Senior Software Engineer (Backend Engineer)

transperfect; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

TransPerfect seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable .NET/C# backend services using REST APIs, microservices, and AWS. You will own key technical deliverables across the software lifecycle and work with product teams to deliver robust solutions.

Join a collaborative Agile environment to drive code quality, security, performance, and reliable production deployment while aligning with an existing product architecture.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of software development experience.
• 3–4 years of hands-on AWS web app development.
• Backend apps and services using .NET/C#, REST APIs, microservices.
• Experience across the SDLC: design, development, testing, production support.
• Ownership of technical deliverables within an existing product architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, and maintain backend applications and services.
• Collaborate with software teams and product managers to deliver software solutions.
• Contribute to technical design decisions, code quality, and production deployment support.

Skills

.NET & C#

REST APIs

Microservices

Cloud AWS

Messaging patterns

Git

Testing & debugging

Security best practices

Architecture ownership

Agile/Scrum

English communication

Tools

Git

CI/CD

AWS

Job description

The Senior Software Engineer - Backend is a key engineering role responsible for designing, developing, testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining scalable and reliable backend applications and services. The role works closely with software development teams and product managers to design and deliver software solutions using modern .NET, C#, REST APIs, microservice architecture, and AWS. The position requires strong technical ownership across the software development lifecycle, including solution design, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, security, performance optimization, and production deployment support. The role is also expected to contribute to technical design decisions, code quality, application reliability, and continuous improvement while effectively understanding and working within an existing product architecture and codebase

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Strong hands-on programming experience with modern .NET and C#.

• Experience developing and maintaining backend web applications and services.

• Strong experience developing REST APIs and applying software design patterns.

• Experience with microservice architecture and cloud-based application development.

• Experience with enterprise integration patterns and messaging/queue-based architectures (e.g., pub-sub, message brokers, or ESB-style integration).

• Proficiency with Git and a modern distributed version control workflow (branching, pull/merge requests, CI integration).

• Experience with application testing and debugging.

• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Good understanding of application security and data protection practices.

• Ability to understand and work effectively within an existing product architecture and codebase.

• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.

• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION

• 5–7 years of overall software development experience.

• Minimum 3–4 years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining web applications on AWS.

• Hands-on experience developing backend applications and services using the technologies and practices specified in this job description.

• Proven experience working across the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and production support.

• Experience working effectively within an existing product architecture and codebase.

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of technical deliverables and resolve complex software issues.