Software Developer

T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd.; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd. invites a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our India delivery team in Pune. The role combines hands-on backend development with technical leadership, driving design decisions and coordinating efforts across India.

You will design and implement robust backend services, tackle production issues, and ensure secure, reliable systems while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to testing and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Must have: Scala, Akka, Java; functional programming; distributed systems; production support including logs and incidents; unit/integration testing; CVE remediation and dependency upgrades; code reviews and mentoring.
• Demonstrated leadership experience and ability to mentor junior engineers.
• Comfortable owning and driving backend design and performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and coordination for the India team.
• Design and implement backend services and enhancements.
• Investigate production issues using logs and monitoring tools.
• Validate fixes in lower environments before production rollout.
• Create and maintain unit and integration tests.
• Drive security fixes and dependency upgrades.
• Participate in code reviews and raise engineering standards.
• Support platform stability, reliability and performance initiatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.

Skills

Scala Akka Java

Functional programming

Distributed systems

Debugging

Production support

Unit testing

Integration testing

CVE remediation

Code reviews

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

EKS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Datadog

GitLab CI

Flink

Python

Argo CD

Terraform

Atlantis

Job description

Company Introduction – T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd. T-Systems Information and Communication Technology India Private Limited (T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd.) is a certified Great Place To Work®, proudly recognized for its strong people-first culture and commitment to employee excellence. As a wholly owned subsidiary of T-Systems International GmbH, T-Systems India operates out of Pune and Bangalore, with a dynamic team of over 4,200 professionals delivering high-value IT services to group customers worldwide. T-Systems India plays a key role in this global vision by delivering integrated, end-to-end IT solutions and sector-specific software to drive transformation across industries, including automotive, manufacturing, logistics, transportation, healthcare, and the public sector. For over 25 years, T-Systems International GmbH has been at the forefront of digital innovation, driving progress and fostering digital optimism. As a leading European IT services provider and a proud part of Deutsche Telekom, T-Systems delivers transformative digitalization projects backed by deep expertise in consulting, cloud, AI, cybersecurity, and connectivity. With a global workforce of 26,000 employees across 26 countries, we set industry benchmarks in efficiency, sovereignty, security, and reliability—empowering organizations to unlock their full digital potential. With annual revenues exceeding EUR 4.0 billion (2024), T-Systems stands as one of Europe’s foremost digital transformation partners, committed to shaping the future of enterprise technology.

Job Description

Role - Backend Software Engineer Senior

Experience - 9-12 Years

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer who can be hands on implementing things but also can provide technical leadership and decisions making locally

Key Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership and coordination for the team in India
• Design and implement backend services and enhancements
• Investigate and resolve production issues using logs and monitoring tools
• Validate fixes in lower environments before production rollout
• Create and maintain unit and integration test cases
• Drive security remediation CVE fixes and dependency upgrades
• Participate in code reviews and improve engineering standards
• Support platform stability reliability and performance initiatives
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance

Must have

• Scala Akka Java
• Experience in functional programming
• Experience working with distributed systems
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Production support experience logs monitoring incident investigation
• Unit testing and integration testing
• Security fixes CVE remediation and dependency library upgrades
• Code reviews and mentoring junior engineers
• Mentoring and leadership experience

Nice to Have Skills

• AWS EKS Lambda Glue MSK
• Kubernetes and CI CD pipelines
• Observability tools Datadog
• CI CD and infrastructure automation experience Gitlab CI preferred
• Flink
• Python
• Experience in Infrastructure as Code Argo CD Terraform Atlantis

What We Look For

• Able to challenge technical decisions with data and reasoning
• Strong ownership mindset
• Comfortable working independently on complex problems
• Focus on delivering secure maintainable and reliable solutions
• Proactively start initiatives to improve the existing system with focus on stabiliity and reliability