The Role
Lead backend architecture and end-to-end technology delivery while designing and building scalable Java or Python microservices. Author HLD and LLD documentation, optimize high-throughput systems, define observability standards, establish SLOs and SLIs, resolve incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, and mentor backend engineers. The role requires production ownership, distributed systems expertise, event-driven architecture, cloud platforms, containerization, and experience delivering reliable services at scale.
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About Tarento:
Tarento is a fast-growing technology consulting company headquartered in Stockholm, with a strong presence in India and clients across the globe. We specialize in digital transformation, product engineering, and enterprise solutions, working across diverse industries including retail, manufacturing, and healthcare. Our teams combine Nordic values with Indian expertise to deliver innovative, scalable, and high-impact solutions.
We're proud to be recognized as a Great Place to Work, a testament to our inclusive culture, strong leadership, and commitment to employee well-being and growth. At Tarento, you’ll be part of a collaborative environment where ideas are valued, learning is continuous, and careers are built on passion and purpose.
We are looking for passinate Associate Architect Backend for developing a new platform for our customer.
Tech Stack: Java or Python
About the Role:
• Hiring an PE Backend engineer experienced in Java or Python.
• Strong in distributed systems, microservices, HLD/LLD, and production ownership.
• Must have product-company experience building scalable and reliable services.
• Must be able to evaluate multiple technology options and productionise a chosen option.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead end-to-end architecture and author HLD/LLD docs.
• Build scalable microservices using Java (Spring Boot) or Python.
• Design systems for high throughput, low latency, and fault tolerance.
• Optimize performance using caching, sharding, load balancing, concurrency.
• Define SLOs/SLIs and drive observability using metrics, logs, tracing.
• Lead incident resolution, RCA, and preventive engineering.
• Mentor SDE-1/2/3 engineers and lead engineering best practices.
• Owning the end to end technology delivery to meet outcomes
Required Skills
• Expertise in Java or Python.
• Strong DS/Algo and system design fundamentals.
• Experience with microservices, distributed systems, REST/gRPC.
• Datastores: Postgres/MySQL, Redis, Elastic Search and one NoSQL database.
• Messaging: Kafka/Pulsar/RabbitMQ.
• Cloud: AWS/Azure/GCP; Docker & Kubernetes.
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry.
• Event-driven architecture
• Handling systems of scale
Nice-to-Have
• DDD, or CQRS.
• Terraform, service mesh (Istio), API Gateway patterns.
• Elasticsearch/OpenSearch experience.
Short Summary
• Hiring an PE Backend engineer to architect scalable services,
• drive operational excellence, and mentor backend engineers.
Skills Required
- Product-company experience building scalable and reliable backend services
- Expertise in Java or Python
- Strong data structures, algorithms, and system design fundamentals
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems
- Experience with REST or gRPC
- Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience with Redis and Elasticsearch
- Experience with at least one NoSQL database
- Experience with Kafka, Pulsar, or RabbitMQ
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
- Experience with event-driven architecture and systems at scale
- Domain-driven design or CQRS
- Terraform, Istio, or API Gateway patterns
- Elasticsearch or OpenSearch experience
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The Company
What We Do
Tarento is a Nordic-Indian IT services company that helps organizations navigate digitalization through enterprise applications, data and information management, mobile and custom solutions. Its offerings span digital, data, AI, cloud, consulting, software development, integration, testing, and application management. The company also builds scalable web and mobile apps, portals, platforms, and products for clients across industries, combining technology expertise with data-management capabilities.
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