Lead Backend Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 4500000 - Rs 10000000 (ie INR 45 - 100 LPA)

Min Experience: 10+ years

Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to drive the design, development, and evolution of highly scalable backend systems for enterprise-grade supply chain products. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established product development organization with over 1,500 employees and USD 280 million in annual revenue, building innovative technology solutions that power complex global supply chain operations.

As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in defining technical architecture, mentoring engineering teams, and delivering robust, high-performance backend services. You will collaborate closely with product managers, architects, DevOps engineers, and cross-functional teams to build secure, reliable, and scalable distributed systems capable of handling large-scale business transactions.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend applications using Golang.
• Lead the architecture and implementation of microservices and distributed systems.
• Drive engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, security, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with product management to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Mentor and guide senior and junior engineers through technical leadership and code reviews.
• Build resilient APIs and backend services that support mission-critical supply chain applications.
• Optimize database performance, caching strategies, and system throughput for high-volume workloads.
• Work closely with DevOps teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud infrastructure.
• Participate in architectural discussions, technical planning, and technology roadmap decisions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and ensure high system availability, reliability, and observability.
• Promote engineering excellence by introducing modern backend development practices and scalable design patterns.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10-18 years of professional software engineering experience with significant backend development expertise.
• Strong hands-on experience with Golang, including building production-grade applications.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, multithreading, and scalable application design.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and backend design principles.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases, including performance tuning and data modeling.
• Proficiency with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and automated testing frameworks.
• Knowledge of message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools for production environments.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound architectural decisions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with proven leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing enterprise SaaS or large-scale product platforms.
• Exposure to supply chain, logistics, warehouse management, or enterprise software domains is an advantage.
• Experience leading engineering teams and driving technical initiatives across multiple projects.
• Strong understanding of system security, scalability, and performance engineering.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.