Custom Software Engineer

The Lead Engineer is a key leadership role within the engineering product team, responsible for overseeing
and guiding complex technical projects, driving innovation, and ensuring the successful delivery of high quality software products. This role involves a combination of hands-on technical work, strategic
planning, and team mentorship. If you have the drive to lead and mentor engineering teams, ability to
set technical direction for greenfield SaaS products and excellent communication skills to work with
cross-functional teams, including product management and other stakeholders, this position is for you
Roles and responsibilities:
  Technical Leadership: Guide the engineering team on best practices, architecture, and
technology choices.
  Project Oversight: Ensure successful delivery of projects, from concept to production.
  Mentorship: Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
  Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders to align technical solutions with
business goals.
  Innovation and R&D: Drive innovation by staying updated with the latest technologies and
trends.
Technical experience & Professional attributes:
Technical Skills:
   MUST HAVE  Expertise in multiple languages (e.g, .Net).
   MUST HAVE  Strong understanding of software design patterns, principles, and best practices.
   MUST HAVE  Deep knowledge of AWS or other cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud).
   MUST HAVE  Extensive experience in designing, developing, and maintaining SaaS applications.
   MUST HAVE  Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and
infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
  Knowledge of database systems (SQL, NoSQL) and data architecture.
  Understanding of security best practices and frameworks.
Leadership Skills:
   MUST HAVE  Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams.
   MUST HAVE  Ability to set technical direction and make high-stakes decisions.
   MUST HAVE  Ability to lead the team as a product owner and drive the delivery of the product
vision with the engineering teams.
  Excellent communication skills to work with cross-functional teams, including product
management and other stakeholders.
  Strong analytical skills to address complex technical challenges.
  Ability to operate at highly varying levels of abstraction, from business strategy to product
strategy to high-level technical design to detailed technical design to implementation.
  Ability to work effectively in an ever changing, complex technical environment.
  Experience driving for results across cross-functional teams while maintaining effective working
relationships.
  Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational, presentation and facilitation skills.
  Must be results oriented and customer focused with an ability to make successful trade-offs that
balance short- and long-term product goals.
  High-energy, self-starter with a positive mindset and with a  can do  attitude.
Education qualifications::
- Bachelor s OR Master s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field  or
equivalent combination of education/experience.
- Minimum eight (8) years of experience in software development or engineering roles.
- Proven experience in leading complex, large-scale projects.
- Previous roles demonstrating technical leadership and architectural design skills.
Additional information:
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