Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead (Backend)

About the role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to play a key role in designing, building, and evolving our core product platform. This is a hands-on leadership role suited for someone who enjoys owning complex systems, working closely with product and business stakeholders, and setting a high engineering bar in a fast-growing product company. You will be expected to contribute at multiple levels: system design, coding, technical decision-making, mentoring engineers, and working with clients when required. 

Responsibilities

• Own the design and development of core backend components of the Digilytics platform. 
• Drive system design discussions and produce clear, pragmatic HLD and LLD for new features and enhancements. 
• Translate product and business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions. 
• Lead development efforts across feature teams and ensure timely, high-quality product releases. 
• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code, and actively participate in code reviews. 
• Ensure engineering best practices around performance, reliability, security, and observability. 
• Collaborate with product managers, QA, data/AI teams, and client-facing teams. 
• Support client-specific customizations and deployments when needed. 
• Act as a technical mentor for junior engineers and contribute to raising overall team capability. 
• Work closely with onshore and offshore teams across geographies. 

Expected Skills (Must Have)

• Strong experience designing and building web-based applications that operate at scale, preferably in regulated or high-availability domains such as fintech. 
• Solid foundation in system design with the ability to translate business requirements into clear HLD and LLD. 
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a track record of owning technical decisions end to end. 
• Proficiency in at least one backend language such as 

  Java or Python

  , with strong fundamentals in concurrency and memory management. 
• Hands-on experience with modern web frameworks (for example Spring Boot or equivalent) and building REST-based APIs. 
• Strong understanding of data modeling and practical experience with both relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.). 
• Good grasp of web fundamentals including HTTP, REST, authentication/authorization, and frontend basics (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). 
• Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including deployment, configuration, and monitoring. 
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and drive high engineering standards through reviews and mentoring. 
• Comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces and breaking down complex requirements into deliverable solutions. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to engineers, product, and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Proven ability to lead by example, collaborate within a team, and take ownership of outcomes. 

Desired Skills

• Experience designing and building systems within fintech, payments, lending, trading, or other financial domains. 
• Exposure to distributed systems, scalability patterns, event-driven architectures, and performance optimization. 
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and operational best practices. 
• Experience with Python-based data or ML workflows, including model fine-tuning, deployment, or inference pipelines. 
• Hands-on experience building or integrating AI agents, LLM-based systems, or using agent frameworks is a plus but not mandatory. 
• Prior experience mentoring engineers or acting as a technical lead on medium to large projects. 
• Awareness of security, compliance, and data privacy considerations common in financial systems. 

Experience & Mindset

• 6-8 years of professional experience building and delivering production-grade software. 
• Strong product mindset with the ability to balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability. 
• Comfortable working in startup or fast-growing environments with evolving priorities. 
• Willingness to stay hands-on while also guiding technical direction and team execution. 
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams is a plus. 

Education Background

• A Bachelors degree, or equivalent, preferably in Software Engineering and Computer Science