Backend Engineer

Our goal is to make communication smarter, safer, and more efficient, while building trust across the world. With our roots in Sweden and a global reach, we deliver smart services that create meaningful social impact. We are committed to protecting you from fraud, harassment, scam calls, and unwanted messages, so you can focus on the conversations that matter.

• Top 20 most downloaded apps globally, and the world’s #1 caller ID and spam-blocking service for Android and iOS, with extensive AI capabilities, with more than 450 million active users per month.
• Founded in 2009, listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, and is categorized as a Large Cap. Our focus on innovation, operational excellence, sustainable growth, and collaboration has resulted in consistently high profitability and strong EBITDA margins.
• A team of 400 people from ~35 different nationalities spread across our headquarters in Stockholm and offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Tel Aviv, with high ambitions.

We at the Search Team are responsible for Spam Detection, AI Identity, Name Resolution, and Fraud Detection. By accurately assigning names to phone numbers, detecting spam and fraud, and providing contextual caller information, we enhance users' trust and safety, empowering them to make informed decisions about incoming calls and directly supporting Truecaller’s mission of enabling safe and trusted communication.

As a Backend Engineer in the Search team, you will collaborate with a dedicated team responsible for maintaining some of Truecaller's most essential services. These include the search engine that powers caller identification, the systems that manage spam protection, the services that handle user comments, and fraud protection services, among other critical functions.

The impact you will create:

• Develop, test, and deploy features for core, high-traffic backend services.
• Take ownership of assigned projects and engineering tasks.
• Actively contribute to the stability and maintainability of the production environment.
• Collaborate to continuously improve team processes and system performance, learning best practices along the way.

What you bring in:

• Solid foundation in Java and/or Scala.
• Familiarity with the concepts of distributed systems.
• Experience or strong exposure to building data-intensive applications.
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience building systems in the Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with virtualization environments, e.g. Docker
• Experience with systems for managing containerized applications, e.g., Kubernetes
• Experience with Cassandra and Kafka.

This position is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

We only accept applications in English.

What we offer:

• A smart, talented, and agile team: An international team where ~35 nationalities are working together in several locations and time zones with a learning, sharing, and fun environment.
• A great compensation package: Competitive salary, 30 days of paid vacation, flexible working hours, private health insurance, parental leave top-up, pension contribution, Udemy membership to keep learning and improving, and free gym membership.
• Great tech tools: Pick the computer and phone you most fancy within our budget ranges.
• Office life: We strongly believe in in-person collaboration and follow an office-first approach while offering some flexibility. Enjoy your days with great colleagues with loads of good stuff to learn from, and a wide range of yummy snacks and beverages. In addition, now and then, check out the playroom for a fun break or join our exciting parties and or team activities such as Lab days, Running team, movie nights in our cinema, or a Geek lunch. There’s something for everyone!

Come as you are:

Truecaller is diverse, equal, and inclusive. We need a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences to keep building our great products. No matter where you are based, which language you speak, your accent, race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, etc. All those things make you who you are, and that’s why we would love to meet you.