NOW HIRING · WORLD-CLASS TALENT Backend Tech Lead (Senior Level Engineering Leadership)
Placed by Recruiting Bond on behalf of a Confidential Digital Platform Leader
📍Location: Bengaluru, India (Hybrid / On-Site)
🏢Sector: Technology, Information & Media
👥Company Size: 500 – 1,000 Employees
💼Employment: Full-Time, Permanent
🎯Experience: 6 – 9 Years (Backend Engineering)
🚀 Level: Tech Lead
ABOUT THIS MANDATE
Recruiting Bond has been exclusively retained by one of India's most well-established digital platform organisations — a company operating at the intersection of Technology, Information, and Media — to identify and place a world-class Backend Tech Lead who can drive a transformational engineering agenda at scale.
This is not an ordinary role. The organisation is executing a high-stakes, large-scale modernisation of its backend infrastructure — migrating from legacy monolithic systems to resilient, cloud-native, AI-augmented distributed architectures that serve millions of concurrent users. The person in this seat will be a core pillar of that transformation.
We are looking exclusively for the top 1% — engineers who think in systems, own outcomes, and lead by example.
THE OPPORTUNITY AT A GLANCE
🏗️ Architecture Ownership
Drive system design decisions across the entire backend platform. Shape the future of distributed, fault-tolerant architecture.
🤖 AI-Augmented Engineering
Embed GenAI and LLM tooling directly into the SDLC. Champion automation-first development practices across squads.
🎓 Engineering Leadership
Mentor and grow the next generation of backend engineers. Lead hiring, reviews, and cross-functional technical alignment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Architecture & Platform Modernisation
- Lead the full migration of legacy monolithic systems to a scalable, cloud-native microservices architecture
- Design and own distributed, fault-tolerant backend systems with sub-millisecond SLO targets
- Architect API-first and event-driven platforms using async messaging patterns (Kafka, Pub/Sub, SQS)
- Resolve systemic performance bottlenecks, concurrency conflicts, and scalability ceilings
- Establish backend design standards, coding guidelines, and architectural review processes
2. Distributed Systems Engineering (Production-Grade)
- Design and implement Webhook reliability frameworks with intelligent retry and exponential backoff strategies
- Build idempotent, versioned APIs with enterprise-grade rate limiting and throttling controls
- Implement circuit breakers, bulkheads, and resilience patterns using Resilience4j / Hystrix or equivalents
- Engineer Dead-Letter Queue (DLQ) strategies and event reprocessing pipelines with guaranteed delivery semantics
- Apply Saga orchestration and choreography patterns for distributed transaction integrity
- Execute zero-downtime deployments and canary release strategies with rollback capability
- Design and enforce multi-region disaster recovery and business continuity protocols
3. AI-Driven Engineering Practices
- Champion LLM and GenAI adoption as first-class tooling across the software development lifecycle
- Apply prompt engineering techniques for automated code generation, review, and documentation workflows
- Utilise AI-assisted debugging, root cause analysis, and predictive performance optimisation
- Build automation-first pipelines that reduce toil and accelerate delivery velocity
- Evaluate and integrate emerging AI developer tools into the engineering ecosystem
4. Engineering Leadership & Culture
- Own backend platforms end-to-end with full accountability across development, stability, and performance
- Actively mentor, coach, and elevate engineers at all levels (L3–L6) through structured 1:1s and code reviews
- Drive and lead technical hiring — from designing assessments to final hire decisions
- Partner with Product, Data, DevOps, and Security stakeholders to align engineering with business objectives
- Represent the engineering org in cross-functional roadmap planning and architecture decision reviews
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and high-velocity delivery
TECHNOLOGY STACK (HANDS-ON PROFICIENCY REQUIRED)
Languages: Java (primary) · Go · Python · Node.js · PHP · Rust
Cloud: AWS · GCP · Azure (Multi-cloud exposure preferred)
Containers: Docker · Kubernetes · Helm · Service Mesh (Istio / Linkerd)
Databases: PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Cassandra · Redis · Elasticsearch
Messaging: Apache Kafka · RabbitMQ · AWS SQS/SNS · Google Pub/Sub
Observability: Datadog · Prometheus · Grafana · OpenTelemetry · Jaeger · ELK Stack
CI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions · Jenkins · ArgoCD · Terraform · Ansible
AI & GenAI: OpenAI / Claude APIs · LangChain · RAG Pipelines · GitHub Copilot · Cursor
QUALIFICATIONS & CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education
- B.E. / B.Tech or M.E. / M.Tech from a Tier-I or Tier-II Institution — CS, IS, ECE, AI/ML streams strongly preferred
- Exceptional real-world engineering track record may be considered in lieu of institution pedigree
Experience
- 6 to 9 years of progressive backend engineering experience with demonstrable ownership and impact
- Proven track record of shipping and scaling production SaaS / Product systems at significant user load
- Exposure to and success within start-up, mid-size, and large-scale product organisations — the full spectrum
- Strong computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, distributed systems theory, OS internals
- Demonstrated career stability — minimum 2 years average tenure per organisation
- The Ideal Candidate Exemplifies
- System-level thinking with an ability to hold context across code, architecture, product, and business
- An ownership mindset — no task is 'not my job'; outcomes and quality are personal commitments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for asynchronous, cross-functional collaboration
- Intellectual curiosity: actively follows engineering trends, contributes to the community (OSS, blogs, talks)
- Bias for automation, observability, and engineering efficiency at every level
- A mentor's instinct — genuine desire to grow others and raise the capability of the team around them
WHY THIS ROLE STANDS APART
✅ Transformational Scope
Lead platform modernisation at scale. Your architectural choices will define systems serving millions of users for years.
✅ AI-Forward Engineering Culture
Be at the forefront of AI-augmented development. This org invests in tools and practices that make great engineers exceptional.
✅ Established, Stable Platform
Join a company with 500–1,000 employees, proven product-market fit, and the resources to execute on a serious technical vision.
✅ Career-Defining Leadership
Operate with strategic influence, direct access to senior leadership, and a clear path toward Principal / Staff / VP Engineering.
HOW TO APPLY
This search is being managed exclusively by Recruiting Bond
Submit your application with an updated resume
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All applications are treated with the strictest confidentiality.
⚡ We move fast — qualified candidates can expect a response within 48–72 business hours.
Recruiting Bond | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 2026
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