Backend Lead / Architect

Cloud Architect – Join Our Cutting-Edge AI Team!

Experience: 8-12
Location: Pune
Job Type: Full-time(Hybrid)

Position Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Lead / Architect to design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend solutions for our multi-tenant SaaS products. This role requires expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud architectures, with a proven ability to handle production issues at scale.

You will collaborate closely with the AI Lead and Frontend Lead to ensure seamless integration of backend services, AI/ML pipelines, and front-end functionalities—delivering a robust, secure, and feature-rich experience to our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

System Architecture & Design

  • Define and implement the overall backend architecture for multi-tenant SaaS applications, ensuring scalability, high availability, security, and compliance.
  • Design microservices, RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, and WebSockets in alignment with front-end and AI requirements.
  • Establish design patterns and best practices for code modularity, performance optimization, and scalability.

Scalability & Performance

  • Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize strategies (caching, load balancing, message queues, etc.).
  • Implement and maintain monitoring/observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK Stack) for real-time insights and rapid incident response.
  • Establish performance baselines, conduct stress tests, and implement disaster recovery strategies.

Production Stability & Issue Resolution

  • Proactively monitor production environments, anticipating potential failures and bottlenecks.
  • Triage, diagnose, and resolve production incidents with minimal downtime, using robust logging, tracing, and on-call rotation strategies.
  • Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and post-mortems, implementing preventative measures.

Collaboration & Cross-Functional Coordination

  • Work closely with the AI team to integrate MLOps pipelines, ensuring smooth data flow and secure model deployment.
  • Collaborate with the Frontend team to provide well-defined API contracts, enabling efficient UI/UX development.
  • Partner with DevOps to define CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) practices.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

  • Lead and mentor a team of backend developers, setting clear goals and providing technical guidance.
  • Perform code reviews to ensure high code quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, encouraging the adoption of new technologies, tools, and methodologies.

Security & Compliance

  • Implement secure coding practices and follow industry standards (OWASP Top 10).
  • Ensure data privacy and regulatory compliance (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR).
  • Oversee authentication/authorization frameworks (OAuth, JWT) and data encryption at rest and in transit (SSL/TLS, AES encryption).

Documentation

  • Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, APIs, database schemas, and operational runbooks.
  • Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions and handovers for seamless onboarding of new team members.

Qualifications:

Education:

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

Experience:

  • 8+ years of backend or full-stack development experience, with at least 3 years in a technical lead or architect role.
  • Proven experience in leading & delivering large-scale distributed systems in production.

Technical Expertise:

Languages & Frameworks: Proficiency in Python and frameworks such as Django, FastAPI.

Database Systems: Strong knowledge of SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra), including data modeling & query optimization.

Microservices & Architecture: Hands-on experience with microservices, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and service mesh architectures.

Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for deployment, scaling, and monitoring.

CI/CD & DevOps: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and automated testing.

Monitoring & Observability: Proficiency with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Loki for real-time monitoring and log analysis.

Soft Skills:

Leadership: Ability to lead teams, manage conflicts, and drive backend architecture vision.

Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with cross-functional teams (AI, Frontend, QA, Product).

Problem-Solving: Analytical mindset for troubleshooting complex issues in high-pressure environments.

Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work seamlessly across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

AI/ML Integration: Experience with MLOps practices for model deployment & monitoring.

Domain Knowledge: Experience working in Healthcare, FinTech, or other highly regulated industries (HIPAA, GDPR compliance).

Cloud Certifications: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud certifications.

Join us and lead the architecture of next-gen scalable, high-performance backend systems!

Apply Now to be a part of a fast-growing, tech-driven team.

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