The Role
Technical owner for the unit backend: ensure coherence, reliability, and evolution of services; validate/approve technical decisions; propose platform-level solutions; audit and reduce tech debt; write critical production code; resolve hardest incidents; mentor seniors and tech leads and drive Spec-First and AI-assisted development practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
Technical owner of the entire unit's backend: holds the end-to-end picture of services, gates teams' key decisions, personally tackles the hardest problems, and proactively raises the bar. 2026 focus: product consolidation and the AI-First / Spec-First shift.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the unit's backend as a whole - coherence, reliability, and evolution of all services, not just your team's.
- Validate and approve teams' technical decisions (ADRs/RFCs, API contracts); act as the final backend gate.
- Proactively propose platform-level solutions where teams see only a local fix; turn recurring incidents into systemic fixes.
- Audit the backend (tech debt, performance, reliability, security) and drive the improvement plan to production.
- Write production code in the most critical areas
- Take the hardest bugs and incidents; see post-mortem action items through to implementation.
- Mentor seniors and tech leads, set standards, and drive Spec-First and CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md quality.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Designing distributed high-load systems - microservices, event-driven (Kafka), API design; strong systems thinking and coupling/cohesion judgment; ADRs and trade-off analysis.
- Expert in at least one production language Go; databases (SQL/NoSQL), data modeling, caching (Redis), concurrency under load.
- Observability (Prometheus/Grafana), SRE practices, fault tolerance, deployment strategies (canary, feature flags).
- OWASP, authn/authz; antifraud as a backend problem - rate limiting, attestation, request signing, mTLS, geo-spoofing protection.
- Latency, local regulation, data privacy (GDPR/LGPD).
- Hands-on AI-assisted development (Claude Code) and a Spec-First mindset.
Conditions & Benefits
- Stable salary, official employment.
- Health insurance.
- Hybrid work mode and flexible schedule.
- Relocation package offered for candidates from other regions.
- Access to professional counseling services including psychological, financial, and legal support.
- Discount club membership.
- Diverse internal training programs.
- Partially or fully paid additional training courses.
- All necessary work equipment.
About
inDrive is a global tech company on a mission to challenge injustice through fair choices. We started in 2012 in the coldest city on Earth, when a group of friends created a way for people to agree on fair ride prices. That idea grew into one of the world’s top ride-hailing apps, now with 400M installs across 48 countries.Today, we offer more than rides: from freight and delivery to intercity travel and financial services, all designed to put people first. We are committed to having a positive impact on people’s lives both through our core business, which supports local communities via a fair pricing model; and through the work of our impact programs. Ready to ignite your inner drive?
Skills Required
- Designing distributed high-load systems, microservices, event-driven architectures (Kafka), API design
- Expert in at least one production language: Go
- Databases (SQL/NoSQL), data modeling, caching (Redis), concurrency under load
- Observability stack (Prometheus/Grafana), SRE practices, fault tolerance
- Deployment strategies: canary releases, feature flags
- Security best practices: OWASP, authentication/authorization, antifraud backend techniques (rate limiting, attestation, request signing, mTLS, geo-spoofing protection)
- Considerations for latency, local regulation, and data privacy (GDPR/LGPD)
- Hands-on AI-assisted development (Claude Code) and a Spec-First mindset
- Ability to author/validate ADRs/RFCs, approve API contracts, and drive cross-team technical decisions
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The Company
What We Do
inDrive is a global IT and transportation platform inDrive is one of the world’s fastest growing online ride-hailing services. Its services are available in over 749 cities in 46 countries throughout the world. The Company’s app has been downloaded over 150 million times. inDrive offers other services, including intercity transportation, freight and cargo services, as well as delivery services in different markets of operations. inDrive is based in Mountain View, California, and operates regional hubs in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the countries of the CIS, and employs over 2,000 people. In early 2021, inDrive achieved unicorn status after closing a $140m investment round with Insight Partners, General Catalyst, and Bond Capital, which valued the company at $1.23 billion.
