Senior Staff Software Engineer Backend
Truecaller3 months ago
Sweden (city not specified)Staff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the team in building products efficiently and effectively.
- Influence product priorities and scope and contribute to decision-making.
- Communicate complex technical decisions and evaluate solution tradeoffs.
- Mentor and guide experienced engineers technically and culturally.
- Establish engineering best practices across the engineering organization.
- Drive project delivery by aligning with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Lead multi-team initiatives and ensure technical alignment and quality.
- Own the quality of the team’s systems and services.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance while balancing strategic leadership.
- Build relationships and align efforts with internal teams and external partners.
- Participate in recruiting by interviewing candidates.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
- 10+ years of relevant experience with Scala, Java, or Go.
- Experience with scalable, highly available, real-time distributed systems.
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Mentoring and leadership skills.
- Excellent English communication skills.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Experience with security best practices.
- Preferred: experience as a data engineer or collaborating closely with data engineers.
- Preferred: experience with highly available systems, performance tuning, security hardening, GDPR, and technology strategy.
Benefits
- Learning resources, leadership programs, mentoring, hands-on work, internal mobility, and a transparent progression path.
- Competitive salary, 30 days of paid vacation, private health insurance, parental leave top-up, pension, and wellness contributions.
- Choice of preferred computer and phone within a company budget.
- Office-first work culture with some flexibility and in-person collaboration.
- Office amenities including meals, snacks, quiet spaces, team activities, tech meetups, and cultural events.
- Lab Days held five times per year for three days to explore ideas and build prototypes.
- Applications must be submitted in English; employment is subject to a background check.
About Truecaller
Truecaller builds a mobile app and platform for caller ID, spam and fraud blocking, and contact verification used by consumers and businesses, especially in India and other emerging markets. It monetizes via ads, premium subscriptions, and enterprise solutions like verified business caller ID and messaging. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Stockholm, the company is publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and reports hundreds of millions of monthly active users.