Tech Lead Backend Engineer (Tier 1 College)

Gonoise; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,200,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Gonoise is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to own the technical direction of our backend platform. You will design and build scalable services, guide a team of engineers, and take end-to-end ownership from architecture through deployment and operations.

This is a player-coach role: you will still write code every day while setting the technical bar for the team This role requires strong backend expertise with Node.js, TypeScript, and modern data stores, plus leadership to mentor engineers and drive

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, primarily on backend systems.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js (TypeScript is a plus).
• Relational databases design, indexing and query optimisation (PostgreSQL/MySQL).
• Production experience with MongoDB and Redis.
• Kubernetes and containerised deployments.
• DevOps experience on AWS or Azure: compute, networking, IAM, managed databases, CI/CD.
• Leadership and mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of our backend platform and design scalable services.
• Guide a team of engineers and take end-to-end ownership from architecture through deployment and operations.
• Write code daily while setting the technical bar for the team and ensuring quality.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and drive architectural decisions.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL / MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Kubernetes

AWS / Azure

System design

Leadership

API design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science (Tier 1/2)

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Grafana/Prometheus

Kafka

OpenTelemetry

Job description

About the role:

Our team is looking for a hands-on Tech Lead to own the technical direction of our backend platform. You will design and build scalable services, guide a team of engineers, and take end-to-end ownership from architecture through deployment and operations. This is a player-coach role: you will still write code every day while setting the technical bar for the team

What we're looking for

Must have:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, primarily on backend systems.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js (TypeScript is a plus).
• Solid grounding in relational databases (PostgreSQL / MySQL): schema design, indexing, query optimisation.
• Production experience with MongoDB and Redis.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerised deployments.
• Hands-on DevOps experience on AWS or Azure: compute, networking, IAM, managed databases, CI/CD pipelines.
• Track record of leading technical design and mentoring engineers, formally or informally.
• Strong fundamentals in system design, distributed systems, and API design.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 institution.

Good to have:

• Python experience for scripting, data pipelines, or services.
• Exposure to AI/ML: integrating LLM APIs, building RAG or agentic workflows, or working with ML teams on productionising models.
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or Bicep).
• Experience with message queues and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS).
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry).
• Prior experience in a fast-growing product company or startup.

Who you are

• You lead by example and are comfortable being the most hands‑on engineer in the room.
• You communicate clearly with technical and non‑technical stakeholders alike.
• You balance long-term architecture with shipping iteratively.
• You take ownership of outcomes, not just tasks.