Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

Experience:

Salary :

Preferred Notice Period

Shift

Opportunity Type:

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(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' Clients)

Must have skills required :

Asynchronous programming, Fast API, MySQL, Python

Sharpsell.ai (One of Uplers' Clients) is Looking for:

Senior Backend Engineer who is passionate about their work, eager to learn and grow, and who is committed to delivering exceptional results. If you are a team player, with a positive attitude and a desire to make a difference, then we want to hear from you.

Role Overview Description

Sharpsell.AI

About the company:

Sharpsell.ai's Sales Playbook Automation Platform helps large sales teams to scale deal-winning behaviour with dynamic product illustrations, real-time learning and personalised content. Sharpsell comes with playbooks for salespeople that adapt and serve them every step of the sales process by: providing learning, content, tools, frameworks and answers that are required to build trust and close deals.

Sharpsell is used by leading companies by 7,50,000+ frontline sales users in BFSI and Pharma industries and is funded by leading investors like Cornerstone Venture Partners and Mistry Ventures.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and high-performance backend architectures.
• Lead the development and integration of APIs using modern Python frameworks such as FastAPI.
• Architect and optimize complex database solutions, including schema design and query optimization for relational databases like PostgreSQL/MySQL.
• Design and deploy systems that handle distributed workloads and complex data storage solutions, including databases, key-value stores, blob storage, and caching mechanisms.
• Leverage AWS services for scalable deployments, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS and Lambda.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance through architectural best practices, including asynchronous programming in Python.
• Own the deployment process, managing CI/CD pipelines and handling configurations for multiple environments.
• Debug and resolve critical system issues, ensuring minimal downtime and effective incident management.
• Stay updated with industry trends and propose modern solutions to meet business objectives.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in Python programming and frameworks like FastAPI (preferred), Flask, or Django for building APIs.
• Proficiency in ORMs, especially SQLAlchemy, with a strong understanding of database design, migrations (using Alembic), and declarative query languages.
• Strong grasp of asynchronous programming and its application in Python for scalable architectures.
• Expertise in working with relational databases like PostgreSQL/MySQL, including schema design, query optimization, and database management.
• Experience with AWS services, including architecture design and deployment (e.g., EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3).
• Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka, or SQS).
• Proficient understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of system design principles and building highly scalable and maintainable systems.
• Experience working with caching mechanisms (e.g., Redis, Memcached) to improve performance.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Interview Process:

• R1: Live Coding
• R2: Series of practical questions & DSA
• Final Round: Culture Fit

How to apply for this opportunity:

Easy 3-Step Process:

2. Upload updated Resume & Complete the Screening Form

3. Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the Interview!

About Our Client:

We help large enterprises drive sales effectiveness across their frontline teams.

Sharpsell.ai is Indias leading AI-powered Sales Playbook Automation platform – built for organisations that want to enable their sales teams, scale winning behaviour, and close more deals.

Today, over 550,000+ sales folks in Banking, Insurance, Auto and other industries – from LIC to Bajaj Allianz and Axis Bank to HDFC Life, Kotak Life Insurance, Piaggio, Torrent Pharma, and more – use Sharpsell.ai to:

• Improve sales effectiveness at every stage of the deal
• Enable frontline teams with the right pitch at the right time
• Deliver compliant, personalised content instantly with dynamic content creation + sharing
• Accelerate onboarding and upskilling with in-built AI-powered sales team enablement tools

We built Sharpsell after months of shadowing salespeople in the field, understanding their realities first-hand.

About Uplers:

Uplers is the #1 hiring platform for SaaS companies, designed to help you hire top product and engineering talent quickly and efficiently. Our end-to-end AI-powered platform combines artificial intelligence with human expertise to connect you with the best engineering talent from India.

With over 1M deeply vetted professionals, Uplers streamlines the hiring process, reducing lengthy screening times and ensuring you find the perfect fit. Companies like GitLab, Twilio, TripAdvisor, and AirBnB trust Uplers to scale their tech and digital teams effectively and cost-efficiently.

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