01Overview
About the Role
Were hiring a Backend Developer to take strong execution ownership of the backend systems powering Zobaze POS, one of the most widely used mobile-first POS apps for retail and food businesses globally.
Youll work directly with the founder and core team, turning product direction into reliable, scalable backend systems. This is not a pick up tickets and wait for instructions role. Youll own important backend modules, make production-impacting decisions, improve system reliability, and help build the foundation that keeps thousands of businesses running every day.
If you love backend engineering, cloud systems, clean execution, and the thrill of seeing your work go live fast, this role is for you.
Here, you wont be another developer hidden behind layers of process. Youll be close to the product, close to the users, and close to the decisions that shape the company.
About Zobaze POS
Zobaze POS is a business-critical product built for shopkeepers, food outlets, wholesalers, and growing retail teams to manage their day-to-day operations.
It covers billing, inventory, staff, reports, and other core workflows that merchants depend on daily. The backend behind Zobaze needs to be fast, secure, scalable, and reliable because for our users, this is not just software it is how they run their business.
Powers real-world retail and food business operations
Supports multiple business domains and merchant workflows
Used daily by large numbers of merchants across India and beyond
Built for reliability, security, speed, and practical scale
What Youll Own
Backend feature delivery from design build deploy monitor improve
APIs, business logic, integrations, data models, and backend workflows
Cloud Functions, Cloud Run services, Pub/Sub flows, and background tasks
Firestore, MongoDB, and NoSQL database design, optimization, and maintenance
Backend reliability, security, performance, and scalability
Debugging production issues and reducing recurring system failures
IAM, access control, data protection, and backend security hardening
Deployment workflows, CI/CD improvements, automation, and developer productivity
Roadmap items for technical debt, must-fix issues, security improvements, and long-term backend scale
Close collaboration with Android, product, QA, and design teams to ship complete product experiences
Youll be expected to think like an owner, not just a contributor. When something breaks, youll help find the root cause. When something can be faster, safer, or cleaner, youll help improve it.
What Youll Help Build
Youll help strengthen the backend foundation behind Zobaze POS and prepare it for the next level of scale.
Present and future work may include:
Scalable backend services using Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
Cloud-native systems using Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Run
Event-driven workflows using Pub/Sub and Google Cloud Tasks
Reliable APIs for mobile-first, business-critical product experiences
Stronger logging, monitoring, alerting, and production visibility
Better data structures and query performance across Firestore, MongoDB, and NoSQL systems
Backend automation for deployments, testing, infrastructure, and internal workflows
AI-assisted development using tools like Cursor, Windsurf, Claude CLI, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools
Your Stack Must-Have Skills
3+ years of backend development experience
Strong production experience with Node.js
Strong command of JavaScript
TypeScript experience or willingness to work with TypeScript
Experience with Firestore, MongoDB, or other NoSQL databases
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
Familiarity with AWS
Experience with Google Cloud Functions or similar serverless systems
Understanding of Docker for container creation, hosting, and maintenance
Experience with Google Cloud Run or similar deployment platforms
Experience with async workflows such as Pub/Sub and Google Cloud Tasks
Strong understanding of backend security, IAM, access control, and cloud security basics
Comfortable debugging production systems
Ability to work independently with high ownership and limited hand-holding
Git and modern development workflows
Bonus Nice to Have
Python experience
Experience with POS, retail, billing, inventory, or operational business logic
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release automation
Exposure to observability, logging, alerting, or performance monitoring tools
Experience building backend systems for mobile apps
Firebase Auth, Firebase Messaging, Analytics, or related Firebase experience
Familiarity with AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Windsurf, or similar
Interest in mentoring, improving engineering processes, and raising the technical bar
Why Join Us
Founder-proximate: Work directly with the founder and core team. Fast decisions, clear direction, no endless hierarchy.
Real ownership:
