Senior Software Engineer

Kumaran Systems; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumaran Systems in Chennai is hiring Senior Backend Engineers to design, develop, and operate scalable microservices using Go and Node.js. You will contribute to event-driven architectures with Kafka, REST, and gRPC, and own non-functional requirements like performance, reliability, and observability.

Join a hands-on team to review AI-generated code, write tests against specifications, mentor juniors, and take features from design to production with limited supervision.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend development experience with at least 3 years in Go or Node.js in production.
• Strong knowledge of concurrency, asynchronous programming and error handling.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent messaging systems, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker/Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Experience operating production services including incident debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring.
• Experience writing design documents, RFCs, or technical specifications before implementation.
• Ability to critically review and correct AI-generated code.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tools and workflows quickly.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Experience with AI coding tools such as Copilot or Claude or related workflows.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into specifications, API contracts, and implementation plans before coding.
• Design and build Go or Node.js microservices using REST, gRPC, and Kafka-based event-driven flows.
• Own non-functional requirements, including performance, reliability, observability, and security.
• Review AI-generated code and specifications and write tests validating implementation against the spec.
• Mentor junior developers and improve engineering quality through code reviews.
• Take features from specification to production with minimal supervision.

Skills

Go

Node.js

Microservices

Concurrency

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Copilot/Claude AI tools

Job description

• We are seeking experienced Senior Backend Engineers (Golang/Node.js) with 8-12 years of backend development experience to design, develop, and operate scalable, event-driven microservices.
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Number of Positions: 3
• Work Location: Chennai - Siruseri or Olympia Tech Park, Guindy
• Notice Period: Immediate to 7 days from the date of the offer

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements into clear specifications, API contracts, and implementation plans before coding.
• Design and build Go or Node.js microservices using REST, gRPC, and Kafka-based event-driven flows.
• Own non-functional requirements, including performance, reliability, observability, and security.
• Critically review AI-generated code and specifications and write tests that validate implementation against the specification.
• Mentor junior developers and improve engineering quality through code reviews.
• Take features from specification to production with minimal supervision.

Required Technical Skills:

• 8+ years of backend development experience, including at least 3 years of production experience in Go or Node.js, with working proficiency in the other.
• Strong knowledge of concurrency, asynchronous programming, and error handling in the primary language.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent messaging systems, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker/Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Experience operating production services, including incident debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring.
• Experience writing design documents, RFCs, or technical specifications before implementation.
• Ability to critically review and correct AI-generated code.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new tools and workflows quickly.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Experience with AI coding tools such as Copilot or Claude, or with spec/design-doc-driven workflows.