Lead backend

About the Role:

We are a fast-growing product-based company that thrives on innovation, scalability, and

delivering high-quality solutions to global customers. As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will play a

pivotal role in designing and developing robust backend systems that power our flagship products.

This role requires technical excellence, leadership, and a passion for creating scalable solutions that

impact thousands of users.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Architecture and Design:

○ Architect and implement highly scalable, reliable, and secure backend systems to

support our product offerings.

○ Collaborate closely with Product Managers to translate product requirements into

efficient technical solutions.

• Product Development and Delivery:

○ Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs that support key product

features.

○ Ensure products are delivered with high performance, scalability, and

maintainability.

○ Continuously optimize backend systems for responsiveness and cost efficiency.

• Technical Leadership:

○ Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers to deliver on product goals.

○ Conduct code reviews, provide technical guidance, and foster a culture of

engineering excellence.

○ Drive best practices for software development, including testing, automation, and

deployment pipelines.

• Collaboration Across Teams:

○ Partner with frontend engineers, DevOps teams, and QA to ensure seamless product

integration.

○ Act as a technical liaison between engineering and product teams to address

challenges and align on goals.

• Scalability and Maintenance:

○ Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve performance bottlenecks in backend systems.

○ Continuously monitor production systems and implement improvements to ensure

reliability and uptime.

• Innovation and Process Improvement:

○ Stay up-to-date with emerging backend technologies and recommend their

integration into our products.

○ Drive initiatives to improve developer productivity, code quality, and system

performance.

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in backend development using Golang, Java, Node or similar programming languages.
• Proven experience designing and building Microservices Architecture and RESTful APIs for high-scale products.
• Deep understanding of relational and non-relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proficiency in containerization tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns for scalable systems.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide teams effectively.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering customer-centric solutions.

You are eligible for this role if you are

• 6+ years of experience in software development and programming, of which at least 1+ years should be in leading a team of developers.
• Ready to work from Bangalore office
• Bachelor's degree (B.Tech) in Computer Science or a related field from a recognized university.