Graduate Backend Developer (Remote)

More than 11,200 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

Position summary:

The previous person in this role moved to another team. Backend role focused on API design, data modelling and making slow things fast. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in India, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

Responsibilities:

• Reduce cloud costs by right-sizing services and cleaning up unused resources.
• Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python.
• Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans.
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups.
• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks.
• Document APIs in OpenAPI and keep the docs current.
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB.
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS.

What you need:

• 1-2 years of backend development experience in a production environment.
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Clear written communication, including design docs.
• Strong SQL and relational data modelling skills.

Nice to have:

• Prior work breaking up a monolith.
• Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems.
• Terraform or Pulumi.
• NoSQL stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra or DynamoDB.

Rate: ₹16-20 LPA

Pay and benefits:

• 20 days paid time off.
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner.
• Paid sick days.
• Performance bonus.
• Monthly internet allowance.
• Co-working space stipend.
• Wellness allowance.

Start: Immediately.

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