Sr. Software Engineer (Back End) – Team Lead

Location: Bangalore

Department: Engineering

Reports to: SVP

Experience required: 6+ years

About Tracxn:

Tracxn (Tracxn.com) is a Bangalore-based product company providing a research and deal sourcing platform for Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corp Dev, and professionals working around the startup ecosystem.

We are a team of 600+ working professionals serving customers across the globe. Our clients include Funds like Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, GGV Capital, and Large Corporations such as Citi, Embraer & Ferrero.

Founders

• Neha Singh (ex-Sequoia, BCG | MBA - Stanford GSB)
• Abhishek Goyal (ex-Accel Partners, Amazon | BTech - IIT Kanpur)

About Technology Team: 

Tracxn's Technology team is 60+ members strong and growing. The technology team is subdivided into multiple smaller teams, each owning one or more services/components of the technology platform. Ours is a young team of motivated engineers with a minimal management structure where almost everyone is actively involved in technical development and design activities. We have a team-centric culture where the ownership and responsibility of a feature or module lie with a team compared to an individual.

We value ownership, continuous learning, consistency, and discipline as a team.

Our Tech Stacks:

We work on an array of technologies, including but not limited to backend and frontend systems such as Java, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js, ReactJS, Next.js, Webpack, and Storybook; cloud and serverless platforms like AWS, etc; data and infrastructure technologies such as Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch), MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Ansible; large-scale web crawling solutions; modern data pipelines and ETL workflows; and AI/ML-driven projects.

Job Overview:

We are looking for experienced software engineers with 6+ years of overall software development experience, including backend development and proven people-management skills. The ideal candidate will lead the engineering team(s), drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers
• Own technical planning, architecture discussions, and execution
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders
• Drive best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
• Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards
• Manage delivery timelines, resource planning, and technical risks
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management of engineers

Job Requirements :

Professional Experience

•  Proven experience leading or managing software engineering teams
• Track record of delivering complex, scalable software systems
• Experience driving technical initiatives and influencing architectural decisions
• Strong collaboration experience with product, design, and cross-functional teams.

Technical Leadership & Management

•  Ability to mentor, coach, and grow engineers across different experience levels
• Experience conducting performance reviews and providing technical feedback
• Strong ownership of team delivery, timelines, and quality
• Experience balancing hands-on technical work with people management

Backend & System Architecture Expertise

• Strong proficiency in modern backend architectures, design patterns, and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language (e.g., Java, Python, etc.)
• Solid understanding of API design principles and implementation
• Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases and knowledge of data pipelines and data warehousing concepts.

Technical Competencies

• Strong system design and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of caching strategies, performance optimization, and scalability
• Understanding of data modeling and query optimization
• Familiarity with search and indexing technologies
• Understanding of security best practices in backend systems

Culture:

• Work with performance-oriented teams driven by ownership and passion.
• Learn to design systems for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• No strict deadlines, focus on delivering quality work.
• Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.
• Very high visibility regarding which startups and markets are exciting globally.

About the Role

Pendo is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead teams building core product capabilities across Analytics, Guides, and Platform services. These are the systems that power how hundreds of millions of end users experience the software.

In this role, you will drive execution against business objectives, direct complex initiatives from kickoff through delivery, and build a team that operates with clarity and focus. You will set clear expectations, delegate effectively, and partner closely with product, design, and senior engineering leadership to keep teams aligned and moving. You default toward action, push teams to deliver value daily, and actively use AI tools as part of how you work.

If you're energized by directing high-impact teams, developing strong engineers, and building a culture where craft and velocity coexist, this role is a great fit.

What You'll Do

Team Leadership & Hiring

• Create an environment where engineers are encouraged to take risks, experiment, and challenge the status quo.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers through clear expectations, coaching, and timely feedback.
• Own hiring end-to-end, partnering with recruiting to attract and close top engineering talent.
• Build an inclusive, high-performing team culture grounded in ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Delivery & Execution

• Maintain a high bar for velocity, predictability, and quality.
• Own team execution against product and engineering goals.
• Partner with Product and Design to define roadmaps, scope work, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Identify and remove blockers, manage risks, and ensure strong planning and prioritization.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with product, design, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive customer experiences.
• Align team priorities with broader organizational goals and strategy.

Operational Excellence

• Drive improvements in system reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Establish strong practices around monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 3+ years of experience managing and growing engineering teams.
• Proven track record of hiring and building high-performing teams.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in a product-driven environment.
• Strong technical foundation in backend, distributed systems, or full-stack development.
• Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity and change while maintaining execution.
• Actively uses AI tools in day-to-day work and helps drive adoption across teams.
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience working on analytics products, user-facing SaaS platforms, or data-intensive systems.
• Experience managing teams across both frontend and backend domains.
• Familiarity with modern cloud environments and scalable architectures.
• Experience working in distributed teams across multiple time zones.

