Role:
Lead Backend Engineer

Function:
Backend Engineering / Software Engineering

Location:
Bangalore

Type:
Full-time

Industry:
Marketing Research / Data & Analytics / Consumer Insights

About Company

A global leader in data-driven marketing research, serving over 2,500 domestic and 1,500 overseas companies. The company provides consumer research panels of 1.3 million people in Japan and 36 million globally, with access to 130+ million consumer panelists worldwide.

It combines survey, behavioral, and purchase data to deliver actionable insights. Backed by approximately $848M in funding, the company is in a merger stage with over 25 years of experience.

It empowers large brands across Asia-Pacific to understand their customers and make smarter marketing decisions.

Position Overview

As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will own the design, delivery, and operation of the company's core data and marketing platforms. You'll work end-to-end — from shaping requirements with product and business teams to running reliable production systems at scale.



This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and real business impact.

Role & Responsibilities
- Design and evolve backend services on GCP, making deliberate trade-offs around scalability, reliability, maintainability, and cost
- Own backend systems end-to-end, including production stability, performance tuning, and incident resolution
- Build and deliver secure, scalable REST and gRPC APIs using Go, from development through production
- Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into sound technical solutions
- Modernize legacy systems through thoughtful refactoring, platform improvements, and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform
- Maintain high engineering standards through clean code, automated testing (Testcontainers, Pact), and rigorous code reviews
- Mentor junior engineers and actively contribute to building a solid, high-ownership engineering culture

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