Backend Engineer

About the company

Headquartered in Mumbai since 2003, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. We started in 2003 and have grown to about 400 people. We keep recurring meetings to Tuesdays and Thursdays where we can.

Meadowsweet Labs is looking for a Backend Engineer to join a small, steady team. Backend role focused on API design, data modelling and making slow things fast. Remote, open to candidates across India. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

Responsibilities

• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS.
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning.
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers.
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB.
• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks.
• Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python.
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current.
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups.

Minimum qualifications

• 3+ years of backend development experience in a production environment.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services.
• Clear written communication, including design docs.
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs.
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js.

Nice to have

• Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.

Why work with us

• Health insurance for you and your family.
• Provident fund.
• Paid leave.
• Meal coupons.

Candidates must be eligible to work in India.

Start: Immediately.

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