We are looking for a Backend Lead at the Staff Engineer/Manager level to drive the technical direction of our backend systems, mentor engineers, and ensure our platform is scalable, reliable, and secure. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership across one or more product areas.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable backend services and APIs
- Own the technical roadmap for a core backend domain, aligning it with business and product goals
- Set engineering standards for code quality, architecture, testing, and performance
- Drive system design decisions, including data modelling, service boundaries, and infrastructure choices
- Mentor and guide a team of backend engineers, conducting code reviews and providing technical coaching
- Partner with Product Managers, Frontend, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver end-to-end features
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and technical debt
- Champion best practices in security, observability, and system reliability
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for critical production issues
- Contribute to the hiring, interviewing, and onboarding of backend engineers

Required Qualifications





- 5-7 years of experience in backend software engineering, with at least 2+ years in a technical leadership or lead capacity
- Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (Java is a must)
- Deep experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and API design (REST/GraphQL)
- Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, caching strategies, and message queues
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Solid grasp of system design principles, scalability, and fault tolerance
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Track record of mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence within a team

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience leading platform migrations or large-scale re-architecture projects
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, etc.)
- Exposure to event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
- Prior experience in a high-growth product or SaaS company
- Aviation domain experience

📌 Java Backend Lead (New Delhi)
🏢 Air India
📍 New Delhi