Tech Lead - Backend Engineering

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead who will drive backend engineering design, architecture, development, and team execution. You will actively code while mentoring and guiding a team of developers to deliver scalable, high-performance services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a backend team of 34 engineers, providing technical direction and code reviews.
• Architect, design, and implement distributed backend services with high availability and reliability.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of features from requirement gathering to production deployment and monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, and Frontend teams to ensure alignment on technical solutions.
• Ensure high code quality, maintainability, and engineering best practices across the team.
• Troubleshoot production issues and take part in on-call rotation when required.
• Drive continuous improvement in performance, scalability, and system stability.
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and performance evaluation of team members.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience in Backend Development using Java and Node.js.
• Expertise in designing and consuming REST APIs and familiarity with microservice architectures.
• Solid experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB (schema design, performance tuning).
• Hands-on experience with Redis (caching, pub/sub).
• Working knowledge of Kafka (message streaming, producer/consumer design patterns).
• Experience with containerized deployments using Docker, and familiarity with CI/CD workflows.
• Understanding of distributed system concepts like CAP theorem, eventual consistency, and fault tolerance.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g. Datadog).
• Exposure to Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Event-Driven Architectures.

Soft Skills

• Strong ownership and accountability with a product-first mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to balance hands-on coding with leadership and mentorship.
• Problem-solving attitude with a focus on delivering outcomes, not just output.