Senior/Lead Software Engineer - System Design

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our Product Engineering team. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong hands-on expertise in system design, development, and integrations, with the ability to build and own end-to-end modules and features, including non-functional requirements, for high-volume, high-performance products.

Key Responsibilities

System Design :

• Translate product specifications and business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Perform detailed design and development of assigned modules, with a primary focus on back-end systems.
• Design, implement, and optimize RESTful APIs to ensure performance and reliability and optimize database schemas and queries to support scalability and high availability.
• Implement event-driven architectures, including pub/sub mechanisms, messaging queues, and caching strategies.
• Design systems with strong emphasis on maintainability, observability, and ease of adoption.
• Ensure fault tolerance through effective error handling, session management, and resilience strategies.
• Architect solutions with a focus on performance, scalability, and security, including authentication and authorization mechanisms.
  
  

• Should have hands-on experience in technical contributions as an individual contributor, with the potential to progress into a team lead role.
• Should be able to own the assigned modules/features end-to-end across design, development, testing, deployment.
• Ensure high-quality design, development, and testing of assigned modules.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to understand product requirements, features, and components, and translate user stories into effective designs.
• Take ownership of product quality by writing, automating, and executing test cases as an integral part of the development process.
• Plan deliverables, track and report progress, actively participate in meetings, and ensure timely delivery of assigned tasks.
• Contribute proactively to architecture design, product roadmap discussions, and key technology decisions.
  
  

• Deploy and manage applications on cloud environments, docker
• Work with CI/CD pipelines, branching strategies, and release processes
• Write unit tests and conduct code & peer reviews
• Understand infrastructure footprints and deployment considerations
  
  

• Strong 8+ years of experience in back-end software development.
• Proven experience in product development, with a strong track record of building products or features from the ground up.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB, or other back-end technologies.
• Strong system design capabilities, with demonstrated experience delivering modules or features end to end.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, and code review best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Demonstrates curiosity, a strong sense of ownership, adaptability, and a continuous learning mindset
  
  

• Domain knowledge or prior experience in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) space will be a strong advantage.
• Exposure to DevOps practices and infrastructure automation is desirable.
• Experience working in a startup or product-based organization is preferred.
  
  

(ref:hirist.tech)