Senior Software Engineer II - Backend Development

SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business—loved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, effectively serving every use case, from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it’s like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips.

Trusted by millions—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—SurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth. Discover how at surveymonkey.com.

What we’re looking for

Our engineering teams develop enterprise-grade services and infrastructure that support SurveyMonkey’s largest enterprise customers. Across our platform teams, we build and maintain advanced user management capabilities, scalable microservices, asset libraries, role-based access control, survey branding, and AI-powered intelligence tools. We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer who is passionate about solving challenging technical problems and building reliable, scalable solutions. You’ll work closely with product owners and customers, iterating quickly to deliver solutions that meet evolving user and business needs while helping shape the continued evolution of our platform.

What you’ll be working on

• Build and maintain enterprise-grade services and infrastructure across multiple data regions, supporting the scalability and reliability of our platform.

• Own features end-to-end, from crafting technical specifications and writing readable, extensible code through implementation, release, and monitoring post-release performance.

• Build observable systems that track meaningful metrics, monitor service health, and automatically alert teams when issues arise.

• Investigate and resolve performance, scalability, and maintainability issues across production and development environments.

• Participate in code reviews, helping ensure sound technical design, maintainable code, and adherence to engineering best practices.

• Mentor and guide engineers, sharing technical knowledge and promoting strong engineering practices across the team.

We’d love to hear from people with

• 8+ years of professional experience in backend web application development.

• Proficiency in modern backend programming languages such as Python, Java, or PHP, along with relevant frameworks such as FastAPI, Spring Boot, or Laravel.

• Proven experience designing and building scalable, reliable services and APIs.

• Strong SQL skills, including writing efficient queries and designing schemas for relational databases. Experience with MSSQL or MySQL is a plus.

• Experience contributing to technical specifications, participating in code reviews, and collaborating across engineering and product teams.

• Experience working in agile development environments with frequent deployments and a focus on continuous delivery.

• Hands-on experience with automated testing and maintaining high standards for code quality and engineering best practices.

• Demonstrated experience using AI-powered development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot as part of your development workflow. This includes applying these tools to multi-file refactoring, executing technical specifications, and managing context to support effective development.

Nice to Have:

• Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) and building AI-powered features into modern backend architectures.

SurveyMonkey believes in-person collaboration is valuable for building relationships, fostering community, and enhancing our speed and execution in problem-solving and decision-making. As such, this opportunity is hybrid and requires you to work from the SurveyMonkey office in Bengaluru 3 days per week.

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Why SurveyMonkey? We’re glad you asked

At SurveyMonkey, curiosity powers everything we do. We’re a global company where people from all backgrounds can make an impact, build meaningful connections, and grow their careers. Our teams work in a flexible, hybrid environment with thoughtfully designed offices and programs like the CHOICE Fund to help employees thrive in work and life.

We’ve been trusted by organizations for over 25 years, and we’re just getting started. Our milestones include celebrating a quarter-century of curiosity with 25 acts of giving, opening new hubs in Costa Rica and India, crossing the threshold of 100 billion questions answered, and earning recognition as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces across North America and Asia.

We live our company values—like championing inclusion and making it happen—by embedding them into how we hire, collaborate, and grow. They help shape everything from our culture to our business decisions. Come join us and see where your curiosity can take you.

Our commitment to an inclusive workplace

SurveyMonkey is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

Your data

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