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Position: Backend Engineering Lead (Go & Node.js) Location: Hybrid Reporting to: CTO, Arr Voice About Arr Voice Arr Voice is India's leading audio-first social platform, empowering creators and listeners to connect through Voicepods, Voicepools, and community-driven audio experiences. Backed by a network of 10K+ creators and a monthly reach of 15-20 million, we are on a mission to democratise audio storytelling across India's tier-2 and tier-3 markets. Role Overview We're seeking a seasoned Backend Engineering Lead to architect and scale our core services. You'll own the design, development, and operational excellence of microservices built in Go and Node.js, champion data modelling best practices, and guide a team of high-performing engineers toward shipping robust, AI-enhanced features at scale. Key Responsibilities Design and build scalable, low-latency microservices using Node.js (TypeScript) and Golang. Develop and maintain GraphQL APIs and backend integrations. Lead implementation of data flows and service logic in a distributed microservices environment. Take ownership of cloud infrastructure setup, deployment workflows, and monitoring. Ensure system reliability, performance, and uptime by proactively addressing architectural and operational concerns. Drive the integration of AI/ML capabilities such as transcription, summarization, and recommendations into the product. Own the full pipeline for AI features from embedding generation to querying vector databases alongside backend responsibilities. Design and manage efficient data models across relational, key-value, and unstructured data stores. Ensure data scalability, consistency, and integrity across all systems. Work closely with fellow backend engineers to ship high-impact features rapidly and reliably. Contribute to technical direction, code reviews, best practices, and team-level decision-making. Play an active role in hiring, onboarding, and mentoring engineers as the team grows. Requirements 5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining backend systems in production. Strong proficiency in at least two backend languages, including Node.js (TypeScript) and Golang (both are must-haves). Strong experience building and maintaining GraphQL and/or REST APIs. Proven experience running production environments on AWS, GCP, or Azure. Experience with deploying and managing containerized services (e.g., using ECS, Kubernetes, or similar). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, and observability tools. Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB). Experience working with Redis and other in-memory data stores. Hands-on experience with message queues and pub/sub systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka). Exposure to vector databases, embeddings, and running AI/ML models in production. Experience working closely with mobile frontend teams, ensuring efficient APIs, performance optimization, and debugging. Nice-to-Have Familiarity with Graph databases (e.g., Neptune, Neo4j). Experience building consumer-facing products at scale. Prior work with microservices architectures and distributed systems. Contributions to open-source projects or active technical blogging. Familiarity with large-language model fine-tuning and hosting on infrastructure like AWS SageMaker or Azure ML. Background in user-centric analytics and personalization algorithms. What We Offer Competitive salary with performance bonuses and equity options. Flexible work hours and hybrid work policy. Generous learning & development budget for conferences, courses, and certifications. A culture that values creativity, ownership, and rapid experimentation. Opportunity to shape the future of audio social in Indias biggest emerging markets. .
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
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When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.