Job Description

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 2200000 - Rs 3200000 (ie INR 22 - 32 LPA)

Min Experience: 6+ years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

We are looking for a passionate Senior Engineer to join our Entertainment Division and help build engaging, scalable digital experiences.

In this role, you will lead and drive technical innovation to contribute across the stack—working on both backend services and frontend interfaces—while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products. You’ll play an important role in shaping technical solutions, improving development practices, and embracing AI-assisted engineering to boost productivity and innovation—while ensuring thoughtful human oversight.

Requirements

🔧 What You’ll Do

• Build and enhance scalable web applications across backend and frontend layers
• Lead and Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate ideas into reliable solutions
• Develop, maintain, and optimize APIs and user-facing applications
• Review code, share feedback, and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence
• Troubleshoot issues proactively and ensure system reliability and performance
• Leverage AI tools in day-to-day development to improve productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and enhance code quality
• Ensure a human-in-the-loop approach by validating, reviewing, and refining AI-generated outputs to maintain high engineering standards
• Continuously learn and apply modern technologies and evolving AI capabilities
• Develop AI capable features for modern gen B2C applications.

✅ What We’re Looking For

📌 Core Experience

• 6–9 years of experience in backend software development
• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring Boot) and modern backend frameworks
• In depth understanding of database relationships and object storage
• Able to lead a team of engineers towards technical delivery and solutions.
• Strong ownership mindset and troubleshooting skills.
• Basic knowledge of frontend system and complete technical workflow

🧠 Technical Strengths

• Solid understanding of software design principles and architecture patterns
• Ability to design scalable, high traffic withstanding, maintainable, and efficient systems
• Hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g. Claude, Codex or similar) to support coding, debugging, testing, or design workflows
• Demonstrated ability to use AI responsibly to improve productivity and product quality while applying critical thinking and human validation

🌍 Collaboration & Communication

• Experience working in global or distributed teams
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly

🎓 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or a related field
• Prior working experience in product-based organisations on B2C software products

💡 Nice to Have

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience with databases, system performance optimizations, and web security
• Interest or experience in building or using AI-powered developer workflows or agents
• Background in entertainment, media, or e-commerce platforms

Must-have skills

Database Relationship

Good-to-have skills

architecture patterns, Java, Spring Boot