Backend Technical Lead - Java/Python/Golang

The company is a Series A, B2B product startup, backed by marquee investors including Bessemer Venture Partners.

Role: Tech Lead Backend

Experience: 6+ years

Work Model: Hybrid 2 days WFO

Role Type: Individual Contributor + Technical Leadership

This is a hands-on Tech Lead position, with approximately 7080% hands-on coding/IC work.

You would be responsible for:

• Writing and reviewing backend code regularly

• Owning technical direction and architectural decisions

• Designing scalable and reliable backend systems

• Mentoring Senior Engineers

• Driving design/code reviews and engineering standards

• Debugging and resolving complex production issues end-to-end

• Working on business-critical systems where correctness and reliability are extremely important

• Making technical trade-offs around scalability, failure handling, performance and reliability

Mandatory Requirements:

• 6+ years of overall Software Engineering experience

• Strong hands-on backend development experience in at least one language such as Python, Java, Golang, etc.

• Prior Tech Lead / technical ownership experience

• Strong System Design and Distributed Systems knowledge

• Strong CS fundamentals including DSA, OS and Networking

• Experience owning complex or business-critical engineering problems end-to-end

• Experience mentoring Senior Engineers and conducting design/code reviews

• Comfortable working as a hands-on IC + Tech Lead, rather than a pure people manager

• Experience in Product Companies / Startups / B2B SaaS

• B.Tech/B.E./B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Preferred Skills:

• Kafka / NATS / RabbitMQ

• AWS

• Docker / Kubernetes

• CI/CD

• Observability

• Security / Compliance

• Multi-tenant systems

• Financial / Billing platforms