Savant Labs is building next-generation platform infrastructure that powers data-driven products at scale. We're a product-first company with a strong engineering culture — high ownership, low bureaucracy, and real impact.
We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer (Platform Focused) to join our core platform team. You'll design and build the foundational systems that power our product — distributed services, APIs at scale, data pipelines, and platform reliability. This is a fully remote role open to candidates based in India.
Design and build scalable, high-performance backend services in Java
Own platform components — service infrastructure, APIs, internal tooling, and reliability
Drive architecture decisions for distributed systems and microservices
Collaborate with product and data teams to build robust integrations
Improve observability, performance, and resilience of core platform services
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices
5+ years of backend engineering experience with Java as your primary language
Deep understanding of platform and distributed systems engineering
Strong grasp of microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, and async messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, etc.)
Solid understanding of system design, scalability, and production reliability
Currently working at a product-based organisation — we value candidates who've built and scaled real products
Strong ownership mindset — you take end-to-end responsibility for what you ship
Experience with Spring Boot / Micronaut / Quarkus
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)
Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
Background in data platforms, analytics infrastructure, or developer tooling
Screening Call — Quick intro, 20 mins
Technical Round 1 — Coding & problem solving
Technical Round 2 — System design & architecture
Culture Fit Round — Meet the team
Up to ₹50 LPA
Fully remote — work from anywhere in India
Equity (ESOPs)
High-ownership, low-process engineering culture
Direct collaboration with senior engineers and leadership
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