Senior Backend Engineer, Tier 1 college only

Role & Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer at Locus, you will play a critical role in defining and driving our backend architecture as we scale globally. You’ll own key systems that handle high volumes of data and transactions, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability across distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities-

• Own one or more core applications end-to-end, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Lead the design, architecture, and development of complex, distributed systems, frameworks, and libraries aligned with Locus’s technical strategy.
• Drive engineering operational excellence by defining robust roadmaps for system reliability, observability, and performance improvements.
• Analyze and optimize existing systems for latency, throughput, and efficiency, ensuring they perform at scale.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Establish and uphold coding standards, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices across teams.
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies, frameworks, and patterns to strengthen Locus’s technology foundation.
• Contribute to hiring by identifying and attracting top-tier engineering talent.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong staff engineer profile
• Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 9+ years in backend engineering with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and microservices building large and schalable systems
• Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have been SDE-3 / Tech Lead / Lead SE for at least 2.5 years
• Mandatory (Tech skills 1): Strong in DSA, system design, design patterns, and problem-solving
• Mandatory (Tech skills 2): Proven experience building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems
• Mandatory (Tech skills 3): Hands-on with SQL/NoSQL databases, REST/gRPC APIs, concurrency & async processing
• Mandatory (Tech skills 4): Experience in AWS/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and observability/monitoring
• Mandatory (Communication): Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders
• Mandatory (Company): Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)
• Mandatory (Stability): Must have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies
• Mandatory (Education): B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

Job Title: Cloud Development & Linux Debugging Engineer

Experience: 5–10 Years

Location: Bangalore / Chennai

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Development & Linux Debugging Engineer with strong expertise in Linux internals, system-level programming, and cloud technologies. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in developing, debugging, and optimizing Linux-based systems along with exposure to DevOps tools and containerized environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and debug software at the Linux system level (kernel/user space).
• Work on Linux internals, low-level system components, and performance optimization.
• Design, develop, and maintain applications using Python and C/C++.
• Troubleshoot complex issues in Linux and cloud-based environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Contribute to automation and infrastructure using DevOps tools.
• Work with containerized and cloud platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenStack.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in Linux software development (Linux internals, system-level programming).
• Proficiency in Python and C/C++.
• Solid debugging and analytical skills.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, Puppet, and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with OpenStack and Kubernetes.
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Skills (Good to Have)

• Experience with Go / Golang and Go templating.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes Operators and Helm.
• Exposure to containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Self-driven individual with a strong learning mindset.
• Ability to work independently and in collaborative team environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications using best practices and modern frameworks.

• Integrate and manage AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and CloudFormation.

• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices architecture to support scalable and robust applications.

• Implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git, and Docker to automate deployment processes.

• Monitor and troubleshoot application performance, defect triaging, and reliability issues, providing timely support and resolution.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and deliver high-quality software.

• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and AWS services to continuously improve our technology stack.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 5-7 years of experience in Java development, with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.

• Proficiency in AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.

• Experience with Spring Boot and other Java frameworks.

• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with CI/CD tools and processes.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.