Posted 22 May, 2026
Senior Backend Engineer
VARITE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Pune, Maharashtra, IN
Full Time
Reference: 26-17553-2522-2
Company Name: VARITE India Private Limited
About The Client:
Client is one of the world’s leading professional services firms and the fastest growing Big Four accounting firm
About The Job:
Backend Development & Architecture
Core Technical Skills
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If you're not available or interested in this opportunity, please pass this along to anyone in your network who might be a good fit and interested in our open positions. VARITE offers a Candidate Referral program, where you'll receive a one-time referral bonus based on the following scale if the referred candidate completes a three-month assignment with VARITE.
Experience Level Bonus Referral:
About VARITE: VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
VARITE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
About The Client:
Client is one of the world’s leading professional services firms and the fastest growing Big Four accounting firm
About The Job:
- We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer who can design and deliver high performance backend systems at scale. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong problem solving skills, and the ability to work across complex architectures. The ideal candidate is hands on, detail oriented, and capable of driving backend solutions end to end while collaborating with cross functional teams.
- You will be responsible for building reliable, secure, and scalable backend components, optimizing system performance, and ensuring high availability. Exposure to distributed systems, cloud platforms, and modern backend frameworks is essential.
Backend Development & Architecture
- Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services, APIs, and microservices.
- Architect scalable systems capable of handling high traffic and large datasets.
- Design event driven and distributed system architectures with proper communication patterns (REST, gRPC, messaging, streaming).
- Optimize backend logic, reduce bottlenecks, and ensure high throughput.
- Tune database queries, indexes, and schema for maximum efficiency.
- Improve service performance through caching, asynchronous processing, and load optimization.
- Lead and contribute to system design discussions, architectural planning, and design reviews.
- Ensure systems are fault tolerant, secure, resilient, and cloud ready.
- Evaluate technical trade offs and propose scalable solutions to complex problems.
- Diagnose and resolve complex issues across backend services and systems.
- Produce clean, maintainable, and well documented code.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior engineers.
- Work closely with product, frontend, data, and DevOps teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Drive end to end development cycles, from requirement understanding to deployment.
- Ensure timely delivery of high quality backend features and enhancements.
- Use automation, AI tools, or coding accelerators to improve development processes.
- Implement smart testing, linting, and CI/CD automation where applicable.
Core Technical Skills
- 7–9 years of hands on backend development in production environments.
- Strong proficiency in Python (FastAPI preferred).
- Solid experience designing scalable backend architectures and distributed systems.
- Strong SQL knowledge: query optimization, indexing, schema design, transactions.
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, asynchronous patterns, and event driven architecture.
- Deep debugging and problem solving abilities across systems and services.
- Experience building and maintaining production grade systems in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, versioning, and build automation.
- Experience with containerization: Docker, Kubernetes.
- Basic understanding of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) is a plus.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly.
- Ability to work in hybrid teams and collaborate effectively.
- Ownership mindset and strong attention to detail.
- Ability to mentor others and contribute to the team’s technical growth.
Unlock Rewards: Refer Candidates and Earn.
If you're not available or interested in this opportunity, please pass this along to anyone in your network who might be a good fit and interested in our open positions. VARITE offers a Candidate Referral program, where you'll receive a one-time referral bonus based on the following scale if the referred candidate completes a three-month assignment with VARITE.
Experience Level Bonus Referral:
| 0-2 years | INR 5,000 |
| 2-6 years | INR 7,500 |
| 6+ years | INR 10,000 |
About VARITE: VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
VARITE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
