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
We are seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer I to join SurveyMonkey. As a key contributor, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining backend services that power our form-building and data-processing platforms. You will work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and designers to build scalable, reliable, and secure systems that enhance user experiences.
If you are passionate about backend development, APIs, databases, and modern cloud infrastructure, and have expertise in both PHP and Python, we would love to hear from you!
What you’ll be working on
- Designing, developing, and maintaining backend services and APIs that support our applications.
- Ensuring system scalability, reliability, and maintainability while optimizing performance.
- Contributing to the modernization of legacy PHP systems and transitioning through language version upgrades and dependency updates.
- Collaborating with frontend engineers, product managers, and UX designers to build seamless end-to-end experiences.
- Implementing automated tests, CI/CD pipelines, and best practices for backend development.
- Participating in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture planning.
- Troubleshooting and debugging complex issues in production and staging environments.
- Ensuring backend security, data integrity, and compliance with best practices.
- Working with Docker, MySQL, and cloud-based services to improve deployment and infrastructure reliability.
- Supporting and maintaining WordPress-based deployments where applicable.
We’d love to hear from people with
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend development using PHP and Python.
- Strong experience in building and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Experience with modern PHP frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, or similar) and Python frameworks (Flask, FastAPI, Django).
- Experience maintaining and modernizing legacy PHP applications, including handling version transitions and dependency management.
- Proficiency in database design and query optimization using MySQL or PostgreSQL.
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Docker Compose) and cloud-based deployment strategies.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar).
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills with the ability to work on legacy codebases.
- Knowledge of frontend-backend integration, API versioning, and best practices in web security.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in distributed teams.
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.
#LI - Hybrid
Why SurveyMonkey? We’re glad you asked
SurveyMonkey is a place where the curious come to grow. We’re building an inclusive workplace where people of every background can excel no matter their time zone. At SurveyMonkey, we weave employee feedback and our core values into everything we do to create forward-looking benefits policies, employee programs, and an award-winning culture, including our annual holiday refresh, our annual week of service, learning and development opportunities like Curiosity Week, and our C.H.O.I.C.E Fund.
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.
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