Software Engineer - L3 (Software Engineer II)

Software Engineer

L3 (Software Engineer II)

Location & Type

Delhi, Full-time

CTC Range (LPA) : 35.25 - 43.00

Role Overview

As a Software Engineer II, you will own and deliver larger cross-cutting modules and systems end-to-end

across backend and frontend. You’ll write design docs, mentor junior engineers, lead technical discussions, and ensure reliability of critical features. This role expects strong skills in

backend services, APIs, databases, and modern frontend frameworks (React / Next.js)

What You’ll Do

Own and deliver

larger modules / systems

that span backend services and frontend applications.

Author and present

detailed design docs,

drive technical discussions and trade-off decisions.

Build production-grade services in

Node.js

and integrate AI systems in

Python

Architect high-performance

REST / GraphQL APIs,

ensure versioning, security, and backward compatibility.

Design and optimize schemas in

Postgres

and

MongoDB

for scale and availability.

Lead development of frontend features in

React / Next.js

with focus on performance, accessibility, and maintainability.

Enforce CI / CD best practices : test automation, deployment readiness, and rollback strategies.

Define and monitor

observability standards

(metrics, logs, alerts) and lead incidents.

Mentor and coach junior engineers through reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.

Design and roll out

multi-layer caching

for high-traffic paths, define hit-rate / latency SLOs.

Establish

cache governance

: keys / namespaces, TTL policies, invalidation playbooks, and observability (hit / miss dashboards).

Technical Qualifications

3–4 years of professional software engineering experience.

Advanced proficiency in

Node.js

services and

Python

integrations.

Strong experience in

REST / GraphQL API

design and scaling.

Deep knowledge of

Postgres

schema design, indexing, and query optimization.

Hands-on with

MongoDB

aggregation pipelines and sharding strategies.

Proficiency with

React / Next.js

(or equivalent) for building production UIs.

Experience with

AWS ECS / ECR

and scaling containerized workloads.

Strong CI / CD practices and release automation experience.

Skilled in diagnosing and fixing production issues using logs, metrics, and traces.

Solid system design skills : concurrency, fault tolerance, latency vs. throughput trade-offs.

Hands-on with

Redis

at scale (pipelines, Lua scripts, locks),

CDN edge caching

, and

GraphQL / REST response caching

Deep understanding of

consistency vs. freshness

trade-offs,

idempotency

, and

rate limiting

around cached flows.

Nice to Have

TypeScript

proficiency in both frontend and backend.

Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh (Istio / Linkerd).

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / CDK / CloudFormation).

Distributed systems patterns (event-driven, CQRS, async messaging).

Advanced monitoring / alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).

Experience leading technical spikes, POCs, or cross-team integrations.

About the Company

Griphic is founded by IIT Delhi engineers with a vision to enrich lives through technological innovation. We combine cutting-edge AI with hyper-realistic virtual experiences to solve problems and disrupt industries. Our team includes IIT Delhi engineers, AI / ML experts, VR developers, and 3D specialists. Backed by SKETS Studio (700+ professionals in BIM, architecture, VR, and 3D visualization), we are building the future of immersive web applications.