Senior Backend Engineer

2 days ago


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India clevertap Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year
Job Description

About the Role:

We are looking for somebody with an engineering mindset who can bring fresh ideas from various areas, including large-scale platform design, analytics, data structures, security practices, large-scale data retrieval and processing environments. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be working closely with product managers, QA engineers, software engineers, and will be responsible for designing, building, deploying, maintaining and scaling various products under the umbrella of CleverTap Platform.

What will you do:
  • You will write server-side code, APIs to be utilized by front-end engineers as well as other microservices.
  • Your day-to-day work consists of optimizing servers for speed and stability, implementing security structures, generating reusable code libraries, and generating data storage solutions.
  • You will work closely with our SRE team and different vendors to deliver core tools for the rest of the engineering organization
  • Apart from this, you will also be involved with the product team directly in deciding the requirements, estimating delivery date for a particular feature, and documenting the technical details for developing it.
What are we looking for?

Must Have:

  • 5 years of experience in back-end development (designing, developing, testing, and deploying large-scale applications in Java)
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to meet communicated deadlines and release projects with minimal bugs
  • Good knowledge of data structures, OOP concepts, and Java
  • Experience with cloud-native distributed systems (one of GCP, AWS, or Azure)
  • Quick learner
  • Ability to switch focus and work on multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing based on changing requirements
  • You are passionate about experiencing technology and its impact on enabling growth

Good to Have:

  • Hands-on on MongoDB, Redis, and AWS
  • Some DevOps/SRE experience
  • System-level knowledge and shell scripting
  • Java certification (OCJP or equivalent)
Measures of Success:
  • Writing quality and bug-free code adhering to functional and nonfunctional requirements
  • Follow standard practices (Unit Tests, Reduce technical debt, Code Coverage, Integration Test, etc)
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills - memory leaks, GC tuning
  • On-time delivery and excellent inter-team and intra-team communication
Who will you report to:

Senior Manager - Backend Engineering

Key Competencies:
  • Functional Competencies: Programming, system design and analysis, data structures and algorithms, Agile development, distributed systems
  • Behavioral Competencies: Analytical problem-solving, attention to details, teamwork, and collaboration
Why join us?
  • Be a part of a global growth stage startup
  • Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where your contribution matters
  • You are passionate about technology and its impact within the high-growth mobile technology space
  • Innovate at scale, learning with every opportunity
About CleverTap:

CleverTap is the leading all-in-one customer engagement platform that helps brands unlock limitless customer lifetime value. CleverTap is trusted by over 2000 brands like Dominos, Levis, Jio, Papa Johns, Zomato, Kotak Bank, Jio, Air Asia, Carousell, TD Bank, and Tesco to help build personalized experiences for all their customers. The platform is powered by TesseractDB the worlds first purpose-built database for customer engagement, offering speed and cost efficiency at scale.

Backed by top-tier investors such as Accel, Peak XV Partners, Tiger Global, CDPQ, and 360 One, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, with presence across Seattle, London, So Paulo, Bogota, Mexico, Amsterdam, Sofia, Dubai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Singapore, Vietnam, and Jakarta.

For more information, visit or follow us on:

  • LinkedIn: CleverTap
  • Twitter: CleverTap

If you think youd be a good fit for this role, wed love for you to apply CleverTap is dedicated to establishing an inclusive culture that welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds, encouraging them to contribute their unique perspectives to our workplace. We are committed to cultivating an empowering environment, enabling each of us to reach the peak of our professional careers. We're excited to showcase what we have to offer

Locations - Senior Backend Engineer - Platform

Mumbai
CLEVERTAP Engineering /Full-Time /Hybrid



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