Technical Architect - Backend

Recrew AI; Delhi; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 6,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Recrew AI in Delhi is seeking a Backend Architect to own end-to-end architecture across 22+ microservices spanning content and commerce verticals. This foundational individual-contributor leadership role sets direction, standards, and a scalability strategy for the Backend Engineering team.

You will define service boundaries, data models, API design, caching strategies, and security in collaboration with Platform and Frontend teams, while shaping deployment and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of backend engineering experience with architecture leadership.
• Experience designing scalable distributed backends with REST/GraphQL at scale.
• Production cloud experience (GCP/AWS/Azure) for large systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and own backend architecture across 22+ microservices.
• Set service boundaries, data models, APIs, caching, and scalability.
• Architect core services: authentication, user profiles, feeds, search, content APIs.
• Define security standards with Platform Engineer; ensure compliance.
• Own deployment architecture and CI/CD release strategy for backend services.
• Collaborate on API contracts and integration patterns with frontend and platform teams.
• Lead architecture/code reviews; establish architectural guardrails.
• Evaluate new backend technologies to improve velocity and maintainability.

Skills

Distributed backend systems

API design

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Backend language knowledge (Go/Java/JS

Data modeling

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Function: Backend Engineering / Software Architecture

Type: Full-time

About Company

One of India's largest private FM radio networks, reaching 40 million+ listeners weekly. The company operates across 49 cities, 1,000+ towns, and 50,000 villages.

It is the only private FM station broadcasting from Jammu & Kashmir, with an international presence in Singapore and Bhutan. Its digital platform extends the brand into curated lifestyle, music, and news content.

Backed by 18+ years of broadcast heritage, the company is now building an ambitious media super-app for millions of users. A team of 740+ media professionals drives this blend of legacy broadcasting and digital innovation.

Position Overview

The company is building a media super-app that unifies video, audio, radio, micro-drama, news, and commerce on a single platform. The Backend Architect will own end-to-end technical architecture for a backend platform spanning 22+ services across six content and commerce verticals. This is a foundational individual-contributor leadership role — setting the architectural direction, standards, and scalability strategy that the entire Backend Engineering team builds against.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define and own backend technical architecture across core platform, content & discovery, commerce & growth, and platform services spanning 22+ microservices
• Make foundational technology decisions on service boundaries, data modeling, API design, caching, and scalability strategy as new verticals are added
• Own architecture for core services including authentication, user profile, feed, recommendations, search, and content APIs
• Define application-level security standards — authentication, authorization, and data protection — in partnership with the Platform Engineer
• Own deployment architecture and release strategy for backend services; partner with the Platform Engineer on orchestration and CI/CD
• Partner with the Frontend Architect and Platform Engineer to define clean API contracts and integration patterns across the stack
• Conduct architecture and code reviews for high-impact changes; set code quality bars and architectural guardrails for the Backend Engineering team
• Evaluate and introduce backend technologies and tools that meaningfully improve velocity, performance, or maintainability as the platform scales beyond Phase 1

Must Have Criteria

• 8–10 years of backend engineering experience, including 2–3+ years in a formal architecture, staff, or principal engineering capacity
• Hands‑on expertise designing and scaling distributed backend systems with RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs at consumer scale (high read/write throughput)
• Proven track record architecting shared backend platforms serving multiple products or business verticals simultaneously
• Production experience with at least one major cloud provider — GCP, AWS, or Azure — for deploying and operating large-scale systems
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines for deployment and orchestration of backend services
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language — Go, Java, Node.js, or Python — used in production at scale
• Strong command of data modeling, caching strategies, service decomposition, and system scalability trade-offs in distributed environments

Nice to Have

• Experience in a media, content, or commerce super-app environment
• Prior experience at a high‑growth startup building 0→1 platforms
• Familiarity with recommendation systems, search infrastructure, or content delivery at scale
• Experience with cloud‑native architecture (GCP preferred) and microservices design patterns

What We Offer

• Foundational architectural ownership of a media super-app built to serve tens of millions of users across six content and commerce verticals
• Individual-contributor technical leadership with direct influence over the engineering direction of a 22+ service platform
• Collaboration with a cross-functional team of architects, tech leads, and platform engineers in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment
• Opportunity to define the backend foundation of the company's next chapter — bridging 18+ years of broadcast legacy with a modern digital platform