or apply directly on Truecaller's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 62 days Truecaller's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Truecaller's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Truecaller
- high 33 stale, 1 reposted of 33 open
- Hiring momentum
- 39 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Truecaller's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Truecaller.
About this role
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Backend at Truecaller, you will lead multi-team initiatives, providing technical guidance and strategic leadership to ensure the quality and maintainability of backend systems. Your role involves mentoring engineers, influencing product decisions, and aligning efforts with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions for millions of users. You will also stay updated on industry trends and help with recruitment efforts.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Truecaller as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 10+ years of relevant experience with Scala, Java, or Go
- Experience working with scalable, highly available, real-time distributed systems
- Experience working with relational and non-relational databases
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Mentoring, leadership skills
Nice to have
- Experience as a data engineer or close collaboration with data engineers
- Experience working with highly available systems
- Experience with performance tuning
- Experience with security hardening
- Experience with GDPR
What you get
- A comprehensive compensation package
- 30 days of paid vacation
- Private health insurance
- Parental leave top-up
- Pension
- Wellness contributions
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Office-first model with some flexibility
- Emphasis on in-person collaboration
- Background check as part of recruitment process
Summarised from Truecaller's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Truecaller on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.