Usage of Conventional AI
Virtusa utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for the purpose of conducting candidate pre-employment assessments. This AI may include both text-based and voice-based functionalities. The AI technology will have access to the data that you upload or provide during your interaction with the AI bot and will use such data solely for the purpose of performing assessment in accordance with Virtusa policies and practices. The AI is not used to substantially assist or replace discretionary employment decisions. Read our full employee privacy policy here.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
Backend Engineering & Architecture
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js (NestJS) &Go (Golang) .
Apply SOLID principles , clean code practices, and robust design patterns.
Contribute to application architecture decisions, ensuring maintainability,
extensibility, and high performance.
Build and optimize microservice - based architectures , including service - to - service communication and API design.
Develop and maintain secure and scalable authorization/identity layers (RBAC, OAuth2, JWT, etc.).
Design, implement, and maintain workflow engines or workflow orchestration logic for complex business processes.
Database & Storage
Work with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
Design efficient schemas, write complex queries, optimize performance, and ensure data integrity.
Familiarity with caching layers (Redis, Memcached) is a strong plus.
DevOps & Backend Infrastructure
Solid understanding of backend DevOps practices:
Docker,Kubernetes,CI/CD pipelines
Logging, monitoring, and observability tools
API gateways, reverse proxies, load balancing concepts
Experience with distributed systems, service discovery, and reliability patterns (circuit breaker, retry logic).
Strong hands - on exposure to AWS services relevant to backend & microservices such as:
EKS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3
RDS (Postgres) , DynamoDB (optional)
CloudWatch, IAM, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store
VPC, networking fundamentals, security groups
End - to - end understanding of cloud deployment workflows, versioning, and release management.
Quality & Engineering Excellence
Write high - quality, testable code and enforce engineering best practices.
Must - Have Technical Skills
6 – 10 years of hands - on backend engineering experience.
Strong proficiency in:
Node.js (NestJS),Go (Golang)
PostgreSQL or equivalent relational databases
Microservices architecture
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
AWS backend services and cloud deployments
Qualification
Key Responsibilities
Backend Engineering & Architecture
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js (NestJS) &Go (Golang) .
Apply SOLID principles , clean code practices, and robust design patterns.
Contribute to application architecture decisions, ensuring maintainability,
extensibility, and high performance.
Build and optimize microservice - based architectures , including service - to - service communication and API design.
Develop and maintain secure and scalable authorization/identity layers (RBAC, OAuth2, JWT, etc.).
Design, implement, and maintain workflow engines or workflow orchestration logic for complex business processes.
Database & Storage
Work with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
Design efficient schemas, write complex queries, optimize performance, and ensure data integrity.
Familiarity with caching layers (Redis, Memcached) is a strong plus.
DevOps & Backend Infrastructure
Solid understanding of backend DevOps practices:
Docker,Kubernetes,CI/CD pipelines
Logging, monitoring, and observability tools
API gateways, reverse proxies, load balancing concepts
Experience with distributed systems, service discovery, and reliability patterns (circuit breaker, retry logic).
Strong hands - on exposure to AWS services relevant to backend & microservices such as:
EKS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3
RDS (Postgres) , DynamoDB (optional)
CloudWatch, IAM, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store
VPC, networking fundamentals, security groups
End - to - end understanding of cloud deployment workflows, versioning, and release management.
Quality & Engineering Excellence
Write high - quality, testable code and enforce engineering best practices.
Must - Have Technical Skills
6 – 10 years of hands - on backend engineering experience.
Strong proficiency in:
Node.js (NestJS),Go (Golang)
PostgreSQL or equivalent relational databases
Microservices architecture
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
AWS backend services and cloud deployments
Key job details
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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 30,000 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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive fair and impartial treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or on any other basis which is protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government-issued ID during each interview. All candidates must be authorized to work in the USA.
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