Lead Engineer

Role Overview:

As a Lead Engineer, you will play a key technical leadership role while actively contributing to code. You will design, develop, and optimize scalable, high-performance systems while driving best engineering practices. You will be expected to be hands-on (coding, debugging, and reviewing code) to ensure robust engineering execution. You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists and other engineering teams to deliver solutions that enhance company's platform and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize core components of company's platform, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Coding, debugging, and reviewing implementations to ensure high-quality, maintainable solutions.
• Own system architecture while also contributing directly to critical components and services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate advanced technologies into the product.
• Ensure engineering excellence through automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers, helping them improve their coding skills and system design capabilities.
• Drive operational excellence, ensuring high availability and resiliency of the platform.• Stay updated with the latest advancements in software development to drive continuous innovation.

Expectations from Lead Engineer:

• Hands-on Technical Leadership: Leads by example through active coding, design reviews, and system optimizations.
• Ownership & Impact: Owns significant architectural components and contributes directly to multiple systems or services across company.
• Problem Solving: Tackles ambiguous and complex technical problems with innovative solutions while implementing them in production.
• Mentorship & Influence: Coaches and mentors junior engineers and peers, fostering a strong engineering culture through real-world coding guidance.
• Excellence Advocate: Actively participates in hiring, interviewing & grooming processes, setting a high standard for technical excellence.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, with active hands-on coding responsibilities.
• Experience programming in at least one major software programming language (Java, Python, Go, C++, etc.).
• Proven experience in leading both design and implementation of new and existing systems.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team while continuing to code.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Full software development life cycle experience, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent.