
Lead Software Engineer
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
- Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- Should be able to influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
- Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies, tools and Software Development Life Cycle Practices.
- Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to team members and coach and unblock them to be able to deliver the quality deliverables
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Advanced hands on experience in Java Technologies/RESTful Services/Microservices/Springboot for 5+ minimum experience
- Familiarity with database technologies like SQL, NoSQL, and cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Strong problem-solving skills, Proficient in coding, debugging, and maintenance in corporate settings using modern programming and database languages.
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Practical cloud native experience
- Familiarity with modern front-end technologies (React, Angular) is a huge plus
- Exposure to cloud technologies (AWS)
- Experience in Kafka, Cassandra, Cloud Micro-service Development, Restful API development
- Hands on Experience in DevOps technologies (GitHub, Jenkins, etc.)
- Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus