About this Backend Engineer role at Weekday AI
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Experience: 4+ yrs
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Job Type: Full-time
We are looking for an experiencedย Backend Engineerย toย join a fast-growing technology environment focused on building reliable, scalable, andย high-performance digital products.ย The role isย idealย for an engineerย who enjoys working in aย 0-to-1 product environment, solving complex backend challenges, and buildingย systems that canย support rapid business growth.
You will play an important role in developing the backend foundation for a technology-driven consumer platform, with opportunities to work on modernย AI-powered search and discovery experiences. The role requires strong engineering fundamentals, ownership, and the ability to translate product requirements into robust technical solutions.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backendย applications and services.
- Build reliable, secure,ย and high-performanceย RESTful APIsย and backend components.
- Develop backend capabilities supportingย AI-powered search, discovery, andย personalised user experiences.
- Translate product andย businessย requirements into scalableย technical solutions.
- Design efficient service architectures, data models, and backend workflows.
- Integrate backend services with databases, internal systems, external APIs,ย and third-party platforms.
- Optimise backend systems for performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
- Implement effective logging, monitoring, error handling, and operational practices.
- Write clean, reusable, testable, and maintainable code followingย modern engineering standards.
- Participate in technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and peer code reviews.
- Develop unit and integration tests to ensure application quality and reliability.
- Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement sustainableย fixes.
- Collaborate with AI/ML, Data, Product, Frontend, QA, and DevOps teamsย to deliver featuresย end-to-end.
- Supportย deployments, production releases, monitoring, andย continuous improvement initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to improveย system architecture, engineering processes, and development efficiency.
- Stay current with modern backend technologies,ย distributed systems, search technologies, and AI-enabled engineering practices.
What Makes You a Great Fit
- 4+ years of professional experienceย in backend softwareย engineering.
- Strong hands-on experienceย building scalable backend services and production-grade APIs.
- Strong understanding ofย backend architecture, REST APIs, databases, and distributed systems.
- Experience developing reliable systemsย with a focus onย performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Exposure toย AI search, searchย technologies, information retrieval, or AI-poweredย product experiencesย is highly desirable.
- Strong programmingย fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, object-orientedย programming, and design principles.
- Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-optimisation skills.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, monitoring, and modern deployment practices.
- Experience with Git and collaborative software development workflows.
- Strong understanding of software testing andย applicationย development lifecycle practices.
- Ability to work effectivelyย in a fast-pacedย 0-to-1 product environment.
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive technical initiatives from development through production.
- Excellent analytical,ย problem-solving, communication, andย collaboration skills.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree inย Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related disciplineย is preferred.