Senior Backend Engineer - Java/Spring

ShareChat is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Java/Spring expertise to work on its content discovery and social graph infrastructure. You will help build systems that serve 300+ million users consuming short videos, memes, and social content in 15 Indian languages.

The role demands deep experience with distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and high-concurrency services. You will have end-to-end ownership of backend services from design to production monitoring.

• Design and build high-throughput Java microservices for content delivery
• Architect social graph storage and traversal at massive scale
• Optimize feed generation algorithms for personalization

• Design and implement scalable microservices for social features
• Lead technical design reviews for new product features
• Optimize service performance and database query efficiency
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident management
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews

• 5-8 years of backend engineering with Java and Spring Boot
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and CAP theorem
• Experience with large-scale caching (Redis, Memcached)
• Knowledge of data streaming platforms (Kafka)
• Experience with graph databases (Neo4j) is a plus
• Strong understanding of database sharding and replication strategies