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Lead Backend Developer

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Bangalore
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Job Description

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 of 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.