About the company

Metron Security provides automation and integration services to leading Cyber Security companies. Our engineering team works on leading security platforms including - Splunk, IBM’s QRadar, ServiceNow, Crowdstrike, Cybereason, and other SIEM and SOAR platforms. 

Software Engineer is a challenging role within Cyber Security Engineering integration development. The role involves developing a product/service that achieves high-performance data exchange between two or more Cyber Security platforms. A Software Engineer is at the core of the evolution process and is responsible for the End-to-End delivery of the project, right from getting the requirements from customers to deploying the project for them on-prem or on the cloud, depending on the nature of the project. We follow the best practices of engineering and keep evolving. We are agile. 

Each integration needs reskilling yourself with the required technology for that project. If you are passionate about programming and believe in the best practices of software engineering, the following are the skills we are looking for: 

● Developer-centric culture - No bureaucracy or red tape. 

● Chance to work on 200+ security platforms. 

● Opportunity to engage with end-users (customers) and just a cog in the wheel.

About the role

We are looking for passionate developers with 4-7 years of experience in software development to join the Metron Security team as Software Engineers. 

Mandatory Skills 

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of leading engineering teams and mentoring junior developers. 
• Expertise in at least one or two Object-Oriented Programming language (Python, typescript, Java,Node.js,Angular, react.js C#, C++) . 
• Good knowledge of Data Structure and its correct usage. 
• Oversee code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices and maintaining high code quality standards. 
• Imbibe and maintain a strong customer delight attitude while designing and building products/services.

Other Requirements 

• Open to learn any new software development skill if needed for the project.
• Alignment and utilisation of the core enterprise technology stacks and integration capabilities throughout the transition states. 
• Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and exploration of solution alternatives. 
• Define, explore, and support the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Agile teams to implement them. 
• Good knowledge of the implications of Cyber Security on production.
• Experience in architecting & estimating deep technical custom solutions & integrations. 
• Manage the customer to ensure we have a continuous flow of work from them so that the team has enough work for at least a month. 
• Mentor and coach team members, providing technical guidance and fostering professional development. 

Added advantage: 

• Experience in the Cyber Security domain.
• Experience in developing software using web technologies. 
• Experience in handling a project from start to end. 
• Hands-on experience in an Agile Development project and in writing and estimating User Stories. 
• Contribution to open source - Please share your link in the application/resume if any.

Job Role- Sr. Backend Developer (Python –Django)

Work Experience – 3-5years Roles and Responsibilities

• Understanding product requirements and convert to code

• Resolving bugs

• Stay on top of the product to ensure performance and scalability

• Ensure code quality and maintainability by following best practices and coding standards.

• Understand and keep the technical documentation up-to-date

• Implement RESTful APIs and integrate with front-end components and third-party services

• System architecture and design skills

Mandatory Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in REST API development with any Python based frameworks (Django, Django REST framework (DRF).

• 3+ years of experience in web development with Python

• 3+ years of experience with MySQL, PSQL

• 3+ years of experience with Git

• 3+ years of database programming experience (Postgres, SQL, ability to write complex queries)

• 3+ years of experience with Agile development cycle Good to have

• Contribution in any open-source projects

• Experience or understanding with DevOps

• Experience with agile development methodologies like Scrum

• API design & creation (e.g. OpenAPI)

• Experience in Test Driven Development

• Experience working in a product-based company Behavioral Skills

• Incessant problem solver

• Driven and eager to learn

• Optimistic and open to receiving feedback

• Highly organized and able to multitask

• Self –Starter to help with the design and programming of web applications. ∙

• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

• Able to work in fast pace continuously evolving environment and ready to take up uphill challenges

• Able to understand cross cultural differences and can work with clients across geographies

Key Responsibilities

● Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services

using Python.

● Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems and services.

● Design and build robust RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems

capable of handling high-scale workloads.

● Design and implement real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based

services, where required.

● Drive system performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.

● Lead performance optimization, capacity planning, monitoring, debugging, and

production issue resolution.

● Establish and promote best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD,

and production readiness.

● Collaborate closely with frontend, product, DevOps, infrastructure, and other

cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

● Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, contributing to overall team growth

and engineering excellence.

● Review code and architecture designs, identify technical risks, and drive improvements

across backend systems.

● Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver reliable, maintainable,

production-grade solutions.

Required Skills & Qualifications

● 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend

development.

● Strong expertise in Python and experience building production-grade backend

applications.

● Proven experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices

architectures.

● Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and

high-availability architectures.

● Hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time backend integrations.

● Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems, and data-intensive

applications.

● Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and

production operations.

● Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean

architecture.

● Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and make sound architectural decisions.

● Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

● Experience mentoring engineers and conducting effective code and design reviews.

About Us

We believe the future of software development is AI-native — where engineers operate at a higher level of abstraction and quality remains non-negotiable. 

Incubyte is a software craft consultancy where the “how” of building software matters as much as the “what”.  

We partner with companies of all sizes, from helping enterprises build, scale, and modernize to early-stage founders bring their ideas to life. 

