Senior Software Engineer-Backend
Full Time · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Engineering
Rocketlane is a fast-growing, innovative SaaS company making waves in customer onboarding and professional services automation.
Our mission? To empower B2B companies with a smooth, consistent, and efficient way to onboard customers and manage client projects—reducing chaos and boosting customer satisfaction across industries.
We’re a close-knit team of over 100 passionate professionals, all focused on building a product that teams love to use. Our journey has been fueled by $45M in funding from top investors, including 8VC, Matrix Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners.
What will you do?
At Rocketlane, we’re all about building a great product and a great place to work. Here’s why you’ll actually look forward to Mondays.
Drive the design, development, and enhancement of core features and functionalities of our observability platform, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver scalable and reliable solutions
Act as a subject matter expert, guiding and mentoring a team of talented software engineers to achieve technical excellence and deliver high-quality code
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and efficient systems that meet the demands of our growing customer base
Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, constantly researching and experimenting with innovative solutions to enhance our observability platform
Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, advocating for best practices and promoting a collaborative work environment
Be proactive in identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, applying optimizations, and maintaining the stability and availability of our platform
Encourage a culture of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation within the engineering team, sharing knowledge and promoting professional growth
Some of the tech problems you get to work-on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization.
You have 3 - 5 years of experience
You have expertise in the following areas
Java
HTTP Protocol
You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks / products
Spring
PostgreSQL
Redis
Docker
Message brokers
GitHub
These non-functional areas are familiar to you
Performance
Debugging
Log management
Familiarity with AWS is nice to have
At Rocketlane, we’re all about building a great product and a great place to work. Here’s why you’ll actually look forward to Mondays:
Impact and ownership: You won’t just be another cog in the machine; here, you’re more like a turbocharged engine part. Bring your ideas, make them happen.
Work with the best: We’re a team of passionate, quirky, and ridiculously talented people. Come for the work, stay for the memes.
Celebrate wins: Whether we’re hitting major milestones or celebrating new funding, we like to mix it up. From rap videos to team outings, we believe in celebrating big.
Learn and grow: We’re all about learning—and we’re not just talking about the latest SaaS trends. You’ll grow your career, pick up new skills, and maybe even learn to love Excel (or at least tolerate it).
Flexibility and balance: While we love collaborating in the office five days a week, we know everyone has their own rhythm. That’s why we offer flexibility around hours—so you can bring your best energy, whether you’re an early bird or a night owl. Pajamas optional (at least outside the office).
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