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 utilised by front end engineers as well as other microservices.- Your day to day work consists of optimising 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 some core tools for the rest of the engineering organisation- 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 organisational 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, prioritising based on changing requirements- You are passionate about experiencing technology and its impact on enabling growthGood 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 communicationWho will you report to: Senior Manager - Backend EngineeringKey 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 collaborationWhy 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 opportunityWhat is working at CleverTap like?- Be a part of a global category creator - hyper growth B2B SaaS startup- Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where your contribution matters- Work, performance and results are real sources of happiness in addition to the fun of working with and celebrating success with an exceptionally talented team- Accountability and driving outcomes is the key to success- Your career here is limited by you and nothing else- Teamwork trumps individual success- Innovate at scale, with learning opportunities and having fun along the way!About CleverTap:CleverTap is the World's #1 Retention Cloud that helps app-first brands personalize and optimize all consumer touch points to improve user engagement, retention, and lifetime value. It's the only solution built to address the needs of retention and growth teams, with audience analytics, deep-segmentation, multi-channel engagement, product recommendations, and automation in one unified product.The platform is powered by TesseractDB - the world's first purpose-built database for customer engagement, offering both speed and economies of scale. Our platform ingests 36 billion user interactions daily, and sends out over 16 billion message notifications each day on behalf of its customers, and currently stores over 50 petabytes of data. We're building newer capabilities around machine learning, better behavioral analytics, collaboration tools, and more ways to offer hyper-personalized experiences.CleverTap is trusted by 2000 customers, including AirAsia, Electronic Arts, TED, English Premier League, TD Bank, Carousell, Papa Johns, and Tesco.Backed by leading investors such as Sequoia India, Tiger Global, Accel, and CDPQ the company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with presence in San Francisco, New York, S\xc3\xa3o Paulo, Bogota, London, Amsterdam, Sofia, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, and Jakarta.For more information, visit or follow on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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