Backend Architect

Role & responsibilities

As the Backend Architect at ConveGenius, you will act as the Backend Lead with complete end-to-end ownership of all backend systems from architecture and API design to deployment, reliability, observability, and team leadership. You design and own the scalable backend systems, APIs, and distributed services powering millions of learners across India. This person sets the technical direction for how services are built, deployed, and operated at scale, and owns reliability, performance, and architectural evolution of the backend platform.This role is part of a 0-to-1 vertical build. The person joining should be comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership, rapid iteration, hands on execution, team building, and periods of high-intensity work during the early setup phase Key Responsibilities • Define and own the backend architecture: service decomposition, inter-service communication, and failure isolation strategies. • Design high-throughput, low-latency APIs and microservices for learner-facing and internal product features. • Build event-driven systems using Kafka for async workflows, real-time notifications, and data pipeline integration. • Own reliability engineering: SLAs, SLOs, circuit breakers, retry strategies, and graceful degradation patterns. • Lead database selection and design: PostgreSQL, MongoDB or DynamoDB, Redis — trade-off decisions and schema design. • Establish Kubernetes-based deployment architecture: service mesh, autoscaling, health management, and resource governance. • Define observability standards: distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), logging aggregation, alerting (Prometheus, Grafana). • Drive API design decisions (REST, gRPC, GraphQL) and integration patterns with AI/ML inference services. • Mentor engineering teams on distributed systems patterns, code quality, and architectural best practices. • Define and govern DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines: automated testing, deployment automation, and release reliability. • Establish test automation and quality assurance standards across backend services: unit, integration, contract, and performance testing. • Drive integration of multiple systems, platforms, and third-party technologies — including AI/ML inference services and government APIs. • Guide engineering teams on architecture decisions and drive technical excellence across all backend squads. Must-Have Skills • Strong experience in solution architecture, system design, and application development • Expertise in designing scalable and reliable systems using open-source technology stacks Convegenius • Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices • Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation • Knowledge of test automation, quality assurance, and system reliability • Experience integrating multiple systems, platforms, and technologies • Strong problem-solving, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills • Experience guiding engineering teams and driving architecture decisions