Lead/ Staff Backend Engineer – Communications AI Infrastructure at RingCentral

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Technology, AI, CommunicationsIndustries

Requirements

10–14 years of hands-on backend engineering building and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a deep understanding of consistency, partitioning, replication and high availability fundamentals
Strong system design expertise, with the ability to architect fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable services
Expert proficiency in at least one modern backend language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Python, Go), with the ability to write high-performance code and lead technical reviews across complex systems
Experience designing and scaling high-throughput or low-latency services, including API design, concurrency models, resource management and performance tuning across distributed workloads
Proven ability to build event-driven or asynchronous architectures using distributed messaging or streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, Pulsar, RabbitMQ)
Hands-on performance and observability skills, including profiling, eliminating bottlenecks, optimizing tail latency and implementing robust metrics, tracing, and logging for distributed systems
Nice to Have: Understanding of networking fundamentals and cross-region or multi-DC architectures, including latency tradeoffs and data movement considerations

Responsibilities

Build ultra-reliable, low-latency backends for real-time calls, messaging, and media workflows at scale
Design high-throughput event pipelines that power real-time signaling, analytics and AI feature processing with minimal lag
Design distributed coordination and routing systems that maintain consistency and performance across regions
Develop scalable platform primitives like RESTful APIs, identity, sessioning, rate limits and storage that serve as foundations for AI-powered applications
Create end-to-end observability that keep a multi-region UCaaS platform predictable under heavy load

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

JavaKotlinPythonGodistributed systemssystem designRESTful APIsevent-driven architecturedistributed messagingstreaminghigh availabilitylow-latencyconcurrencyperformance tuningobservability

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary or compensation for this role?

The role offers competitive compensation plus performance bonuses.

Is this a remote position, or do I need to work from an office?

This is a hybrid role requiring work from the Bengaluru office with flexible hours.

What skills and experience are required for this position?

Candidates need 10–14 years of hands-on backend engineering with large-scale distributed systems, strong system design expertise for fault-tolerant scalable services, expert proficiency in a modern backend language like Java, Kotlin, Python or Go, experience with high-throughput low-latency services and API design, and proven ability in event-driven architectures using systems like Kafka or Pulsar.

What is the company culture like at RingCentral?

You'll be part of a global team collaborating with top engineers, working on high-visibility projects with accelerated career growth, focusing on real problems like scale, efficiency, and optimization in a hybrid environment.

What makes a strong candidate for this Lead Backend Engineer role?

A strong candidate has 10–14 years building large-scale distributed systems, deep expertise in system design, proficiency in modern backend languages, experience with event-driven architectures and observability, plus passion for scalable production-ready systems.