Job Title - Senior Software Engineer (Golang Backend)

Location: Pune, Maharashtra

MUST Have Skills - Golang, Microservices, SaaS

Role Overview

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and build high-scale, cloud-native backend systems that power real-time monitoring, analytics, and automation for commercial HVAC/R operations.

You will take end-to-end ownership of critical services, influence architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers while working closely with product, data, and infrastructure teams. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex distributed systems problems and want to see their work have real-world impact.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and operate scalable backend services for a high-growth SaaS platform.
Own the end-to-end lifecycle of services—from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and optimization.
Build and evolve distributed, event-driven microservices handling high-volume data and real-time workflows
Ensure high availability, reliability, performance, and security of production systems
Drive architectural decisions around APIs, data models, service boundaries, and system integrations
Lead prototyping and proof-of-concepts for new ideas, features, and platform capabilities
Collaborate closely with frontend, data, DevOps, QA, and product teams to deliver cohesive solutions
Identify technical debt and proactively improve system design, developer experience, and operational excellence
Mentor and guide other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and best practices
Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership and accountability

Must-Have Skills

4–6 years of experience building and operating medium to large-scale backend systems
Strong hands-on experience with Go.
Proven experience designing cloud-native, distributed systems for SaaS platforms
Strong understanding of microservices architecture, REST APIs, and asynchronous processing
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Excellent grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, complexity)
Expertise in debugging, performance tuning, and production issue resolution
Experience writing clean, maintainable, well-documented code
Solid experience with Docker and AWS
Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Self-driven mindset with the ability to learn, adapt, and lead by example

Nice-to-Have Skills

Hands-on experience with Python
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
Experience with message queues and streaming systems (Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS, Kinesis)
Experience with API gateways (Kong, Ambassador), service meshes, or Vault
Familiarity with caching systems, distributed tracing, logging, and monitoring stacks
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
Startup or 01 product-building experience
Prior experience in IoT, telemetry, time-series data, or industrial systems

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field from a reputed institution