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Lead Engineer

Baazi Games

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Skills

Required

  • backend engineering
  • drive architectural decisions
  • handling high-scale, low-latency systems
  • incident management
  • production stability improvements
  • design reviews

Requirements

  • 8–12+ years of backend engineering experience in designing and building large-scale distributed systems.
  • Proven experience in owning critical backend platforms or services end-to-end in production environments.
  • Strong experience in leading complex technical initiatives across teams without direct authority.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive architectural decisions balancing scalability, reliability, and business timelines.
  • Hands-on experience in handling high-scale, low-latency systems with strong focus on performance and resilience.
  • Experience in leading incident management, production stability improvements, and operational excellence initiatives.
  • Proven track record of mentoring senior engineers and raising overall engineering standards.
  • Ability to work closely with Product, SRE, Data, and Infra teams to deliver impactful platform capabilities.
  • Strong experience in defining engineering best practices including design reviews, coding standards, and production readiness processes.
  • Experience in driving system modernization, reliability engineering, or platform evolution initiatives.