Senior Software Engineer

About Rhythm

Rhythm Synergy

Role Overview

Senior Backend Engineer

TypeScript

Node.js

Nest.js

What You'll Achieve

30 Days

• Ship a customer‑visible feature using Node.js/Nest.js.
• Complete a production support rotation and learn our reliability practices.
• Contribute to PR reviews and internal technical discussions.
  

90 Days

• Own a major service or subsystem within the Rhythm backend.
• Refactor and improve core domain modules in alignment with architectural guardrails.
• Help strengthen automated testing, observability, and reliability patterns.
  

6 Months

• Lead backend design for feature work.
• Improve performance, reliability, and incident response across key services.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to long‑term architectural evolution.
  

Your Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in Node.js, TypeScript, and Nest.js.
• Contribute to backend architecture, API design, domain modeling, and data flows.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA to shape scope and sequencing.
• Write clean, well‑tested, production‑ready code.
• Improve reliability, observability, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in on‑call rotation with clear runbooks and strong operational discipline.
• Review PRs across the backend and mentor junior engineers.
• Contribute to introducing and improving AI‑assisted development workflows.
  

Our Environment

• Backend: Node.js, Nest.js, TypeScript
• Frontend: React + Redux + TypeScript
• Data: PostgreSQL (AWS RDS)
• Infra: AWS (ECS), Terraform, GitHub Actions
• Security: HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST
• Dev Cadence: Multi‑deploys per week, trunk‑based development when practical
  

What You Bring

• 6–10 years of strong backend engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, and modern backend patterns.
• Experience building scalable services using Nest.js or similar frameworks.
• Strong grounding in system design, distributed systems, and reliability engineering.
• Comfortable working in high‑ownership environments with production accountability.
• Experience with Postgres or similar relational databases.
• Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including comfort working with US‑based teams.
• Experience building or using AI‑assisted developer tooling is a plus.
  

Ways of Working

• Hybrid Hyderabad. In office days are every Tuesday and Wednesday.
• 3–4 hours/day overlap with US.
• Engineers own outcomes, not just tasks, with local autonomy when US teams are offline.
  

Highlights

• Compensation: ₹25 lakh–₹40 lakh base, depending on experience
• Opportunities for accelerated growth as the Hyderabad team expands
• Employment Type: Full-time
  

Why Join Us

• Work on meaningful software that directly impacts patient care.
• Join a team that ships fast, values strong engineering fundamentals, and invests heavily in observability and reliability.
• High‑visibility role with influence over backend architecture.
• Career path toward Staff Engineer or Backend Lead as we scale.