Senior Technical Lead

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Technical Lead to architect, design, and oversee development of high-performance backend systems and distributed applications. The ideal candidate is an expert in Python (FastAPI preferred) or Java, with strong experience in building scalable REST & GraphQL APIs, asynchronous systems, cloud deployments on AWS, and containerized microservices. Additional frontend expertise with ReactJS and TypeScript is a strong bonus.

You will lead a cross-functional engineering team, ensure technical excellence, and drive best practices across the development lifecycle.

What you’ll do

Technical Leadership

• Lead design and architecture of complex backend systems, distributed services, and mission-critical APIs.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering teams and mentor developers.
• Define coding standards, enforce code quality, and conduct thorough code reviews.
• Own end-to-end delivery, from technical feasibility to deployment and maintenance.

Backend Engineering & API Development

• Architect and implement backend services using Python/FastAPI (preferred) or Java (Spring Boot/Quarkus).
• Design and deliver scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs with strong focus on performance, security, and maintainability.
• Build asynchronous task pipelines and microservices using Celery, RabbitMQ, Redis, or equivalent message brokers.
• Design efficient database schemas and queries (PostgreSQL/MySQL/NoSQL).

Cloud & DevOps

• Deploy, manage, and optimize systems on AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.).
• Implement CI/CD processes, automated pipelines, and environment provisioning.
• Use containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes for microservice orchestration.
• Ensure observability through logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing.

Architecture & System Design

• Lead discussions on scalability, distributed architecture, caching, API design, and event-driven patterns.
• Drive decisions on best-fit technologies, frameworks, and cloud-native approaches.
• Ensure adherence to security best practices and compliance standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10–13 years of backend engineering experience, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong experience with:

  a) Python (FastAPI preferred) OR Java

  b) REST & GraphQL API development

  c) Celery / async processing

  d) AWS cloud services

  e) Docker, Kubernetes, and containerization

• Solid knowledge of:

  a) Microservices architectures

  b) Distributed systems

  c) SQL and NoSQL databases

  d) CI/CD pipelines

  e) Monitoring and alerting frameworks

Nice-to-Have

• Frontend development experience using ReactJS and TypeScript (component design, state management, API integrations).
• Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, SNS/SQS).
• Exposure to domain-driven design (DDD) and clean architecture principles.
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Experience with performance tuning, load testing, and cost optimization on AWS.

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, agile environment.