Job Description

SDE 3 | Backend Engineering | Kotak 811 | Bangalore Do you thrive on solving large-scale engineering challenges and leading the design of highly scalable distributed systems Kotak 811 is looking for an experienced SDE 3 to drive innovation, architecture, and engineering excellence across our backend platforms. What You'll Do . Design, architect, and build highly scalable backend systems serving millions of customers . Lead the development of complex microservices and distributed platform capabilities . Define backend architecture standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices . Drive system reliability, performance optimization, scalability, and operational excellence . Own critical platform components and ensure high availability and fault tolerance . Lead API strategy, governance, security, and lifecycle management through API Gateway platforms . Mentor engineers across teams through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance . Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies, frameworks, and architectural improvements . Collaborate with product, engineering leadership, security, and business stakeholders to deliver strategic initiatives . Drive incident resolution, root cause analysis, and long-term platform improvements What We're Looking For . 6-10+ years of experience in backend engineering and distributed systems development . Strong expertise in Node.js, Java Spring Boot, or other enterprise backend technologies . Proven experience designing and operating large-scale microservices architectures . Deep understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and asynchronous messaging platforms such as RabbitMQ or Kafka . Strong expertise in backend design patterns, scalability, resiliency, and performance engineering . Hands-on experience with SQL databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB) . Strong exposure to API Gateway solutions, security controls, authentication, authorization, and traffic management . Experience with cloud-native architectures, containerization, CI/CD, and DevOps practices . Advanced knowledge of testing strategies, TDD, automation, observability, and production monitoring . Strong technical leadership, stakeholder management, and mentoring capabilities You'll Thrive Here If You... This is an Internal document. . Think strategically while remaining deeply hands-on . Love solving highly complex engineering problems at scale . Enjoy mentoring and elevating engineering teams . Drive outcomes with a strong sense of ownership and accountability . Stay calm during critical production situations and lead by example . Continuously challenge the status quo to improve systems and processes Why Kotak 811 . Lead the engineering backbone of a fast-growing digital bank . Solve large-scale, real-world technology challenges . Influence architecture and technology decisions across the organization . Work with talented teams focused on innovation and customer impact . Own mission-critical platforms that serve millions of users Location: Bangalore Role: SDE 3 | Backend Engineering Ready to shape the future of digital banking at scale Apply now. This is an Internal document.