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Senior Software Engineer Backend

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truecaller logoTruecaller · Sweden
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As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, you will leverage your deep technical expertise to ensure alignment, quality, and long-term maintainability across the organization. You will be building strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, you will drive project delivery, and ensure our backend infrastructure remains scalable and robust enough to support millions of users worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • 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:
  • 5+ 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.

Benefits

A comprehensive compensation package: We offer a competitive salary, 30 days of paid vacation, private health insurance, parental leave top-up, pension, and wellness contributions.Modern tools to do your best work: Choose your preferred computer and phone within our budget, so you can work comfortably and efficiently.Come as you are:Check out Life at Truecaller - Behind the code: https://www.instagram.com/lifeattruecaller/Sounds like a great opportunity?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.We only accept applications in English.Health insurancePaid time offEquity / stock optionsParental leave

Additional Information

Join Truecaller - The place where innovation meets impact! Truecaller's mission is to build trust in communication by making it safer, smarter, and more efficient. Born in Sweden, trusted by the world, and here's why we stand out: We are trusted by over 450 million active users every month across 190+ countries We identify over 15 billion calls daily, helping users avoid spam and scams We are powered by a team of 450+ employees from 45+ nationalities We always look for people who take initiative, own their work, and keep raising the bar. An entrepreneurial mindset matters here, especially when it turns bold ideas into real actions. We stay collaborative and focused, always searching for smarter paths forward. If you want to make an impact and grow with a team that inspires millions, you'll fit right in.

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