Technical Software Engineering Lead -Lead Software Engineer II

ConvergeCONSUMER™ is a product-driven business that combines differentiated consumer insights with robust prediction and optimization capabilities to help consumer-focused businesses improve decision-making and deliver personalized experiences to drive growth, consumer loyalty, and profitability. We operate with the speed and agility of a startup within the world’s largest professional services firm.

Key responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Lead who is not only an exceptional coder but also adept at high-level design and implementation. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of collaborative development experience, with a proven track record of leading an 8–10-person team. This role involves debugging, performance design and optimization, and working on containerized solutions using Docker. Experience with FastAPI, Python, and React front-end is essential.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and mentor an 8-10 person engineering team, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Own the architecture across UI, APIs, data, and cloud infrastructure — scalable, secure, resilient, observable
• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code in Python and React.
• Set and enforce engineering standards: design reviews, ADRs, code review expectations, testing strategy, release readiness. Oversee the development and deployment of containerized solutions using Docker.
• Debug and resolve complex technical issues across the full stack.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Partner with Product Management and UX as a peer — challenge the “what,” not just deliver the “how.”
• Drive end-to-end execution: design, build, test, deploy, and run in production.
• Be accountable for how the product handles consumer data: privacy, retention, access, and compliance obligations including India’s DPDP Act.
• Communicate status, risk, and bad news early and clearly to stakeholders.

Must have skills/project experience/certifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Proven experience in leading and managing an engineering team.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with FastAPI.
• Solid experience with React for front-end development.
• Expertise in high-level design, implementation, and performance optimization.
• Authentication and authorization (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, SSO, RBAC, least privilege), secure coding, and threat modeling.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized solutions.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and relational data modeling.
• Experience building and deploying applications on GCP; working knowledge of Azure or AWS.
• Experience with Apache Spark for large-scale data processing.
• Working knowledge of quality gates and enforcing code quality standards in the delivery pipeline.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Experience and leadership

• 10+ years of end-to-end software development experience, including system design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• At least 2 years of demonstrated people management experience leading medium to large enterprise teams within a product-based organization is mandatory.
• Experience leading full-stack engineers with strong expertise across backend services and frontend web applications.
• Proven ability to independently drive end-to-end project execution, taking ownership of design, development, cross-team coordination, and delivery in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary development environment.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment with globally distributed and diverse teams.
• Proven ability to collaborate with business and delivery teams, mentor engineers, and drive technical decisions from concept through production.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical teams.

Education

BE/B.Tech/MS/M.Tech degree or equivalent from accredited university

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another relevant discipline, or equivalent experience.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with database technologies (SQL).
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.

• Proven ability to design scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performance applications across user interfaces, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with FastAPI are required for backend development.
• Experience with microservices architecture, domain-driven design, and RESTful services using technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Node.js, and Spring Boot.
• Experience with REST APIs, PostgreSQL, data modeling, and enterprise system integration patterns.
• Experience with NoSQL data stores such as DynamoDB and relational data stores such as MySQL and Oracle.
• Experience defining technical standards, conducting design reviews, evaluating technology choices, and ensuring adherence to engineering best practices.

• Deep knowledge of security engineering and authentication and authorization frameworks, protocols, and design patterns, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, single sign-on (SSO), role-based access control (RBAC), and least-privilege access.
• Strong understanding of application security, threat modeling, secure coding, vulnerability management, observability, and performance optimization.
• Experience working in distributed, cloud-based environments such as AWS services, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Google Compute Engine (GCE), and Azure.
• Hands-on knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with CI/CD using Jenkins and engineering hygiene practices, including GitHub workflows, branching strategies, pull request reviews, code quality, collaboration, and release readiness.
• Experience with test automation and integration testing using frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, and Playwright.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and tracing tools such as New Relic, Splunk, SignalFx, Kibana, and Grafana.

• , to accelerate development and learning.
• Experience delivering generative AI–based solutions or projects.

Bengaluru/Hyderabad/Pune/Chennai/Mumbai/Gurgaon/Kolkata

11 AM to 8 PM or 2 PM to 11 PM IST as per business requirements

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