Backend Engineer II

Role Overview

ASCENRA Technologies is building a DPDP Consent Manager that enables individuals to manage their consent and organisations to collect, manage and honour data-principal rights.

As a Backend Engineer II, you will own and strengthen the backend platform, work closely with the Head of Engineering, and contribute to architecture, engineering standards and scalable backend systems. This role involves solving complex problems around privacy, data security, auditability and distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the backend services supporting the complete consent lifecycle — notice, grant, review, renewal and withdrawal.
• Design and maintain append-only, tamper-evident consent and withdrawal records.
• Build reliable event-driven systems using Kafka/MSK and idempotent consumers.
• Design PostgreSQL/Aurora data models with strong multi-tenant isolation.
• Develop and maintain versioned REST APIs using OpenAPI 3.0.
• Build and maintain microservices on AWS/ECS.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization using OAuth2, JWT/JWE and mTLS.
• Establish high standards for testing, CI/CD, observability and audit logging.
• Participate in architecture decisions and document technical decisions through ADRs.
• Review code, improve engineering practices and mentor junior backend engineers.
• Support the transition and knowledge transfer from the existing external engineering partner.

Required Qualifications

• 6–8 years of experience building and running production backend systems.
• At least 2 years in a Senior/Lead Individual Contributor role or equivalent experience.
• Strong production experience with TypeScript/Node.js or Go, with the ability to work comfortably in both.
• Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including data modelling, migrations and query optimisation.
• Production experience with Kafka or comparable event-streaming technologies.
• Experience with microservices and AWS, preferably ECS.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, observability and cloud cost considerations.
• Hands-on experience implementing OAuth2, JWT/JWE and/or mTLS.
• Strong understanding of testing, CI/CD and software design practices.
• Ability to make and document architectural decisions independently.

Mandatory Skills

• Backend Development
• Node.js / TypeScript or Go
• PostgreSQL
• Kafka / Event Streaming
• Microservices Architecture
• AWS / ECS
• REST APIs / OpenAPI
• OAuth2 / JWT / JWE / mTLS
• CI/CD
• Testing & Observability
• System Design
• Multi-tenant Architecture

Good to Have

• Experience in DPDP, privacy-tech, consent management or fintech.
• Experience with ImmuDB or other append-only/verifiable data stores.
• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms at scale.
• AWS certification.
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

Why Join ASCENRA?

• Work on a new and rapidly developing privacy-tech category in India.
• Take significant ownership of backend architecture and engineering decisions.
• Solve challenging problems involving data privacy, security, auditability and distributed systems.
• Work closely with the Head of Engineering and founders.
• Join at an early stage where your technical decisions can directly shape the product.
• Hybrid working environment with an anchor office at Grandthum, Tech Zone IV, Greater Noida West.
• Build technology aligned with India's evolving data-protection ecosystem.

Pay: ₹1,700,000.00 - ₹2,300,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201311