Lead Backend Developer – Java/Python Engineer

Winzons; India; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tracxn Technologies Ltd. in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Backend Developer with 6+ years of experience to lead engineering teams and drive technical excellence across backend systems.

You will own architecture discussions, guide delivery, and collaborate with product and design teams to ship scalable software. The role emphasizes mentorship, hands-on leadership, and delivering high-quality solutions on time while maintaining strong engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams.
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems.
• Strong ownership of delivery timelines and quality.
• Hands-on experience with backend architectures and microservices.

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 risks.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers.

Skills

People management

Backend architecture

Java

Python

Microservices

REST APIs

SQL/NoSQL

Team leadership

Tools

Spring Boot

MongoDB

MySQL

Redis

Kafka

AWS

Job description

Company Name: Tracxn Technologies Ltd

Job Role: Lead Backend Developer

Work Type: Full-Time

Department: Engineering

Job Category: Software Development / Engineering

Experience: 6+ Years

Location: Bangalore, India

About Tracxn

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

• Neha Singh (ex-Sequoia, BCG | MBA - Stanford GSB)
• Abhishek Goyal (ex-Accel Partners, Amazon | BTech - IIT Kanpur)

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.

Our Tech Stacks

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 & Mandatory :

• 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

Backend & System Architecture Expertise :

• 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.

Technical Competencies :

• 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.

Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.

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

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