Job Description

Responsibilities


Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs.


Work with databases SQL NoSQL to create efficient data models, queries, and data storage solutions.


Implement and optimize API endpoints, ensuring they adhere to RESTful principles or GraphQL.


Write clean, well documented, and efficient code while following best practices for performance, security, and scalability.


Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other team members to define and implement new features.


Develop and integrate authentication and authorization mechanisms to ensure secure access to backend services.


Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues related to backend services and systems.


Optimize the performance of backend services to handle high traffic and large volumes of data.


Implement and manage cloud services and infrastructure AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc


Write and maintain unit, integration, and functional tests to ensure code quality.


Participate in code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers.




Required Skills and Qualifications:


Strong proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java, Node.js, Python.


Experience with designing and developing RESTful APIs and or GraphQL services.


Deep understanding of database systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc.) and their optimization.


Knowledge of server-side architectures, microservices, and cloud infrastructure.


Proficiency in version control tools, especially Git.


Solid understanding of web security practices, including securing APIs and handling sensitive data.


Familiarity with containerization Docker and orchestration tools Kubernetes, etc


Experience with automated testing and CI CD pipelines.


Problem solving mindset with the ability to debug complex systems and resolve issues quickly.


Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.