Senior Software Developer - Backend

Oracle India Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle India Private Limited in Bengaluru is seeking a Software Developer 4 to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs within a distributed systems environment. The role focuses on delivering high-performance systems with strong reliability, observability, and operational discipline.

You will lead complex technical projects, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, design, data, and infrastructure teams to drive impactful, maintainable solutions while ensuring

Qualifications

• Strong backend development experience building production-grade services and APIs.
• Experience designing and developing complex, scalable, and high-performing systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, data modeling, and API design.
• Proven ability to deliver large or ambiguous technical projects with minimal guidance.
• Strong coding skills and commitment to clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Experience with observability, debugging, performance tuning, and production operations.
• Ability to mentor engineers and provide clear technical guidance.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Own complex technical projects from architecture through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration.
• Build high-performance services with strong attention to reliability, latency, observability, and operational excellence.
• Partner with product, design, data, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions.
• Make sound technical decisions that balance speed, quality, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
• Improve engineering practices through code reviews, design reviews, documentation, and mentoring.
• Identify technical risks, propose pragmatic solutions, and drive execution to successful outcomes.
• Help raise the engineering bar by mentoring junior and mid-level engineers

Skills

Backend development

API design

Distributed systems

Mentor engineers

Collaboration & communication

Observability & production operations

Tools

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Containerization

Infrastructure as code

Service orchestration

Job description

Software Developer 4

**Required Qualifications**

• Strong backend development experience building production-grade services and APIs.
• Experience designing and developing complex, scalable, and high-performing systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, data modeling, and API design.
• Proven ability to deliver large or ambiguous technical projects with minimal guidance.
• Strong coding skills and commitment to clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Experience with observability, debugging, performance tuning, and production operations.
• Ability to mentor engineers and provide clear technical guidance.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

**Preferred Qualifications**

• Experience with cloud platforms, microservices, event-driven systems, or large-scale data processing.
• Experience improving system reliability, reducing latency, or scaling services through periods of growth.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, or service orchestration.
• Track record of influencing technical direction across a team or product area.

**Success Profile**

A successful IC4 in this role is a strong individual contributor who consistently delivers high-quality backend systems, leads by example technically, mentors others effectively, and helps the team solve complex problems with clarity, ownership, and strong execution.

**Key Responsibilities**

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Own complex technical projects from architecture through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration.
• Build high-performance services with strong attention to reliability, latency, observability, and operational excellence.
• Partner with product, design, data, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to deliver high-impact solutions.
• Make sound technical decisions that balance speed, quality, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
• Improve engineering practices through code reviews, design reviews, documentation, and mentoring.
• Identify technical risks, propose pragmatic solutions, and drive execution to successful outcomes.
• Help raise the engineering bar by mentoring junior and mid-level engineers

Career Level - IC4 Only

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Experience Level Senior Level