Staff Backend Engineer

Hej, Truecaller is calling you from Stockholm, Sweden! 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 at the Recommendation Team

We aim to build the world’s most advanced and dynamic AI recommendation platform, creating a seamless connection between individuals and the products and content relevant to them, while providing businesses with an intelligent, adaptive platform for sustainable growth. Our team's features and offerings are crucial for delivering relevant recommendations, directly contributing to revenue growth and enhancing customer experience at scale by providing personalized, high-value content. Comprising some of Truecaller's most talented and experienced individuals, this team is relentlessly focused on building cutting-edge targeting solutions that deliver unparalleled precision and impactful user experiences

As a Backend Engineer, you will own and lead

• Scalable System Design & Development: Lead the architecture, development, and maintenance of a high-performance, low-latency recommendation platform capable of handling substantial user traffic and delivering recommendations efficiently.
• API & Service Development: Create and manage robust APIs and microservices to facilitate seamless recommendation retrieval for internal & external stakeholders, including defining clear data contracts and ensuring smooth integration.
• Operational Reliability & Performance: Take ownership of the platform's operational health, encompassing continuous monitoring, performance optimization, and troubleshooting to guarantee high availability and responsiveness.

What you bring in:

• 5+ years of experience in Backend development
• Expert Java/Scala proficiency: Set technical direction, establish best practices, and guide complex implementations across multiple teams.
• Extensive experience with large-scale distributed systems: Proven track record of driving significant cross-organizational technical initiatives.
• Deep expertise in high-throughput, data-intensive applications: History of solving complex data challenges impacting core business functionality.
• Mastery of data structures and algorithms: Apply to novel/ambiguous engineering problems, set technical standards, and mentor senior engineers.
• Exceptional technical communication skills (oral and written English): Articulate complex technical visions, strategies, and trade-offs to diverse audiences.
• Strong track record of leading the resolution of systemic, cross-cutting technical problems.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy, drive architectural evolution, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience building systems in the cloud
• Experience with virtualization environments, e.g. Docker
• Experience with systems for managing containerized applications, e.g. Kubernetes
• Experience with non-relational databases

Life at Truecaller - Behind the code:  https://www.instagram.com/lifeattruecaller/

Sounds 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 Stockholm, Sweden. 

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 top-up, pension contribution, Udemy membership to keep learning and improving, and free gym membership.
• Great tech tools: Pick the computer and phone you most fancy within our budget ranges.
• 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, and a wide range of yummy snacks and beverages. In addition, now and then, check out the playroom for a fun break or join our exciting parties and or team activities such as Lab days, Running team, movie nights in our cinema, or a Geek lunch. 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.