Senior Lead Engineer

Airtel; Gurugram District; Sur place; INR 1 500 000 - 2 600 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Airtel in India is seeking a seasoned backend engineer to build internet-scale systems and maintain high-availability services. You will design and implement backend services that power millions of users across app, web, and partner channels.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Redis), security-by-design, and DevOps with CI/CD. You will collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to deliver impactful features, while continuously learning new

Qualifications

• Strong Java programming with OO and functional styles.
• Experience with distributed systems and high-volume APIs.
• Experience with real-time data pipelines and databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Hands-on AI experience (Agentic and Generative AI).

Responsabilités

• Build backend services to support millions of daily users with high throughput and low latency.
• Own secure, modular, and reusable APIs across app, web, and partner channels.
• Work with event-driven data pipelines and real-time data processing (Kafka, Redis, etc.).
• Ensure fault tolerance, auto-scaling, and strong observability with incident management.
• Collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to design scalable solutions.
• Write clean, testable code and drive CI/CD with automated testing.
• Embed encryption, IAM, and security-by-design into backend systems.
• Experiment with modern frameworks, AI integrations, streaming and graph databases.
• Deliver features end-to-end with measurable customer and business impact.

Connaissances

Java

Distributed systems

APIs

SQL

NoSQL

Caching

Kafka

RabbitMQ

System design

AI integration

Formation

B.Tech/B.E./M.Tech/MCA

Outils

Redis

Memcached

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Description du poste

About the Role

To contribute team of enthusiastic individuals for building and maintaining high-quality software applications and cater superior experience to our customers on a scale.

Responsibilities

1. Build Internet-Scale Systems Design and develop backend services that support millions of daily users with high throughput and low latency.
2. Microservices & APIs Own secure, modular, and reusable APIs that integrate seamlessly across app, web, and partner channels.
3. Distributed Data Engineering Work with event-driven systems, caching strategies, and real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Redis, etc.).
4. Performance & Reliability Ensure fault tolerance, auto-scaling, and five-nines availability through strong observability and incident management.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with product managers and frontend engineers to design scalable solutions aligned to customer journeys.
6. Code Quality & CI/CD - Write clean, testable code, and drive DevOps practices with automated testing and continuous delivery pipelines.
7. Security by Design-Embed encryption, identity access management, and compliance into all backend systems.
8. Innovation at Scale - Experiment with modern frameworks, AI/ML integrations, streaming, and graph databases to push product capabilities forward.
9. End-to-End Ownership - Deliver features from design to production rollout,measuring real customer and business impact.

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong coding skills in Java with solid understanding of object-oriented and functional programming.
• Experience with distributed systems, high-volume APIs, and real-time data pipelines.
• Hands-on with databases (SQL + NoSQL), caching layers (Redis/Memcached), and messaging queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Strong grasp of system design, scalability, performance optimization.
• Hands on experience on AI (Agentic and Generative AI).
• Mindset of ownership,problem-solving, and impact delivery rather than just coding tasks.

Why Airtel ?

• Build systems that millions use daily - your code is never invisible.
• Work with cutting-edge cloud and AI tech in real business scenarios.
• Join a fast, metrics-driven team where engineers influence product strategy.

Educational Qualifications

B.Tech/B.E./M.Tech/MCA