Lead - Backend Developer

Tracxn; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tracxn, a Bangalore-based product company, seeks an experienced software engineering lead with 6+ years of experience to guide multiple teams and drive technical excellence.

You will own architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions while collaborating closely with product and design teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams.
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems.
• Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions.
• Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers.
• Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders.
• Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards.
• Manage delivery timelines, resource planning, and technical risks.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers.

Skills

Team leadership

Software architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Delivery management

Performance reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

Python

Spring Boot

Node.js

ReactJS

Next.js

AWS

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

Tracxn (Tracxn.com) is a Bangalore-based product company providing a research and deal sourcing platform for Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corp Dev, and professionals working around the startup ecosystem.

We are a team of 600+ working professionals serving customers across the globe. Our clients include Funds like Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, GGV Capital, and Large Corporations such as Citi, Embraer & Ferrero.

Founders

About Technology Team:

Tracxn's Technology team has 60+ members and is growing. The technology team is subdivided into multiple smaller teams, each owning one or more services/components of the technology platform. Ours is a young team of motivated engineers with a minimal management structure, where almost everyone is actively involved in technical development and design. We have a team-centric culture where a team, not an individual, owns and is responsible for a feature or module.

We value ownership, continuous learning, consistency, and discipline as a team.

We work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to backend and frontend systems such as Java, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js, ReactJS, Next.js, Webpack, and Storybook; cloud and serverless platforms like AWS, etc; data and infrastructure technologies such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch), MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Ansible; large-scale web crawling solutions; modern data pipelines and ETL workflows; and AI/ML-driven projects.

Job Overview:

We are looking for experienced software engineers with 6+ years of overall software development experience, including backend development and proven people-management skills. The ideal candidate will lead the engineering team(s), drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers
• Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders
• Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
• Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards
• Manage delivery timelines, resource planning, and technical risks
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers

Job Requirements :

Professional Experience

• Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems
• Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions
• Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.

Technical Leadership & Management

• Ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers across different experience levels
• Experience conducting performance reviews and providing technical feedback
• Strong ownership of team delivery, timelines, and quality
• Experience balancing hands-on technical work with people management
• Strong proficiency in modern backend architectures, design patterns, and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (e.g., Java, Python, etc.)
• Solid understanding of API design principles and implementation
• Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases and knowledge of data pipelines and data warehousing concepts.
• Strong system design and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of caching strategies, performance optimization, and scalability
• Understanding of data modelling and query optimization
• Familiarity with search and indexing technologies
• Understanding of security best practices in backend systems

Culture:

• Work with performance-oriented teams driven by ownership and passion.
• Learn to design systems for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• No strict deadlines, focus on delivering quality work.
• High visibility into which startups and markets are exciting globally.