Company Description
Socxo's Employee Advocacy Platform transforms employees, customers, and partners into brand advocates, enabling brands to increase visibility and trust organically.
Socxo is a leader in promoting the concept of ‘advocacy marketing’ in the USA, Europe and India with over 50+ Brands as customers within a span of eight years of launching its offering as a SaaS platform.
Role Description
Socxo
Key responsibilities
- Design, build, and own full-stack applications using
.NET Core, modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular/React), and Azure services
, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. - Define and implement
application and integration architectures
including RESTful APIs, MCP-style integrations, and data pipelines aligned to enterprise standards. - Lead and mentor the engineering team: drive coding standards, code reviews, test automation, and DevOps practices while remaining a strong individual contributor.
- Manage
cloud deployments on Azure
(and where needed AWS), including CI/CD using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, monitoring, logging, and performance optimization. - Embed
application security and compliance
into design and implementation, working with architecture and security teams to meet enterprise governance requirements. - Collaborate with Product Owner and cross-functional stakeholders to translate product requirements into technical solutions and incremental delivery plans.
Core technical skills
- 8–10 years of experience as a lead or senior engineer with
hands-on development
across front-end, backend, and databases. - Strong experience with
HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript
and frameworks such as Angular or React
for building responsive front-end experiences. - Proficiency in
.NET Core, C#, RESTful API design
, and microservices or modular monolith patterns for enterprise systems. - Database skills across
SQL Server
and at least one NoSQL technology
– MongoDB or equivalent NoSQL Database platforms, including schema design and performance tuning. - Usage of
Azure services
- App Services, Functions, API Management, Storage, Azure SQL, NoSQL DB, messaging, monitoring - Experience with
DevOps workflows
using CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management
in a structured enterprise SDLC. - Current experience as a Tech Lead or as an Engineering Manager capacity, driving digital Product initiatives.
AI and modern engineering capabilities
- Strong understanding of
LLM concepts
and how to interact with them programmatically within application workflows (e.g., chat, agents, RAG, tool calling). - Hands-on experience using
GitHub Copilot Pro in VS Code or Visual Studio
for feature development, test generation, refactoring, and lightweight documentation. - Ability to design and implement
AI-native and AI-refactoring approaches
: where to embed LLMs, vector databases, orchestration layers, and guardrails in existing .NET/Azure architectures. - Experience or familiarity with
Semantic Kernel, Microsoft.Extensions.AI,
and integrating Azure OpenAI
or similar providers into production systems.
Desirable:
- Understanding of
MCP-based tooling
(building and consuming MCP tools/servers in C#) and using them to extend developer workflows and application capabilities. - Knowledge of
vector databases and RAG patterns
, and basic awareness of AI cost management
considerations (token usage, caching, batching, model choice).
Behavioral and leadership expectations
- Experience
technically leading software development teams
in an enterprise context. Please note this is not a pure project management role. - Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mindset, and ability to work effectively in hybrid/remote setups across distributed teams.
- Clear and structured communication, with the ability to explain trade-offs and AI/architecture choices to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Commitment to
engineering best practices
(clean code, testing, documentation where needed) and continuous improvement of team workflows and developer experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications in Microsoft Azure Architecture
- Exposure to AI solutions development and cost management across AI workloads.
Location:
Kochi, Bangalore, Coimbatore
- Kochi, Bangalore, Coimbatore
- Remote work to begin and transition to a Hybrid work during mid-year - 2026.
