Software Architect & Team Lead

We are looking to onboard a dynamic Software Architect - Technical Lead who is passionate about building scalable software solutions and driving innovative projects. If you excel in designing robust architectures and leading technical teams, wed love to hear from you!

This role is based in our Gurgaon office.

About The Role

As a Software Architect & Team Lead you'll be tasked with leading projects and tech teams, providing guidance to software team members through code reviews & mentorship, as well as designing and diagramming software architecture. As a Team Lead, you'll be the manager of a team of technical staff, providing career guidance, conducting reviews and providing approvals for your team while aligning with the company policies and procedures.

What You'll Do

• Manage a team of software developers on a day-to-day basis
• Lead performance reviews and career development conversations with your team
• Participate in local and global leadership meetings to discuss your team and projects
• Write maintainable, testable, and performant software in collaboration with our world class team.
• Provide project/program-level leadership, determine technology stack for the project/program, in collaboration with the technical director and the workstream leads.
• Works with the Strategy and Design teams, as well as the client, to define requirements & estimate effort for upcoming work.
• Mentor the project team, providing feedback and guidance to technical staff.
• Identify risks to the project or technology team and discuss them proactively with the team.
• Research new technology and tools and share those findings with the team.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with all members of our team.

Qualifications

• One of the following degrees (or similar) B.Tech Computer Application, B.Tech Computer Science, BE, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor's of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering
• 5+ years experience building and delivering modern production-grade web applications in a team environment, leading teams and projects
• 2+ years of experience in management, leading direct reports and teams
• Very strong Java programming skills & experience utilizing Spring Boot or Spring Cloud 
• Very strong JS framework skills & experience using React or Angular or similar
• Experience working within cloud environments (AWS or Google Cloud or Azure)
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD
• Deep understanding of each of the parts that make up a modern web application (APIs, templating, routing, data storage, design patterns, optimization, caching, security) 
• Fundamental knowledge of core web principals (HTTP, the DOM, SSL, web servers)
• Fluency with relational databases or alternatively NoSQL databases
• Excellent interpersonal skills are essential, as we work closely as a team and require frequent communication.
• A proactive personality, and a desire to deliver your best work.
• A love for improving software development workflows and processes.