Job description
TCS hires freshers pan-India through its National Qualifier Test (NQT), assigning selected candidates to tracks including backend engineering, based on performance and business need.
Locations: Bangalore, Coimbatore, Kochi (and other TCS delivery centres across India)
Track: Ninja / Digital (salary bands up to ~₹7–12.26 LPA depending on track)
Eligibility: Recent graduates (2024–2026 batches), per TCS NQT eligibility criteria
Note: This is an ongoing recruitment cycle rather than a single dated requisition. As of this posting, the July 2026 cycle closes for registration 19 July 2026 (exam 30 July 2026); the next cycle registers through 13 August 2026 (exam 26 August 2026). Confirm the live cycle on TCS's official careers page before candidates apply.
About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
TCS is part of the Tata Group and one of the world's largest IT services, consulting, and business solutions companies, with a long-running, high-volume campus and off-campus fresher hiring pipeline (TCS NQT).
Backend Development skill map
The broader skill set for this category — use it to prep before you apply, then run a skill gap analysis in the app.
Skills
- API design
- Database modeling
- Authentication
- Caching
- Error handling
- Testing
- Logging & monitoring
- Security basics
Tools
- Node.js
- Express
- Python/Django/FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Docker
- Postman
- Prisma
Knowledge
- HTTP & REST
- SQL vs NoSQL
- Queues & workers
- Rate limiting
- OWASP basics
- CI/CD
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