Senior Backend Engineer

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Proximity seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to design and deliver high‑scale, low‑latency services for fast‑growing B2C products. The role focuses on distributed systems, microservices, and production reliability using Java or Go. Candidates will own end‑to‑end performance, observability, and incident response.

Role Snapshot

• Design & build scalable backend services
• Develop Java/Go APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)
• Own production reliability & incident response
• Architect event‑driven, microservice systems
• Optimize latency, throughput, and availability
• Integrate with Kafka, caching, search and storage

Must-Have Requirements

• Java
• Go
• Kafka
• Redis/Valkey
• Elasticsearch
• SQL databases
• NoSQL databases
• AWS or GCP
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• backend engineering
• high‑scale low‑latency systems
• distributed systems
• microservices

Nice-to-Have Signals

• AI‑powered applications
• Search and recommendation systems
• Data engineering
• AI‑powered product features
• search and recommendation
• data engineering

Work Setup

• Location: Bengaluru, India
• Work mode: ONSITE
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Relocation
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test

What You'll Likely Work On

• Design and implement high‑scale backend services in Java or Go
• Create and maintain REST, gRPC, and GraphQL APIs
• Architect distributed, event‑driven microservice systems and data models
• Improve system latency, throughput, availability, and infrastructure efficiency
• Integrate with Kafka, caching layers, Elasticsearch, and relational/NoSQL stores
• Own production monitoring, incident response, root‑cause analysis, and performance tuning

Good Fit If You Have

• Experience with AI‑powered features, search or recommendation systems
• Background in data engineering or large‑scale data pipelines
• Familiarity with observability tools and performance profiling