Staff 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 Staff 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 :

Lead the design and development of high-volume, low-latency services, contributing to the architecture of our distributed systems.

Collaborate across teams to solve complex technical problems and contribute to key engineering initiatives.

Contribute to the operational reliability and health of our mission-critical services.

Identify and implement new solutions and technologies to improve system scalability and reliability.

What you bring in :

10+ years of experience with Scala or Java, and Go.

Proven track record of designing and implementing large-scale, highly available distributed systems.

Deep expertise in data structures and algorithms, with the ability to apply them to novel engineering challenges.

A strong history of solving systemic technical problems and providing cross-team guidance.

Mentoring and leadership skills.

Excellent communication skills.

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 building and scaling a messaging platform.

Experience with external partners’ technical relations and support.

Life at Truecaller - Behind the code :

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 range.

Office life : We strongly believe in 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's 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.