Lead Backend Developer

Your potential, unleashed.

India’s impact on the global economy has increased at an exponential rate and Deloitte presents an opportunity to unleash and realise your potential amongst cutting edge leaders, and organisations shaping the future of the region, and indeed, the world beyond.

At Deloitte, your whole self to work, every day. Combine that with our drive to propel with purpose and you have the perfect playground to collaborate, innovate, grow, and make an impact that matters.

The team

Today’s business challenges present a new wave of HR, talent and organization priorities. Deloitte’s Human Capital services leverage research, analytics, and industry insights to help design and execute critical programs from business-driven HR to innovative talent, leadership, and change programs.

Your work profile

As a

Senior

Consultant

in our

SuccessFactors

Team you’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations : -

As a practitioner, within the Human Resource Transformation, the Individual will be responsible to implement the system in a global setup and will help configure, implement, and provide production / warranty support.

Position :

Lead Backend Developer

Experience : 6+ Years

Domain : Digital Government

Location : Delhi

Notice Period : Immediate to 30 Days

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Developer with expertise in JavaScript (Node.js / TypeScript) and / or Java (Spring Boot) to build and optimize scalable backend applications. The ideal candidate should have a strong grasp of microservices architecture, RESTful API development, database technologies, caching solutions, messaging queues, and security best practices.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable backend services and microservices using Node.js (Express.js / NestJS) or Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud).
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and Web Services for seamless system integration.
• Work with relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch) databases to design efficient schemas and queries.
• Implement caching solutions (Redis, Memcached) to enhance performance.
• Utilize messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ) for event-driven architectures.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests using frameworks like Jest, Mocha, Chai, JUnit, Mockito, or TestNG.
• Apply asynchronous programming principles and event-driven architectures for efficient backend operations.
• Ensure security best practices by implementing OAuth, JWT, CORS, and protecting against vulnerabilities (e.g., XSS, SQL injection, CSRF).
• Use Git for version control, managing branches, pull requests, and merges.
• Monitor and troubleshoot applications with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, or Datadog.
• Follow Agile / Scrum methodologies using tools like Jira, Confluence, or Trello.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

Good to Have :

Location and way of working

Location : Delhi (Work from Office – 5 days)

Your role as a Senior Consultant

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, Senior Consultant across our organization must strive to be :

Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation

Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose

Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity

Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future

Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders

Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions

Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen

Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities

Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization

Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities

Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

the success of engagement(s)

Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience

Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision

Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems

Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte

Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive.

How you’ll grow

Connect for impact

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Drive your career

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