experience (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or MySQL)
• Strong proficiency building backend services with dotnet
• Deep expertise in database internals — execution plans, indexing, partitioning, replication, and disaster recovery
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, service architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with job scheduling systems, alerting pipelines, and observability tooling
• Strong scripting skills for automation (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)