Lead Engineer/Senior Manager

Experience: 10–12 years

Location: Pune, Maharashtra

About the Role

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to drive technical design and delivery across our engineering portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

•     Contribute to design and delivery across applications.

•     Drive API design and contracts (REST, event schemas) across a growing microservices landscape

•     Mentor and technically guide a team of engineers; conduct design/code reviews

•     Partner with product managers and business analysts to translate requirements into scalable technical designs

•     Evaluate and integrate open-source components in line with build vs. buy and "justified access-pattern" principles

•     Support scalability and maintainability of existing applications while contributing to new capabilities

•     Own non-functional requirements: scalability, resilience, observability, and security

Required Technical Skills

•     Languages/Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot, strong OOP and design pattern fundamentals

•     Architecture: Microservices architecture, System Design (HLD & LLD), Domain-Driven Design

•     Data Structures & Algorithms: Strong problem-solving and complexity analysis skills

•     Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL preferred) and NoSQL; schema design, indexing, JSONB modelling for flexible/semi-structured data

•     Messaging/Streaming: Apache Kafka (producer/consumer patterns, event-driven architecture, schema evolution)

•     APIs: REST API design, versioning, contract-first development (OpenAPI/Swagger)

•     Caching: Experience with in-memory data stores (ex- Redis/Valkey)

•     Cloud & DevOps: Containerization (Docker, Podman etc), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines

•     Observability: Logging/monitoring stacks (e.g., Grafana, Loki, Prometheus)

Highly Desirable (Added Value)

•     Telecom domain exposure: BSS/OSS, TM Forum eTOM/ODA

•     Familiarity with AI/agentic system patterns and integrating LLM-based agents into deterministic orchestration flows

•     Experience evaluating and productising internal platforms into multi-tenant SaaS offerings

•     Understanding of API gateway, service mesh, and event schema governance at scale

Soft Skills / Leadership

•     Proven experience leading technical design discussions and driving architectural decisions to closure

•     Ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders (PMs, BAs)

•     Pragmatic approach to technology adoption — avoids over-engineering, evaluates build vs. buy critically

•     Ownership mindset: comfortable being the primary technical decision-maker on a strategic platform

Good to Have

•     Prior experience in telecom/BSS-OSS product companies or operators

•     Contributions to open-source workflow, orchestration, or data platform projects

•     Certifications in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) or Kubernetes (CKA)

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