Role : Lead Backend Developer
Experience : 8 - 10 years
Education : B.E/B.Tech/Master's
Location : Bengaluru (Work from Office - HSR Layout)
Roles & Responsibilities
In this role, you will be the driving force behind the backend team, ensuring technical excellence and a high-performance culture.
- Team Leadership & Ownership : Take full ownership of the backend team's productivity, and delivery. You will manage the end-to-end lifecycle of features, from technical design to production deployment.
- Mentorship & Growth : Actively mentor junior and mid-level engineers through regular 1- on-1s, career pathing, and hands-on guidance to foster a culture of continuous learning.
- Quality & Artifact Review : Establish and lead rigorous code review processes. You are responsible for the quality of deliverables, ensuring they meet architectural standards, security requirements, and performance benchmarks.
- Process & Standards Definition : Define and implement engineering best practices, including coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and documentation protocols.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Partner with Architects, Product Managers, and Frontend teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical roadmaps.
- Technical Strategy : Lead the architectural evolution of the platform, making informed decisions on frameworks (Java, Golang) and infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker).
What You Bring / Technical Experience
- Core Backend Mastery : 8+ years of strong backend development experience, with deep expertise in Java and Go for building scalable, high-performance microservices.
- System Design & Scalability : Proven track record of designing and shepherding large- scale web applications from ideation to delivery.
- Database & Data Architecture : Expert knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, with experience in high-throughput systems like ClickHouse, Elasticsearch or Kafka
- Infrastructure & DevOps : Strong familiarity with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Engineering Excellence : Mastery of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns. A strong advocate for writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Industry Standards : Experience with API design (REST/gRPC), observability (logging, monitoring, tracing), and cloud-native development.
Behavioral & Leadership Skills
- Influence & Communication : Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ownership Mentality : A self-starter who treats the product as their own, showing high accountability for the team's successes and failures.
- Conflict Resolution & Team Building : Skilled at navigating technical debates, building consensus, and maintaining a collaborative team environment.
- Adaptability : Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment, with the ability to pivot and reprioritize based on business needs.
- Strategic Thinking : Able to look beyond immediate tasks to understand how technical decisions impact long-term business goals.
(ref:hirist.tech)
