Senior Backend Architect & Tech Lead - Scalable Systems

Events by L; Town of Stockholm (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Parental leave top-up

Pension

Wellness contributions

Job summary

Truecaller is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend. You will lead multi-team initiatives, mentor engineers, and establish best practices to keep our backend scalable and robust for millions of users.

You will balance hands-on technical work with strategic leadership, aligning with cross-functional stakeholders and driving high-quality delivery while staying up-to-date with industry trends and security practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience with Scala, Java, or Go.
• Experience with scalable, highly available, real-time distributed systems.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Mentoring, leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-team initiatives and guide technical direction.
• Mentor engineers and establish cross-team best practices.
• Balance hands-on guidance with strategic leadership.
• Maintain scalable, robust backend infrastructure.
• Align with stakeholders to drive project delivery.
• Participate in recruitment by interviewing candidates.

Skills

Scala

Java

Go

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Leadership

English communication

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Truecaller is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend. You will lead multi-team initiatives, mentor engineers, and establish best practices to keep our backend scalable and robust for millions of users.

You will balance hands-on technical work with strategic leadership, aligning with cross-functional stakeholders and driving high-quality delivery while staying up-to-date with industry trends and security practices.