Job Summary We are looking for an experienced Backend Lead – OTA with 5–6 years of experience to lead the design, development, integration, and delivery of backend services for automotive Over-the-Air (OTA) solutions.

The candidate should have solid hands-on expertise in backend development, microservices, REST APIs, cloud technologies, databases, messaging systems, containerization, security, and CI/CD, along with a good understanding of Automotive OTA/FOTA/SOTA.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design and development of scalable backend services for automotive OTA solutions.
- Develop microservices and REST APIs supporting OTA functionalities.
- Support software package/version management, vehicle/ECU targeting, campaign configuration, deployment monitoring, retry and rollback.
- Develop and manage interfaces between cloud/backend platforms and vehicle-side systems.
- Implement asynchronous/event-driven services using Kafka and/or MQTT.
- Design and optimize SQL/NoSQL databases and backend data models.
- Implement secure APIs using OAuth2, JWT, HTTPS/TLS, and appropriate access-control mechanisms.
- Develop and deploy services using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams for CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and deployments.
- Perform technical design reviews and code reviews.
- Troubleshoot backend and integration issues and support root-cause analysis.
- Collaborate with OTA, Cloud, Embedded/ECU,



Cybersecurity, DevOps, Frontend, and Validation teams.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring to backend developers.

Mandatory Skills
- 5–6 years of backend/software development experience.
- Strong hands-on programming experience in Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, or Python/FastAPI.
- Strong knowledge of Microservices Architecture.
- REST API design and development.
- AWS and/or Azure.
- Docker and Kubernetes.
- Kafka and/or MQTT.
- SQL/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis.
- Git and CI/CD.
- Knowledge of OAuth2, JWT, HTTPS/TLS.
- Experience with logging, monitoring, debugging, and performance optimization.

Automotive / OTA KnowledgePreferred:

- Automotive OTA / FOTA / SOTA architecture.
- Connected Vehicle / Telematics systems.
- OTA software package and version management.
- OTA campaign and deployment concepts.
- Vehicle-to-cloud communication.
- Failure handling, retry, recovery, and rollback concepts.
- Exposure to Uptane.
- Awareness of UNECE R156.
- Basic understanding of UDS, DoIP, CAN/CAN FD, and Automotive Ethernet.

Qualification
- BE/B.Tech/ME/M.Tech in Computer Science, IT, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
- 5–6 years of relevant backend/software development experience.
- Automotive, Connected Vehicle, IoT, or OTA domain experience preferred.

📌 Backend Lead - OTA (India)
🏢 Tata Technologies
📍 India