About the role
Lead Software Engineer
Must-Have • Strong hands-on programming expertise in Java and Python, with the ability to design, build, test, and optimise production-grade backend services
* Strong experience with React for building modern, responsive, and intuitive user interfaces for enterprise applications
* Experience with Next.js or modern front-end architecture patterns alongside React
* Deep experience building cloud-native applications using containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and managed cloud services in AWS and/or Azure
* Strong expertise in designing and building APIs, including RESTful services, service contracts, versioning, security, and integration patterns
* Proven experience with event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, streaming, and resilient distributed system design
* Practical experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity across coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and release workflows
* Strong understanding of software engineering quality metrics such as code quality, test automation, reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability
Good to Have • Experience building agentic applications or AI-powered systems using LLMs, orchestration frameworks, retrieval, tool calling, and workflow automation
* Experience with API gateway, service mesh, and enterprise integration patterns
* Experience with Kafka, event streaming platforms, or large-scale messaging ecosystems
* Exposure to CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and release engineering practices
* Experience in regulated enterprise environments where security, governance, compliance, and auditability are critical
* Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture, engineering standards, and developer productivity at team level
Remote
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