Company description / JD introduction

We are HCLTech, one of the fastest-growing large tech companies in the world and home to more than 226,600 people across 60 countries, supercharging progress through industry-leading capabilities centered around Digital, Engineering, Cloud and AI.

The driving force behind that work, our people, are diverse, creative, and passionate, raising the bar for excellence on a regular basis. We, in turn, work hard to bring out the best in them as we strive to help them find their spark and become the best version of themselves that they can be.

If all this sounds like an environment you’ll thrive in, then you’re in the right place. Join us on our journey to advancing the technological world through innovation and creativity.

Your Role & Responsibilities

Looking for a Senior Backend Developer who is systems-thinking, automation-oriented, and resilient to build scalable services for the Platform Engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design and build secure, scalable REST/GraphQL services
• Implement IaC and CI/CD pipelines; own reliability and monitoring
• Build event-driven systems (queues/pub-sub/event buses)
• Integrate third-party systems (Salesforce, IdPs, CMS)
• Champion DDD, testing, and performance best practices

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Requirements

• 5–10 yrs backend in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform/CDK) and containers (Docker)
• Observability and distributed systems testing

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with API gateways, caching, and security (OAuth/OIDC)
• Exposure to serverless patterns and multi-region designs

How You’ll Grow

Access to cloud certs, reliability engineering tracks, and internal architecture forums.

Why Us

• Chennai is a vibrant engineering hub with strong integration and cloud communities
• We are one of the fastest-growing large tech companies (offices in 60 countries; 226,600 employees)
• 167 nationalities represented; work with global colleagues
• Virtual-first flexibility and strong work-life integration
• Career development at every level; comprehensive benefits
• Certified Great Place to Work and Top Employer in 26 countries

Equality & Opportunity for All

Representing 167 nationalities across the globe, we pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer...