Senior Backend Engineer

Soch Street; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Soch Street in Chennai (Hybrid) is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to own backend development, architecture, scalability and production systems. You will design robust APIs, optimize databases, mentor engineers, and contribute to CI/CD and AI-driven workflows.

We expect 3–6 years of backend experience and familiarity with Ruby on Rails, Django, or Express, plus strong SQL and API design. This is a B2B SaaS product team role with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of backend engineering experience.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails, Django, Express or similar MVC frameworks.
• Strong SQL, relational database, ORM and schema design experience.
• Good understanding of system design, scalability, performance and reliability.
• Experience building and scaling APIs and production systems.
• Strong automated testing and code review practices.
• Experience owning technical deliveries or leading engineering initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving, ownership and communication skills.
• B2B SaaS / product-company experience preferred.
• Nice to Have Ruby on Rails experience.
• Technical mentoring experience.
• CI/CD and infrastructure exposure.
• AI-assisted development experience.
• Multi-tenant SaaS experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build and deploy backend features and services.
• Design database schemas and handle complex migrations.
• Build and scale APIs with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Work on system design, scalability, monitoring, logging and production issues.
• Maintain strong engineering standards through code reviews and automated testing.
• Identify and reduce technical debt.
• Contribute to CI/CD and deployment improvements.
• Explore AI-assisted engineering workflows and automation.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decisions.
• Collaborate with Product, Frontend and other stakeholders.

Skills

Backend engineering

MVC frameworks

SQL design

API design

Automated testing

Code reviews

Ownership

Mentoring

Communication

SaaS experience

Multi-tenant SaaS

CI/CD

AI-assisted development

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Django

Express

Job description

Job Description

About the Role We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our engineering team and take ownership of backend development, architecture, scalability and production systems. Location: Chennai (Hybrid) Experience: 3–6 Years CTC: ₹20–30 LPA Target Joining: October 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build and deploy backend features and services.
• Design database schemas and handle complex migrations.
• Build and scale APIs with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Work on system design, scalability, monitoring, logging and production issues.
• Maintain strong engineering standards through code reviews and automated testing.
• Identify and reduce technical debt.
• Contribute to CI/CD and deployment improvements.
• Explore AI-assisted engineering workflows and automation.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decisions.
• Collaborate with Product, Frontend and other stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• 3–6 years of backend engineering experience.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails, Django, Express or similar MVC frameworks .
• Strong SQL, relational database, ORM and schema design experience.
• Good understanding of system design, scalability, performance and reliability.
• Experience building and scaling APIs and production systems.
• Strong automated testing and code review practices.
• Experience owning technical deliveries or leading engineering initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving, ownership and communication skills.
• B2B SaaS / product-company experience preferred.
• Nice to Have Ruby on Rails experience.
• Technical mentoring experience.
• CI/CD and infrastructure exposure.
• AI-assisted development experience.
• Multi-tenant SaaS experience.

What You Can Expect

• High ownership and autonomy.
• Opportunity to work on challenging backend problems.
• Exposure to architecture and technical decision-making.
• Collaborative engineering environment.
• Competitive compensation and performance benefits.