Role Description

As a Backend Team Lead, you will act as the engineering anchor for a stream-aligned product team. You'll design and architect scalable, secure backend systems, lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, and own delivery end-to-end — from design through deployment — for enterprise-grade applications. You'll work closely with Product, Design, QA, and DevOps to build contemporary, cloud-native systems, combining hands-on technical leadership with real architectural ownership.

Please fill the Google form for further consideration: https://forms.gle/BWbUyTyYBsvJzfGV6

Key responsibilities

- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend developers, building a culture of technical ownership.
- Own end-to-end delivery of backend projects — design, development, deployment, and maintenance.
- Design and architect scalable, high-performance microservices for enterprise-grade applications.
- Drive best practices in system design, coding standards, security, and performance optimization; reduce technical debt and improve reliability.
- Partner with Product, Design, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to align delivery with business goals.

Required Skills & Qualifications:





- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in Java / Advanced Java and Spring Boot.
- Strong experience with RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and API security (JSON, JWT).
- Strong experience with relational databases — PostgreSQL and/or MSSQL.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong problem-solving and architectural thinking, with the ability to drive technical decisions.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience mentoring or managing engineers.

Good to have (Preferred)

- Experience with distributed systems and performance optimization at scale.
- CI/CD pipeline experience.
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.).

Please fill the Google form for further consideration: https://forms.gle/BWbUyTyYBsvJzfGV6

📌 Java Backend Team Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 Zilo AI
📍 Bengaluru