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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

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Full Stack Java Developer with strong experience in backend and frontend development, cloud deployment, and modern DevOps practices. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in Java/J2EE technologies, hands-on experience in developing microservices on AWS, and a good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and monitoring tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable web applications and microservices.
• Implement backend logic using Core Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, JPA, and REST APIs.
• Build responsive UIs using React, HTML, CSS, and integrate them with backend services.
• Develop and deploy microservices using AWS services like ECS, EC2, S3, API Gateway, Aurora, ALB, and Route 53.
• Participate in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Write unit and integration tests using JUnit and Cucumber.
• Monitor application performance using APM tools and analyze logs using Splunk or similar tools.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, and Git/Bitbucket.
• Work with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams using tools like JIRA and Confluence.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience in Java/J2EE application development.
• Proficiency in Spring frameworks (Spring Boot, Batch) and RESTful services.
• Frontend development experience with React, HTML, CSS.
• Solid experience with AWS cloud technologies and deployment practices.
• Experience in writing and maintaining automated tests with JUnit and Cucumber.
• Knowledge of APM tools and log analysis tools (e.g., Splunk).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, Git).
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in Agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certification is a plus.
• Experience with Amazon Aurora and API Gateway in production environments.
• Knowledge of SOA, messaging systems (e.g., MQ), and security best practices.

He/she should have minimum 3 yrs working experience on PHP, PHP Frameworks, Ajax, Knowledge on CMS platform like Open cart, payment gateway integration, experience working on portals.

Responsibilities :

- Execute full lifecycle software development

- Develop, designed well efficient code

- Integrate software components into a fully functional software system

- Fully adaptive to the technology needed for the current project

Required Skills :

- Bachelor/ Master degree from good college.

- Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structure

- Understanding object-oriented programming

- Excellent knowledge of PHP, Mysql, SQL. NoSQL, Mongodb

- Ability & Readiness to work with any technology

- Familiarity with software development methodology and release processes.

- Strong problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills.

Job Type: Full-time

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Role & Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior developer/Architect to be part of our growing team. In this role you will be handling

• Design and architecture of various core platform components
• Develop and deliver various products for our customers
• Mentor and develop various team members

Skills & Capabilities

• System design for function, scale, security and maintenance
• Data engineering concepts and practice
• Test driven development
• Server-side skills: Nodejs/.Net/Java, Devops, SQL, microservices
• DevOps & SRE skills: Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana
• System modelling and visualization skills
• Written & oral communication skills
• Front-end skills: (nice to have) Ionic, Angular/React, Javascript, HTML, CSS

What you can expect from us

• Product engineering culture: hypothesis-develop-test-evolve
• Failures are part of learning and growing
• Organization structure and processes to maximize creativity and openness
• Success is about 5 WINS: Customer, Employee, Supplier, Society and Investor