Software Engineer - L3 (Software Engineer II)

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35.25 - 43.00

Role Overview

As a Software Engineer II, you willown and deliver larger cross-cutting modules and systems end-to-end

WhatYou'llDo

• Own and deliver

  larger modules/systems

  that span backend services and frontend applications.
• Author and present

  detailed design docs,

  drivetechnical discussions and trade-off decisions.
• Build production-grade services in

  Node.js

  and integrate AI systems in

  Python

  .
• Architect high-performance

  REST/GraphQLAPIs,

  ensure versioning, security, and backward compatibility.
• Design andoptimizeschemas in

  Postgres

  and

  MongoDB

  for scale and availability.
• Lead development offrontendfeatures in

  React/Next.js

  withfocuson performance, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Enforce CI/CD best practices: test automation, deployment readiness, and rollback strategies.
• Define andmonitor

  observability standards

  (metrics, logs, alerts)and lead incidents.
• Mentor and coachjuniorengineers through reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.
• Design and roll out

  multi-layer caching

  for high-traffic paths,define hit-rate/latency SLOs.
• Establish

  cache governance

  : keys/namespaces, TTL policies,invalidationplaybooks, and observability (hit/miss dashboards).

Technical Qualifications

• 34 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Advancedproficiencyin

  Node.js

  services and

  Python

  integrations.
• Strong experience in

  REST/GraphQLAPI

  design and scaling.
• Deep knowledge of

  Postgres

  schema design, indexing, and query optimization.
• Hands-on with

  MongoDB

  aggregation pipelines and sharding strategies.
• Proficiencywith

  React/Next.js

  (or equivalent) for building production UIs.
• Experience with

  AWS ECS/ECR

  and scaling containerized workloads.
• Strong CI/CD practices and release automation experience.
• Skilled in diagnosing and fixing production issues using logs, metrics, and traces.
• Solid system design skills: concurrency, fault tolerance, latency vs. throughput trade-offs.
• Hands-on with

  Redis

  at scale (pipelines, Lua scripts, locks),

  CDN edge caching

  , and

  GraphQL/REST response caching

  .
• Deep understanding of

  consistency vs. freshness

  trade-offs,

  idempotency

  , and

  rate limiting

  around cached flows.

Nice to Have

• TypeScript

  proficiencyin both frontend and backend.
• Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CDK/CloudFormation).
• Distributed systems patterns (event-driven, CQRS, async messaging).
• Advanced monitoring/alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK,OpenTelemetry).
• Experience leading technical spikes, POCs, or cross-team integrations.

About the Company

Griphic is founded by IIT Delhi engineers with a vision to enrich lives through technological innovation. We combine cutting-edge AI with hyper-realistic virtual experiences to solve problems and disrupt industries. Our team includes IIT Delhi engineers, AI/ML experts, VR developers, and 3D specialists. Backed by SKETS Studio (700+ professionals in BIM, architecture, VR, and 3D visualization), we are building the future of immersive web applications.