Senior Software Engineer - Backend

GoodScore; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodscore is a Bengaluru-based fintech transforming credit access through fast, scalable backend systems. We seek a backend engineer who enjoys solving hard problems, owning features end-to-end, and delivering high-quality services that power a 150M Indian user journey.

You will design and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js and/or Python, build RESTful APIs, optimize data models, ensure security, and collaborate with frontend teams to ship reliable systems in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of backend development experience.
• Experience building scalable services with Node.js or Python.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and backend architectures.
• Familiar with SQL/NoSQL databases and data modeling.
• Understanding of security, authentication and authorization best practices.
• Strong debugging and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services.
• Translate product requirements into efficient system design and robust backend logic.
• Optimize systems for speed, reliability, scalability, and security.
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to enable seamless API integrations.
• Drive code quality, reusability, and adherence to engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot issues, improve system performance and ensure high availability.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions and sprint planning.

Skills

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Node.js

Python

RESTful APIs

SQL

NoSQL

Data modeling

Caching

Messaging queues

Security best practices

System design

Authentication/Authorization

Job description

Goodscore is on a mission to make financial literacy and credit access simple, actionable, and inclusive for over 150 million Indians who are credit-underserved. From starting personalized credit consulting in 2023 to now empowering over 5 million users to take control of their credit health, we are one of India’s fastest-growing credit score & credit management apps. We are backed by leading VC funds in India, consistently ranked among the top 10 finance apps in the country, and are currently on a 1x to 100x growth journey. We’re building a high-impact team that shares our vision of transforming how India understands and manages credit and this is only the beginning.

Few resources and highlights that may be helpful for a quick introduction to Goodscore:

• Overview of our recent Series A fundrais
• Podcast featuring our founder - Sanchit Bansal, sharing his vision for Goodscor
• High-ownership culture offering opportunities to build and scale from zero-to-one and one-to-man
• Technology driven product delivering real, measurable impact on users’ financial live

About the Rol e:

We’re looking for a Backend Engineers who love building fast, scalable and intuitive user interfaces. You’ll work closely with product, design and frontend teams to translate ideas into high-quality user experiences that directly impact business outcomes. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys owning features end-to-end, writing clean code and shipping fast in a high-growth environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services.
• Translate product requirements into efficient system design and robust backend logic
• Optimize systems for speed, reliability, scalability, and security
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to enable seamless API integrations
• Drive code quality, reusability, and adherence to engineering best practices
• Troubleshoot issues, improve system performance and ensure high availability
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions and sprint planning

Requirements:

• Strong engineering background with education from Tier I technology schools
• 4-8 years of experience in backend development
• Proficiency in building scalable services using Node.js and/or Python; language-agnostic mindset preferred
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and backend architectures
• Understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL), data modeling and query optimization
• Experience with system design, performance optimization and scalability best practices
• Familiarity with caching, messaging queues and asynchronous processing is a plus
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization and security best practices
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication and teamwork skills