Description

Must Have 

✅ 8+ years Software Engineering

✅ 3+ years Technical Leadership

✅ Distributed Systems

✅ Microservices Architecture

✅ Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

✅ Kubernetes & Docker

✅ Strong coding in Java/Python/Go/C#/TypeScript

✅ API Design

✅ Mentoring Engineers

Team Ownership & Delivery:

Own technical success of your product area—accountable for architecture, quality, and delivery outcomes

Embedded technical leader working in the code daily, not disconnected from implementation realities

Drive team velocity and engineering excellence through hands-on leadership and clear technical direction

Balance technical perfection with shipping pragmatism to deliver value consistently

Outcome: Your team ships reliable features on schedule while maintaining sustainable engineering practices.

Technical Leadership & Architecture:

Lead architectural design for your team's services and their interactions with broader platform

Make critical technical decisions on implementation approaches, technology choices, and system design

Establish team-level engineering standards while aligning with broader organizational practices

Outcome: Well-architected services that scale efficiently and integrate seamlessly with platform ecosystem

Hands-On Engineering:

Write production code for complex features and critical system components (40%+ time allocation)

Lead technical implementation of challenging projects through direct contribution

Debug and resolve complex issues spanning multiple services and system boundaries

Outcome: Unblock team progress while raising the bar for code quality and system design

Technical Mentorship:

Mentor mid-level and senior engineers through code reviews, pairing, and architecture discussions

Elevate team's technical skills through knowledge sharing and best practice adoption

Guide engineers from senior to staff-level thinking and impact

Outcome: Build stronger engineers while creating scalable team knowledge

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner closely with product managers and designers to shape technical approach to features

Collaborate with other engineering teams on integration points and shared infrastructure

Translate complex technical concepts for stakeholders at all levels

Outcome: Aligned execution between product vision and technical implementation

System Design & Quality:

Design robust APIs and services that other teams can reliably build upon

Drive technical initiatives that improve reliability, performance, and developer experience

Champion engineering excellence through testing, monitoring, and operational practices

Outcome: Systems that run reliably in production while being maintainable and extensible

8+ years software engineering experience with strong distributed systems background

3+ years technical leadership experience influencing team technical direction

Proven track record of delivering complex projects from design through production

Experience with high-scale systems or regulated environments preferred

Key Skills:

• Distributed systems design and implementation

• Technical leadership and mentorship

• API design and service architecture

• Performance analysis and optimization

• Code quality and testing strategies

• Cross-functional collaboration

• Technical project leadership

Technologies/Tools:

• Languages: Expert in 2+ of: C#, Java, Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript

• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm

• Data Systems: SQL, NoSQL, Kafka/Kinesis, Elasticsearch

• Observability: Distributed tracing, metrics, logging (Datadog, Prometheus, Cloudwatch)

• Practices: CI/CD, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, Test-Driven Development, Integration Testing, Performance Testing

• Architecture: Microservices, event-driven architecture, API gateways, service mesh, data mesh

• Security: OAuth/OIDC, encryption at rest/transit, zero-trust principles

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree