Lead Backend
Marathahalli, Bangalore
8 years
PythonMicroservicesDjangoFlaskFastAPIAll CloudSQLDockerKubernetesGit
Job Description:
What you bring
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years building and scaling platform systems.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms (preferably GCP), and multi-tenant SaaS architectures. Strong background in containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) along with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Hands-on expertise across the stack: designing microservices in Python and Elixir (GraphQL, REST, gRPC), building React/TypeScript frontends, managing data with PostgreSQL and Cloud Storage, scaling with Redis and Pub/Sub, and implementing observability with Cloud Logging, Monitoring, and Sentry.
• Domain experience in platform services a plus: authentication, authorization, identity management, and multi-channel notifications.
• Proven ability to design and deliver high-traffic, high-availability systems that are scalable, resilient, and secure.
• Track record of anticipating technical pitfalls and making proactive design choices to avoid them.
• Experience building flexible, future-proof systems that adapt easily to new business needs.
• Hands-on technical leadership: you’re the go-to person for unblocking, reviewing, and leading large-scale technical initiatives end-to-end.
• Collaborative product mindset, with success translating requirements into technical solutions alongside Product and Design partners.
• Passion for engineering excellence – bringing in new tools, practices, and ideas that elevate the whole team.
• Strong mentorship and influence skills; you raise the technical bar across teams by sharing knowledge and modeling best practices.
• Availability for on-call rotation, ensuring mission-critical systems get timely, effective attention.