Our engineers operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator across the SDLC to accelerate development while upholding the discipline of software craftsmanship. Guided by Software Craftsmanship and Extreme Programming practices, we build reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems with speed, without compromising quality. If this way of building software resonates with you, we’d like to talk. 

Our Guiding Principles 

These principles define how we work at Incubyte. They are non-negotiable. 

Relentless Pursuit of Quality with Pragmatism 

 We build high-quality systems without losing sight of delivery. 

Extreme Ownership 

 We take responsibility end-to-end for decisions, execution, and outcomes. 

Proactive Collaboration 

 We collaborate closely, challenge each other, and solve problems together. 

Active Pursuit of Mastery 

 We continuously improve our craft and raise our bar. 

Invite, Give, and Act on Feedback 

We seek, give, and act on feedback to get better every day. 

Ensuring Client Success 

We act as trusted partners and focus on real outcomes, not just output. 

Job Description

This is a remote position.

This is a remote position.

Experience Level

This role is ideal for engineers with 3–6 years of experience and a strong background in building scalable, production-grade software systems.

We are looking for hands-on Software Engineers with deep expertise in Python and TypeScript, with exposure to AI/LLM systems and modern infrastructure tooling.

What You’ll Do as a Software Craftsperson

•     Take full ownership of the software development lifecycle for complex, cross-functional initiatives — from design through production readiness.

•     Build and maintain robust, scalable backend systems and APIs using Python and TypeScript, following clean code and software craftsmanship principles.

•     Design and deliver features end-to-end, balancing scope, quality, and long-term maintainability.

•     Identify technical and product issues beyond the immediate scope of work, proactively raising risks and driving solutions.

•     Shape team practices around code quality, testing, tooling, and continuous improvement using DevEx and DORA principles.

•     Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams to understand requirements, clarify priorities, and align on outcomes.

•     Mentor and guide fellow engineers to raise overall team performance and promote a culture of learning.

•     Leverage AI tools (LLMs, agentic frameworks, etc.) to accelerate design, development, testing, and delivery where applicable.

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

3–6 years of overall software engineering experience with a strong track record of owning and delivering complex production systems.

Must-Have Skills

•     Python (must-have): Deep expertise in writing idiomatic, testable, production-grade Python — including advanced OOP, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices.

•     TypeScript (must-have): Strong proficiency in building and maintaining type-safe, scalable applications across frontend and/or backend TypeScript codebases.

•     Strong system design skills: ability to architect scalable, maintainable, and observable systems with a focus on reliability and long-term operability.

•     Solid engineering practices: experience with TDD, CI/CD, code reviews, refactoring, and continuous deployment in Agile or eXtreme Programming environments.

•     Working knowledge of relational databases, web server ecosystems, REST/gRPC APIs, and performance optimisation.

•     Experience with source control, bug tracking, user story writing, and maintaining clear technical documentation.

Good-to-Have Skills

•     AI / LLM experience: hands-on exposure to building applications using LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar) for tasks such as document classification, entity extraction, or structured data generation.

•     LLM orchestration frameworks: familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Mastra, Agno, or similar agentic frameworks.

•     Prompt engineering: experience refining prompts and orchestration patterns to improve response accuracy, consistency, and structured outputs.

•     Vector databases and observability tooling: exposure to tools like Pinecone, PgVector, Qdrant, LangSmith, or DeepEval.

•     Container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code: experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker for deploying and managing production workloads.

Benefits

Life at Incubyte

We are a remote-first company with structured flexibility. Teams commit to shared rhythms during core hours, ensuring smooth collaboration while maintaining autonomy. Twice a year, we come together in person for a co-working sprint and once a year for a retreat — with all travel expenses covered.

Our environment is built for crafters: experimenting with real-world systems, solving complex infrastructure challenges, and contributing to cutting-edge AI initiatives. We are all lifelong learners, and our work is our passion.

Perks

•     Dedicated learning & development budget

•     Sponsorship for conference talks

•     Comprehensive medical & term insurance

•     Employee-friendly leave policies

•     Home Office fund

•     Medical Insurance

Role Overview

As a Software Engineer, you will build and maintain features across our SaaS platform. You will work on well-scoped tasks and features, collaborate closely with senior engineers, and grow your skills in software design, cloud-native development, and modern engineering practices. This role is a great fit for engineers who have solid programming fundamentals, are curious and quick to learn, and take pride in writing quality code. You will be supported and mentored while taking on increasing ownership over time.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.·       

5–8 years of software engineering experience building production-grade applications.

Strong experience building and operating cloud-native SaaS or web applications.

Solid understanding of software design, distributed systems, and modern engineering practices.

Proven ability to own and deliver complex features independently.

Experience debugging and resolving performance, scalability, and reliability issues.

What We Look For

Strong programming fundamentals and a quality mindset.

Curiosity and a strong desire to learn and grow.

Ability to deliver well-scoped tasks reliably.

Good problem-solving and debugging skills.

Collaboration and communication skills.

Ownership and accountability for the work you do.

Passion for building software and continuous learning.