Software Engineering Lead

Description :

Software Engineering Lead - Full Stack ( Java/ ReactJS/ Spring Boot/ Python Microservices ) Gurgaon, India

Our client is a fintech analytics enterprise software company that helps financial institutions digitize their lending data analytics while they progress their overall digitization journey. Company's flagship product creates a new early warning exception management paradigm to manage challenges and risks associated with lending businesses. Founded by domain experts, company provides cutting-edge business analytics solutions that enable better portfolio performance and improved profitability for financial institutions. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with offices in India and the UAE.

Position : Software Engineering Lead - Full Stack ( Java/ ReactJS/ Spring Boot/ Python Microservices ). This is a full-time position reporting to the CTO.

Education : B. Tech

Experience : 8-12 years. Should be hands-on and ready for coding.

Location : Gurgaon ( 50% mix of Work From Home and Work From Office )

Compensation : Competitive as per market and commensurate with candidate caliber and experience

Role Responsibilities and Desired Profile :

Role Overview :

Our client is seeking an experienced and hands-on Software Engineering Lead to join their team and drive the continuous enhancement of their unique product - a patented cloud-

based platform that provides Early Warning and Predictive Analytic capabilities to financial institutions. The ideal candidate will seamlessly play a dual role of individual contributor ( as a

coder ) as well as team mentor and manager, balancing delivery, people growth, and technical depth. The candidate will lead a team of engineers working across Java ( Spring Boot ), React, and Python microservices.

This role requires strong expertise in Product development practices, deep hands-on experience with Java, React and Python, and a thorough understanding of IT security and

high volume computing architectures.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead engineering delivery for product features and releases.

- Manage and mentor the software engineering team (career discussions, 1 : 1s, hiring, onboarding).

- Contribute directly to codebase (~40%-50% time) on critical features and complex integrations.

- Drive code quality via reviews, architecture guidance, security guidance and knowledge-sharing.

- Ensure delivery predictability by coordinating with QA, Platform Engineering, and Data/ETL team.

- Balance SaaS and Managed SaaS deployment demands, working with DevOps/Platform team.

- Foster a strong engineering culture of ownership, learning, and collaboration.

Required Qualifications :

years of software development experience with 2+ years in a lead role.

- Strong hands-on expertise in Java ( Spring Boot ) and React; exposure to Python microservices preferred.

- Experience with cloud deployments ( AWS or equivalent ), CI/CD, and observability.

- Proven ability to manage hybrid teams ( remote + office ).

- Track record of balancing coding, mentoring, and people leadership.

- Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Exposure to ML/LLM-driven microservices.

- Experience with CI/CD practices

- Experience in fintech/banking products.

- Knowledge of SaaS and client-VPC deployment patterns.

- Understanding of financial services domain, particularly lending analytics

- Engineering Graduate from a top-tier college

Why Join the Company ?

- Work on a cutting-edge patented SaaS platform that provides pre-programmed early warning capabilities and state-of-the-art reporting and analysis for financial institutions

- Support a robust solution with over 1500 Alert Thresholds, 250+ Reports with multi-variate segmentation over 60+ dimensions

- Design and build a platform that disrupts traditional manual processes in financial risk management

- Use cutting-edge ML and AI tools to deploy innovative solutions that use Agentic AI

- Work with a strong management team with significant domain expertise in Commercial Lending, Banking, and Consumer Financial Services

- Flexible working arrangements and a collaborative team environment

- Join a global team with offices in Singapore, India, and the UAE

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