For a single team delivering components of distributed systems. Translates goals into a 1–2 quarter execution plan, sets coding, testing, and scalability practices, and provides hands-on oversight of performance tuning and load/perf testing. Guides the team in building fault-tolerant, in-service-upgradable components (redundancy, replication, failover) and in applying resiliency patterns (retries, circuit breakers, timeouts). Ensures robust observability (tests, alarms, dashboards, telemetry) and operational readiness via reviewed runbooks and standard procedures. Manages delivery of scoped features and correctness testing (including fault-injection/brownouts), and directs implementation of data replication/synchronization to maintain integrity and availability. Leads team incident response and root-cause efforts, enforces no-customer-downtime practices, and drives use of automation/IaC for troubleshooting. Oversees team security implementation (encryption, access controls), tracks remediation plans, verifies compliance documentation, and coaches adherence to change-management plans for safe patching, updates, and rollbacks.
Internal Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of scalable, reliable distributed systems, guiding the team on large-scale data processing, state management, performance, and load testing.
- Guide the development of fault-tolerant services using redundancy, replication, failover, retry mechanisms, circuit breakers, and other resiliency patterns.
- Oversee service reliability and operational readiness, including monitoring, telemetry, alerting, runbooks, recovery procedures, and availability testing.
- Lead troubleshooting and incident response for system components, driving automation and operational practices that minimize customer disruption.
- Manage security and compliance practices for cloud infrastructure, including access controls, encryption, remediation activities, and adherence to applicable standards.
- Drive infrastructure and change-management automation, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), patching, updates, and rollback processes.
Core Responsibilities
- Own team execution across multiple projects and initiatives, managing priorities, resources, timelines, dependencies, and changing business needs.
- Lead and develop team members through delegation, coaching, goal setting, performance management, and development opportunities.
- Build strong partnerships across engineering, business, stakeholder, and customer teams to align expectations and deliver shared objectives.
- Guide the team in solving moderately complex technical and operational problems using data, sound judgment, and established engineering practices.
- Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and skill development while identifying opportunities to improve team processes, tools, and workflows.
- Support talent acquisition and development through candidate interviews, promotion assessments, and talent planning.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
- 8 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 years of experience in software development
OR
- Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
Job Skills:
- Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
- Troubleshooting: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of troubleshooting, including diagnosing and resolving issues across various technical domains.
- Distributed Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of distributed systems, including designing or managing scalable, secure, and highly available software systems.
- Prototyping: Demonstrated experience creating and refining prototypes for system validation and stakeholder feedback.
- Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
- Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
- Computer Science Programming: Demonstrated understanding of computer science principles and ability to implement them in code.
- Software Engineering: Demonstrated proficiency in all phases of software engineering and development.
- Code Writing: Demonstrated proficiency writing maintainable, effective code in high-level programming languages.
- Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
- Web Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of web development, including designing, developing, or maintaining modern web applications using current frameworks.
- User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
- Innovation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of innovation, including generating or supporting new ideas, technologies, or processes for organizational growth.
- Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of cross-functional collaboration, including working with stakeholders across teams or geographies to achieve common objectives.
- Information Vulnerabilities: Demonstrated ability to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in IT and physical information assets.
- Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
- Operating Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of operating systems, including installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting various operating environments.
- Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
- API Development: Demonstrated ability to develop, test, and maintain secure APIs for application integration.
- API Integration: Demonstrated ability to build and manage robust API integrations for seamless interoperability between systems.
- Applied Algorithm Engineering: Demonstrated skill in designing, analyzing, and optimizing algorithms for efficiency and scalability.
- Source Control: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of source control, including managing and documenting code versions and release branches.
- Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.
Cloud – Cloud Platforms Experience:
- 2 years of professional experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).
Testing and Automation Experience:
- 4 years of experience working in testing and automation at the system level.
Distributed Systems Experience:
- 1 year of experience working with delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
- 9 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development
OR
- Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 1 year of experience in software development.
People Leadership / Management Experience:
- 1 year of experience in a technical lead role with or without direct reports.
External Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of scalable, reliable distributed systems, guiding the team on large-scale data processing, state management, performance, and load testing.
- Guide the development of fault-tolerant services using redundancy, replication, failover, retry mechanisms, circuit breakers, and other resiliency patterns.
- Oversee service reliability and operational readiness, including monitoring, telemetry, alerting, runbooks, recovery procedures, and availability testing.
- Lead troubleshooting and incident response for system components, driving automation and operational practices that minimize customer disruption.
- Manage security and compliance practices for cloud infrastructure, including access controls, encryption, remediation activities, and adherence to applicable standards.
- Drive infrastructure and change-management automation, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), patching, updates, and rollback processes.
Core Responsibilities
- Own team execution across multiple projects and initiatives, managing priorities, resources, timelines, dependencies, and changing business needs.
- Lead and develop team members through delegation, coaching, goal setting, performance management, and development opportunities.
- Build strong partnerships across engineering, business, stakeholder, and customer teams to align expectations and deliver shared objectives.
- Guide the team in solving moderately complex technical and operational problems using data, sound judgment, and established engineering practices.
- Promote continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and skill development while identifying opportunities to improve team processes, tools, and workflows.
- Support talent acquisition and development through candidate interviews, promotion assessments, and talent planning.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
- 8 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 years of experience in software development
OR
- Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
Job Skills:
- Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
- Troubleshooting: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of troubleshooting, including diagnosing and resolving issues across various technical domains.
- Distributed Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of distributed systems, including designing or managing scalable, secure, and highly available software systems.
- Prototyping: Demonstrated experience creating and refining prototypes for system validation and stakeholder feedback.
- Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
- Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
- Computer Science Programming: Demonstrated understanding of computer science principles and ability to implement them in code.
- Software Engineering: Demonstrated proficiency in all phases of software engineering and development.
- Code Writing: Demonstrated proficiency writing maintainable, effective code in high-level programming languages.
- Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
- Web Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of web development, including designing, developing, or maintaining modern web applications using current frameworks.
- User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
- Innovation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of innovation, including generating or supporting new ideas, technologies, or processes for organizational growth.
- Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of cross-functional collaboration, including working with stakeholders across teams or geographies to achieve common objectives.
- Information Vulnerabilities: Demonstrated ability to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in IT and physical information assets.
- Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
- Operating Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of operating systems, including installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting various operating environments.
- Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
- API Development: Demonstrated ability to develop, test, and maintain secure APIs for application integration.
- API Integration: Demonstrated ability to build and manage robust API integrations for seamless interoperability between systems.
- Applied Algorithm Engineering: Demonstrated skill in designing, analyzing, and optimizing algorithms for efficiency and scalability.
- Source Control: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of source control, including managing and documenting code versions and release branches.
- Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.
Cloud – Cloud Platforms Experience:
- 2 years of professional experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).
Testing and Automation Experience:
- 4 years of experience working in testing and automation at the system level.
Distributed Systems Experience:
- 1 year of experience working with delivering and operating large-scale distributed systems.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
- 9 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development
OR
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development
OR
- Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 1 year of experience in software development.
People Leadership / Management Experience:
- 1 year of experience in a technical lead role with or without direct reports.
