Lead Backend Developer Bengaluru

Tracxn Technologies Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tracxn is seeking an experienced software engineer with 6+ years to lead a team in Bengaluru. You will drive technical excellence, own architecture discussions, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product and design, and balance hands-on coding with people management in a fast-growing product company. This role offers opportunities to influence system design at scale and to contribute to a culture of ownership and continuous

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams.
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems.
• Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions.
• Strong collaboration 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 development

Backend architecture

Java

Python

Microservices

API design

Databases

Data pipelines

Tools

Spring Boot

Node.js

ReactJS

Next.js

Webpack

Storybook

AWS

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

Ansible

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 is 60+ members strong and 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 activities. We have a team-centric culture where the ownership and responsibility of a feature or module lie with a team compared to an individual.

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 of 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 modeling 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.
• Very high visibility regarding which startups and markets are exciting globally.