Lead Software Engineer (Level 5) | BackEnd (Gurugram based)

Overview

Lead Backend Engineer responsible for critical backend systems end-to-end, including technical direction and large initiative leadership.

What you'll do

• Lead architecture, design, and development of complex distributed systems at scale.
• Own technical direction, delivery, and evolution of critical systems and platforms.
• Drive system design, API standards, software architecture, and engineering best practices across teams.
• Lead complex technical initiatives involving multiple services, teams, and stakeholders.
• Make key technical decisions balancing scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Remain hands-on in production through coding, code reviews, and system design/problem-solving.
• Lead production stability, incident management, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.

What you'll need

• 11+ years experience building and operating large-scale backend systems in production.
• Proven experience delivering complex distributed systems at scale.
• Strong expertise in Java, Scala, Kotlin, or Go.
• Strong software architecture skills with driving architectural decisions across teams.
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives/projects/engineering teams with end-to-end ownership.
• Recent and ongoing hands-on coding experience in production environments is required.

Details

• Role is Gurugram-based.