Software Engineering Lead

Description :

Act creatively to develop applications and select appropriate technical options optimizing application development maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions account for others' developmental activities

Outcomes :

Interpret the application/feature/component design to develop the same in accordance with specifications.

Code debug test document and communicate product/component/feature development stages.

Validate results with user representatives; integrates and commissions the overall solution

Select appropriate technical options for development such as reusing improving or reconfiguration of existing components or creating own solutions

Optimises efficiency cost and quality.

Influence and improve customer satisfaction

Set FAST goals for self/team; provide feedback to FAST goals of team members

Measures of Outcomes :

- Adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards)

- Adherence to project schedule / timelines

- Number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project

- Number of defects in the code

- Number of defects post delivery

- Number of non compliance issues

- On time completion of mandatory compliance trainings

Outputs Expected :

Code :

- Code as per design

- Follow coding standards

- templates and checklists

- Review code for team and peers

Documentation :

- Create/review templates

- checklists

- guidelines

- standards for design/process/development

- Create/review deliverable documents. Design documentation

- r and requirements

- test cases/results

Configure :

- Define and govern configuration management plan

- Ensure compliance from the team

Test :

- Review and create unit test cases

- scenarios and execution

- Review test plan created by testing team

- Provide clarifications to the testing team

Domain relevance :

- Advise Software Developers on design and development of features and components with a deep understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client.

- Learn more about the customer domain identifying opportunities to provide valuable addition to customers

- Complete relevant domain certifications

Manage Project :

- Manage delivery of modules and/or manage user stories

Manage Defects :

- Perform defect RCA and mitigation

- Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality

Estimate :

- Create and provide input for effort estimation for projects

Manage knowledge :

- Consume and contribute to project related documents

- share point

- libraries and client universities

- Review the reusable documents created by the team

Release :

- Execute and monitor release process

Design :

- Contribute to creation of design (HLD

- LLD

- SAD)/architecture for Applications/Features/Business Components/Data Models

Interface with Customer :

- Clarify requirements and provide guidance to development team

- Present design options to customers

- Conduct product demos

Manage Team :

- Set FAST goals and provide feedback

- Understand aspirations of team members and provide guidance

- opportunities etc

- Ensure team is engaged in project

Certifications :

- Take relevant domain/technology certification

Skill Examples :

- Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer

- Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications

- Break down complex problems into logical components

- Develop user interfaces business software components

- Use data models

- Estimate time and effort required for developing / debugging features / components

- Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment

- Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges

- Manage a Team mentor and handle people related issues in team

- Maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics in the team.

- Interface with other teams designers and other parallel practices

- Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback to team members

- Create and articulate impactful technical presentations

- Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication

- Drive conference calls with customers addressing customer questions

- Proactively ask for and offer help

- Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning; handling multiple tasks.

- Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables on time with quality.

- Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components

- Make on appropriate utilization of Software / Hardwares.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Knowledge Examples :

- Appropriate software programs / modules

- Functional and technical designing

- Programming languages proficient in multiple skill clusters

- DBMS

- Operating Systems and software platforms

- Software Development Life Cycle

- Agile Scrum or Kanban Methods

- Integrated development environment (IDE)

- Rapid application development (RAD)

- Modelling technology and languages

- Interface definition languages (IDL)

- Knowledge of customer domain and deep understanding of sub domain where problem is solved

The ideal candidate will have 6 to 10 years of experience in building scalable, high-quality, and high-performance applications.

This role requires a deep understanding of both front-end and back-end technologies, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end web applications, ensuring high performance and responsiveness across front-end and back-end components.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, and QA, to deliver high-quality software solutions.

- Develop and maintain RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs to enable seamless interaction between front-end applications and back-end services.

- Write clean, modular, and scalable code, while adhering to best practices in coding standards, testing, and deployments.

- Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability, ensuring robustness across various devices and browsers.

- Perform code reviews, debug issues, and support production environments to ensure high-quality software delivery.

- Stay updated with the latest trends in full stack development, tools, and frameworks, and drive improvements in development practices.

Qualifications :

- 6-10 years of hands-on experience in full stack development.

- Proficiency in front-end technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3) and modern libraries/frameworks (React, Angular, or ).

- Strong back-end development experience with technologies such as , Java, Python, or .NET.

- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).

- Familiarity with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Strong understanding of web application architecture and experience with RESTful and/or GraphQL API development.

- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and agile methodologies.

- Excellent problem-solving skills, with a detail-oriented and collaborative mindset.