SDE - III (Backend)

Job location: Gurgaon/Mumbai/Remote

About the role:

Our backend systems process millions of transactions, serve enterprise customers across industries, and must perform flawlessly under pressure. We are scaling fast — and the decisions made at the architecture level today will define how the platform operates for years. We are hiring a Lead Backend Engineer to own that responsibility.

This is a technical leadership role with real weight. You will set the architectural direction for core backend services, resolve ambiguity in complex distributed systems, engage directly with Product and DevOps leadership as a peer, not a downstream implementer and be the person the team turns to when things go wrong in production. Your decisions will have a measurable impact on system reliability, engineering velocity, and the careers of the engineers you mentor.

We are looking for an engineer who has operated at this level before — someone who understands that senior engineering skill and technical leadership are not the same thing, and who is ready to  take on both with full ownership.