About Zoca
Zoca is a fast-growing local business marketing platform that helps salons, spas, and wellness businesses
attract, convert, and retain more clients
through AI-powered tools. Backed by
real-time data and automation
, we simplify growth for beauty professionals.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a
Backend Engineer
who is passionate about building
scalable, high-performance systems
and has exposure to
AI, LLMs, and NLP driven projects
. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that power our platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain backend systems and APIs.
- Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaborate with product, AI, and frontend teams to integrate LLM-based and AI-driven features.
- Work on automation workflows and intelligent agents to improve platform capabilities.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with proper documentation.
- Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues to ensure seamless user experiences.
- Participate in peer code reviews and maintain high coding standards.
- Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance across all backend systems.
Requirements
- 4–7 years of experience in backend development.
- Strong expertise in TypeScript.
- Experience with Nx, NestJS, and Fastify (strong preference).
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL and caching mechanisms (e.g., Redis).
- Hands-on experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
- Exposure to LLMs, AI-powered solutions, or AI agent-based architectures.
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices (CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (preferred).
Why Join Zoca?
- Build something meaningful – Shape a platform transforming how local businesses grow online.
- Innovate with AI – Work on cutting-edge LLM and AI-agent-based features.
- Join early, grow fast – Be part of a high-impact core team at a rapidly scaling startup.
- Collaborate closely – Work directly with product, growth, and leadership teams in Bangalore.
- Led by vision – Founded by Ashish Verma, a SaaS entrepreneur with a proven track record in building marketing-led products for SMBs.
Work Culture
This is a work-from-office role based out of Koramangala, Bengaluru, with alternate Saturdays working as part of our weekly schedule.Skills: ai,ai agents,typescript,python,system design,docker,aws