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.