Lead Software Engineer - Backend

About the Role

**About the Role:** Our team is looking for a hands\-on Tech Lead to own the technical direction of our backend platform. You will design and build scalable services, guide a team of engineers, and take end\-to\-end ownership from architecture through deployment and operations. This is a player\-coach role: you will still write code every day while setting the technical bar for the team **Must have:** * **5\+ years of software engineering experience, primarily on backend systems.** * Strong hands\-on expertise in **Node.js (TypeScript is a plus).** * Solid grounding in relational databases (PostgreSQL / MySQL): schema design, indexing, query optimisation. * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 institution. * Production experience with **MongoDB and Redis.** * Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerised deployments. * Hands\-on DevOps experience on AWS or Azure: compute, networking, IAM, managed databases, CI/CD pipelines. * Track record of leading technical design and mentoring engineers, formally or informally. * Strong fundamentals in system design, distributed systems, and API design. **Good to have:** * Python experience for scripting, data pipelines, or services. * Exposure to AI/ML: integrating LLM APIs, building RAG or agentic workflows, or working with ML teams on productionising models. * Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or Bicep). * Experience with message queues and event\-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS). * Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry). * Prior experience in a fast\-growing product company or startup. **Who you are** * You lead by example and are comfortable being the most hands\-on engineer in the room. * You communicate clearly with technical and non\-technical stakeholders alike. * You balance long\-term architecture with shipping iteratively. * You take ownership of outcomes, not just tasks. Benefits: * Cell phone reimbursement * Internet reimbursement * Paid sick time * Paid time off * Provident Fund Application Question(s): * What is your current CTC? * What is your Notice Period? * What is your strong suite in Backend Language? Work Location: In person