Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Headout is a high-growth, profitable travel marketplace seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build core modules and scalable infrastructure. The role involves designing performant services, working across multiple tech stacks and databases, and contributing to the overall ecosystem architecture. Candidates must have solid CS fundamentals and proven experience with Spring, AWS, and concurrent system design. This role offers direct ownership and the chance to influence systems during a period of 5x company growth.
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Experience
2-4 years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Headout is a high-growth, profitable travel marketplace seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build core modules and scalable infrastructure. The role involves designing performant services, working across multiple tech stacks and databases, and contributing to the overall ecosystem architecture. Candidates must have solid CS fundamentals and proven experience with Spring, AWS, and concurrent system design. This role offers direct ownership and the chance to influence systems during a period of 5x company growth.
TAL's take
Strong high-growth company with a clear, well-defined senior IC role in a profitable marketplace.
Clear expectations and responsibilities provided, though the tech stack list is somewhat broad.
Salaries at Headout
24.0 LPA average
Based on 42 Grapevine salary entries for Headout.
Engineering
0 - 2 years | L1
10 LPA average
Range: 10 - 10 LPA
Engineering
2 - 4 years | L2
24 LPA average
Range: 24 - 24 LPA
Engineering
6 - 8 years | Senior
42 LPA average
Range: 28 - 56 LPA
Engineering
8 - 10 years | L1
70 LPA average
Range: 70 - 70 LPA
Must haves
- Strong CS fundamentals and algorithm knowledge
- 2 to 4 years experience in server-side development
- Experience with Spring and Relational Databases
- Experience with AWS and Concurrent Programming
- Ability to design scalable and fault-tolerant systems
Tools and skills
Nice to have: c, golang, java, node.js, python, ruby, scala, django, hibernate, j2ee, ruby on rails, struts.
About the company
High-growth profitable marketplace, but not yet holding tier-1 flagship engineering brand status.
Posts mentioning Headout
Anyone here familiar with Headout’s hiring timeline?
I interviewed with Headout for a non-tech role about a month ago. They did mention that the process can take time, but I haven’t heard back since my last round. Both interviews went really well, and this is a role I’m really, really excited about—so just checking in to see if anyone here has any insight into their usual timelines or knows someone on the team I could connect with. Would truly appreciate any help or leads. Thanks so much in advance!
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