Senior Backend Engineer

Zoho; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoho in Ahmedabad, India is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and scale robust backend platforms. You will work on Python-based services, AI-driven APIs, and cloud-native architectures to deliver scalable, observable systems.

Requirements include 4+ years of backend Dev experience, strong Python/FastAPI, and hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, and Kafka. The role emphasizes CI/CD, IaC, and secure, reliable production systems.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in backend development.
• Strong experience in Python development and FastAPI.
• Hands-on experience with asynchronous microservices architectures.
• Expertise in PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and distributed backend systems.
• Experience with AWS or GCP cloud platforms and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerized applications.
• Experience with Apache Kafka for messaging, event-driven and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, and asynchronous microservices architectures.
• Build and optimize data-intensive applications using PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB or equivalent technologies at production scale.
• Develop high-performance APIs and distributed systems to support AI-driven applications.
• Architect and manage cloud-native applications on AWS or GCP.
• Deploy and operate services using ECS, EKS, Lambda, Cloud Run, GCP - GKE, and other cloud-native technologies.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent frameworks like Pulumi or CloudFormation.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable and automated deployments.
• Experience with Apache Kafka for building event-driven, scalable, and distributed systems.
• Manage and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance.
• Instrument backend services end-to-end with metrics, distributed tracing, and structured logging using OpenTelemetry.
• Hands-on with observability stacks — Prometheus + Grafana, Datadog/New Relic, and centralized logging (ELK/Loki).
• Build actionable dashboards and alerting to detect latency, errors, and resource bottlenecks before customer impact.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

PostgreSQL

Redis

MongoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

OpenTelemetry

Kafka

Education

BE/BTech/B.S.

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

CloudFormation

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and scale robust backend platforms and applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures. This role requires hands-on experience in building scalable services, optimizing cloud infrastructure, and ensuring reliability, observability, and security in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Python, FastAPI, and asynchronous microservices architectures.
• Build and optimize data-intensive applications using PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB or equivalent technologies at production scale.
• Develop high-performance APIs and distributed systems to support AI-driven applications.
• Architect and manage cloud-native applications on AWS or GCP.
• Deploy and operate services using ECS, EKS, Lambda, Cloud Run, GCP - GKE, and other cloud-native technologies.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or equivalent frameworks like Pulumi or CloudFormation.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable and automated deployments.
• Experience with Apache Kafka for building event-driven, scalable, and distributed systems.
• Manage and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring scalability, availability, and performance.

3. Monitoring and Observability

• Instrument backend services end-to-end with metrics, distributed tracing, and structured logging using OpenTelemetry.
• Hands-on with some observability stacks — Prometheus + Grafana, Datadog/New Relic, and centralized logging (ELK/Loki).
• Build actionable dashboards and alerting to detect latency, errors, and resource bottlenecks before customer impact.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in backend development.

B.E.\B.Tech\B.S. Candidates' entries with significant prior experience in the fields above will be considered.

Strong experience in Python development and FastAPI .

Hands-on experience with asynchronous microservices architectures .

Expertise in PostgreSQL, Mongodb, Redis , and distributed backend systems.

Experience with AWS or GCP cloud platforms and Infrastructure as Code ( Terraform , CloudFormation, or equivalent).

Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerized applications.

Experience with Apache Kafka for messaging, event-driven and distributed systems.

Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.

Guardrails in production: model fallback routing, prompt-injection defense, token cost budgets.

Demonstrated ownership mindset with the ability to drive projects and deliver high-quality solutions.

Experience in mentoring team members , conducting code reviews, and sharing best practices.