Software Development Engineer - 2
About BrightChamps
BrightChamps is a leading EdTech platform revolutionising education for millions of young learners worldwide through innovative online programs in coding, AI, financial literacy, and more. We're on a mission to empower the next generation with future-ready skills, backed by rapid growth and a dynamic startup culture. Join us to drive financial excellence in a high-impact role.
About the Role
leWe are looking for an extraordinary Software Development Engineer who is passionate about transforming how children engage with technology and acquire future-ready skills. We are looking for a highly skilled Backend SDE II who can design, build, and scale backend systems that power our core products. You will work on high-performance APIs, distributed systems, data pipelines, and scalable microservices. You should be strong in system design, clean code practices, and building reliable production system.
As a Software Development Engineer, you'll:
Backend Development:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure backend services (Node.js).
- Develop RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Optimize application performance and ensure low latency, high throughput systems.
Architecture & System Design:
- Participate in high-level architecture, database modelling, and system design discussions.
- Build distributed systems that scale to millions of users.
- Implement best practices for fault tolerance, observability, caching, and resiliency.
Code Quality & Best Practices:
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
- Perform code reviews and enforce engineering standards.
- Work with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and deployment automation.
Database & Storage:
- Work with SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
- Design efficient schemas, indexes, and optimize complex queries.
- Manage data pipelines, messaging queues (SQS/Kafka/RabbitMQ).
Collaboration:
- Work closely with product, frontend, QA, and DevOps teams.
- Convert product requirements into technical specifications.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering culture.
Requirements
To WIN ✨, you'll need:
- 3+ years of backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Node.js
- Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous processing.
- Experience with AWS serverless (Lambda), or containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong understanding of system design, distributed systems, caching, and queues.
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
- Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills.