About the Role — Module Lead (Backend Architecture)

IDfy is looking for an experienced backend engineering leader to own module-level architecture and delivery for high-quality production systems.
This role blends hands-on backend development with technical leadership — designing resilient services, mentoring engineers, and shipping features reliably.

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Key Responsibilities

• Design and own backend modules and services end-to-end: APIs, persistence, caching, async workflows and observability.
• Write production-quality code, reviews, unit/integration tests and CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive service-level goals: reliability, latency, capacity planning and incident response.
• Mentor and lead engineers — provide technical direction, documentation and design reviews.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, QA and infra teams to ship features and fixes.
• Contribute to design docs, component specifications and deployment/runbook improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8–12 years of software engineering experience with strong backend focus.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language: Node.js, Python, Golang or Elixir.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL / MySQL and schema design for scale.
• Good understanding of OOP or functional programming, clean code & SOLID principles.
• Familiarity with containers (Docker) and cloud platforms (GCP or AWS).
• Experience building production systems and working with observability/monitoring practices.

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Good-to-have

• Knowledge of Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Redis, or other infra components.
• Open-source contributions or experience with AI APIs / tooling.
• Experience as a module/tech lead driving architecture decisions and mentoring junior engineers.

Salary & Compensation

The Hirist posting does not disclose a salary band. Typical compensation for senior/module-lead backend roles in Mumbai varies widely by company size,
product revenue and equity/bonus components; expect the total package to be negotiated based on experience and fit.

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How to Prepare (Practical checklist)

1. System design: Practice designing modular backend services, APIs, data models and caching strategies.
2. Language deep-dive: Be ready to code and discuss Node.js/Python/Golang/Elixir patterns, async IO, error handling and performance tuning.
3. Databases: Prepare schema design, indexing, query optimization and migration strategies for PostgreSQL/MySQL.
4. Infrastructure & cloud: Rehearse containerization (Docker), deployments, and basics of GCP/AWS services you’ve used.
5. Messaging & caching: Understand Redis, RabbitMQ or other queueing systems and how to build idempotent workers.
6. Testing & CI/CD: Unit/integration test strategies, pipeline design and deployment rollback approaches.
7. Leadership & communication: Examples of mentoring, design trade-offs, and incidents you helped resolve.
8. Interview practice: Mock system-design sessions, live coding (30–60 mins) and behavioural stories using STAR format.

What the Day-to-day Looks Like

Build and ship features, design and document components, write tests and deployment scripts, collaborate with product and QA, and support/maintain services in production.

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Company Culture & Reviews (Advice)

Company-specific reviews can vary by team and tenure. Before applying, check Glassdoor/Indeed/LinkedIn for recent employee feedback and ask targeted
culture/team-fit questions in the interview (e.g., feedback cadence, engineering autonomy, release ownership and on-call expectations).

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How to Apply

If this role matches your background, apply using the official Hirist posting below.

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