AI Experience Sr. Specialist - Backend Developer

Hello

TIAA is hiring for the position of AI Experience Sr. Specialist

• Experience - 5 to 7 years
• Location - Mumbai and Pune

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Fullstack Engineer with a strong emphasis on backend development to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have robust experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable and high-performance backend systems while being proficient in frontend technologies to support end-to-end application development. This role requires expertise in modern backend frameworks, databases, and APIs, alongside familiarity with frontend development to collaborate across the stack effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Backend Development:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure server-side applications and services.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL endpoints for frontend integration.
- Develop and manage databases, ensuring data integrity, security, and performance.
- Implement caching, queuing, and other performance optimization techniques.

2. Frontend Development:
- Collaborate with frontend engineers to integrate backend services seamlessly.
- Build and maintain basic user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js).

3. Architecture and Design:
- Contribute to system design discussions, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
- Develop reusable and modular code using best practices in software engineering.

4. Collaboration:
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, Product, and QA.
- Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers.

5. Maintenance and Monitoring:
- Troubleshoot and resolve bugs, performance bottlenecks, and production incidents.
- Implement observability practices such as logging, monitoring, and alerting.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Backend Development Expertise:
- Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Node.js, Python, Java, Ruby, or Go.
- Experience with frameworks like Express.js, Spring Boot, Django, or FastAPI.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Expertise in database design and management (SQL databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL databases like MongoDB, DynamoDB).
- Hands-on experience with API design (RESTful or GraphQL).
- Familiarity with authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., OAuth, JWT).

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work in agile development environments (Scrum/Kanban).
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

DevOps & Cloud Skills:
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures and message brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ.
- Experience with testing frameworks for backend and frontend (e.g., Jest, Mocha, Pytest).
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)