Senior Backend Engineer

Hello, Truecaller is calling you from Bangalore, India Ready to pick up?

Our goal is to make communication smarter, safer, and more efficient, while building trust across the world. With our roots in Sweden and a global reach, we deliver smart services that create meaningful social impact. We are committed to protecting you from fraud, harassment, scam calls, and unwanted messages, so you can focus on the conversations that matter.

• Top 20 most downloaded apps globally, and the world's #1 caller ID and spam-blocking service for Android and iOS, with extensive AI capabilities, with more than 450 million active users per month. 
• Founded in 2009, listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, and is categorized as a Large Cap. Our focus on innovation, operational excellence, sustainable growth, and collaboration has resulted in consistently high profitability and strong EBITDA margins.
• A team of 400 people from ~35 different nationalities spread across our headquarters in Stockholm and offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Tel Aviv, with high ambitions. 

We in the Messaging team own everything under the messaging domain at Truecaller. We build, transform, and optimize existing and new features to make messaging more reliable and secure for our users. With over 450 million users, we operate one of the world's largest Instant Messaging (IM) services.

As a Senior Backend Engineer in the Messaging team, you will collaborate with a dedicated team responsible for one of Truecaller's critical systems: the messaging platform. This includes the services to distribute: instant messages, business messages, and push messages. 

The impact you will create: 

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency services and cope with the challenge of working in a distributed environment.
• Operate mission-critical services at high availability.
• Collaborate across business units and drive solutions.
• Explore new solutions and technologies.
• Build a scalable and reliable system. 

What you bring in: 

• 6+ years of experience with Scala, Java, or Go 
• Experience of working with scalable, highly available, real-time distributed systems
• Experience of working with non-relational databases
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Mentoring/ Leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience building systems in the Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with virtualization environments, e.g., Docker
• Experience with systems for managing containerized applications, e.g., Kubernetes
• Experience with Cassandra and Kafka.

Life at Truecaller - Behind the code:  

Sounds like your dream job?

We will fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate, so please send your application as soon as possible. As part of the recruitment process, we will conduct a background check.

 This position is based in Bangalore, India. 

We only accept applications in English. 

What we offer: 

• A smart, talented and agile team: An international team where  ~35 nationalities are working together in several locations and time zones with a learning, sharing and fun environment. 
• A great compensation package: Competitive salary, 30 days of paid vacation, flexible working hours, private health insurance, parental leave, telephone bill reimbursement, Udemy membership to keep learning and improving and Wellness allowance.
• Great tech tools: Pick the computer and phone that you fancy the most within our budget ranges.
• Office life:  We strongly believe in the in-person collaboration and follow an office-first approach while offering some flexibility. Enjoy your days with great colleagues with loads of good stuff to learn from, daily lunch and breakfast and a wide range of healthy snacks and beverages. In addition, every now and then check out the playroom for a fun break or join our exciting parties and or team activities such as Lab days, sports meetups etc. There something for everyone

Come as you are:
Truecaller is diverse, equal, and inclusive. We need a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences to keep building our great products. No matter where you are based, which language you speak, your accent, race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, etc. All those things make you who you are, and that's why we would love to meet you.