Backend Developer

NMN Systems employs 220 people across engineering hubs in Hyderabad and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year.

Job summary:

Our team is growing and we are hiring a Backend Developer. Backend role focused on API design, data modelling and making slow things fast. We want someone who writes boring, reliable code and leaves good logs behind. You can work from home anywhere in India. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Responsibilities:

• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups
• Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers
• Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans

What you need:

• 2+ years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines

Nice to have:

• Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
• Prior work breaking up a monolith
• Terraform or Pulumi
• NoSQL stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra or DynamoDB

Why work with us:

• Flexible hours

Duration: 9 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at NMN Systems.