Lead Software Engineer

Experience 5.00 + years Salary INR 2800000-3000000 / year (based on experience) Expected Notice Period 15 Days Shift (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST) Opportunity Type Office () Placement Type Full Time Permanent position(Payroll and Compliance to be managed by: Edmingle)

(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers’ client - Edmingle)

What do you need for this opportunity?

Must have skills required: Node, PHP

Edmingle is Looking for: About The Job Team Lead – EngineeringBengaluru

• Full-time
• On-site

About Edmingle Edmingle is a leading SaaS platform that enables educators, training companies, and learning businesses to build, manage, and scale their online learning operations — all under their own brand.With 700+ customers and learners across 160+ countries, Edmingle is trusted by some of the most renowned and fast-growing EdTech organizations to deliver impactful, scalable, and data-driven learning experiences.Our platform empowers teams to launch and manage online academies, automate operations, enhance learner engagement, and measure performance through advanced analytics — all within a single, unified system.As a rapidly growing global company, Edmingle is driven by a strong commitment to innovation, customer success, and excellence in learning technology.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role for a Team Lead - Engineering at Edmingle, located in Bengaluru. The Team Lead will own both the technical direction and people management of an engineering team — staying hands-on with a significant share of development themselves, while driving architecture decisions, code quality, and the growth of their direct reports. They will work closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional engineering teams to ship high-quality, scalable features on our live SaaS platform.

You Should Apply If You

• Have 5+ years of experience in software development, with 2+ years leading a team of engineers as direct reports
• Are comfortable owning a significant chunk of hands-on development yourself, not just reviewing/delegating
• Have strong hands-on experience across our stack: MongoDB, MySQL, Node.js, Websockets, ReactJS/NextJS and PHP
• Are comfortable using AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or similar to boost personal and team productivity
• Love solving complex data, scalability, and system design problems
• Have experience with AWS or a similar cloud platform, and setting up security/infra best practices
• Have prior experience with performance reviews, appraisals, and career growth conversations for reportees
• Can break down ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans and delegate effectively
• Have experience working on complex analytics dashboards or high-scale SaaS products
• Love working collaboratively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities

• Technical delivery (hands-on)Personally own and ship a meaningful share of development work — features, modules, and critical fixes
• Own architecture and design decisions for your team’’s modules, balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability
• Conduct code reviews and enforce clean code, SOLID principles, and engineering best practices
• Monitor production health (uptime, performance, error rates) and drive resolution of critical issues
• Set up and enforce security protocols and infrastructure best practices for the team
• Team ownership (people management)Manage a team of engineers as direct reports — including 1:1s, performance reviews, and appraisals
• Mentor and grow engineers through regular feedback, pairing, and technical guidance
• Break down epics into well-scoped tasks and manage sprint planning/execution with the team
• Own hiring and onboarding for open roles on the team
• Report progress, risks, and blockers to engineering leadership

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