Position Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Product Software Engineer who will take ownership of end-to-end technical delivery of full-stack web applications, while remaining hands-on with coding. You will lead by example, mentor team members, and collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable web applications built on .Java , Angular , and multiple cloud providers .
Broad expectations from this role are as follows:
- Hands on Technical expertise in technologies - Java Spring , Spring Boot, Python (Fast API) , Kafka message broker, SQL/No-SQL DBs (Postgres, DocumentDB), Angular , Web App, Web APIs, and Cloud patterns, IaC
- Hands-on expertise in Azure or AWS cloud provider and knowledge on at least one other cloud provider (Google, IBM) Strong in One cloud with secondary in one other
- Hands-on experience in Terraform, Grafana, Helm charts
- Understanding of AI, Gen AI, Agentic AI and Prompt engineering Mandatory
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to innovation initiatives like building quick POCs, defining implementation approach etc.
- Work with product management to confirm functional and non-functional requirements (performance, security, high availability, scalability, disaster recovery etc.)
- Work with architects to finalize technical architecture and solutions. Design Patterns mandatory
- Work with stakeholders to define quality measures for the given business requirements.
- Own end-to-end delivery of the product features (complete SDLC)
- Be a part of management team in Pune in supporting local initiatives
Experience:
- 10+ years of professional experience in software development with at least 2+ years as a technical lead with similar roles / responsibilities.
- Extensive knowledge of product development and software development methodologies
Technical Experience:
- Hands on Technical expertise in technologies - Java Spring boot, Python (Fast API), Kafka message broker, SQL/No-SQL DBs (Postgres, DocumentDB), Angular, Web App, Web APIs, and Cloud patterns, IaaC
- Strong experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs for monolithic as well as microservices architecture .
- String experience of Non-SQL DBs (Postgres, DocumentDB etc.) , and performance tuning.
- Strong in object-oriented design and development using software development best practices.
- Defining technical approach for the feature and implement it with team members
- Strong knowledge of multi-threading and application clustering, scalability, performance, application security, code analysis and optimization .
- Deep technical knowledge in monolithic and microservices Architecture
- Experience in Scaled Agile Methodologies/Scrum, PI planning, Test Driven Development (TDD) & Unit Testing .
- Deep understanding of SOLID design principles and patterns.
- Deep understanding and experience in Angular , HTML5, CSS, and JSON
- Understand functional and non-functional requirements (performance, security, high availability, scalability, disaster recovery, etc.) and experience in design patterns to support those
- Strong experience in understanding how data flows within the application components, how it impacts usability, and user experience.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership to innovation initiatives like building PoC.
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD, Git, pipelines, deployments, DORA metrics).
- Azure or AWS services (App Services, Functions, Key Vault, storage, DevOps, etc.)
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Strong communication skills and experience in stakeholder collaboration.
- Ability to lead and mentor a development team effectively.
- Quality and test first development mindset
- Able to coordinate technical standards within a development team.
- Ability to strongly influence peers and technical staff within the team.
- Experience in localization and globalization, security, performance, integration with third party components and applications.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaborate with architects and product owners to understand requirements and define technical solutions.
- Lead an Agile team of Java developers, UI developers, Quality engineers to drive the development of our business critical (24 /7/ 365) cloud-based application.
- Take ownership and responsibility of the Scaled Agile team to implement best coding practices, SOLID principles and quality of the deliverables.
- Drive the appropriate use and implementation of technology to deliver high quality solutions that delight our customers.
- Play an important role as a technical leader defining the framework, technology, processes / best practices and culture
- Guide the development and delivery of maintainable and highly scalable multi-tier SaaS applications with web-based clients supporting multiple cloud providers
- Develop and deploy applications to multiple cloud providers (Azure AWS, Google, IBM) using IaC (Terraforms, Helm charts). Familiarity with monitoring, using tools such as Grafana.
- Contribute in necessary Architecture documentation, participate in gate review to include Infrastructure, security and performance.
- Ensure that deliverables are self-certified prior to transitioning to the downstream consumers of the deliverable (QA and customers).
- Ensure best design practices and processes are followed for continuous improvement of product.
- Delivering application features with required code, DB, design, storage related changes within decided timelines.
- Actively troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring production stability.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to business needs.
- Understand, estimate and design technical approach for features to be developed.
- Identify any internal tool, utilities and if needed, develop it.
- Taken ownership and delivery of applications from technical requirements till production deployment.
- Generate innovative approaches and solutions to complex issues.
- Evaluate new development tools and drive their implementation within our development teams.
- Mentor less-experienced staff by providing daily guidance and direction.
- Any other duties as assigned by the Manager
