Director of Engineering

Role & Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Business: Immerse in operations until you think like an insider.

Rapidly acquire domain expertise through direct observation, translate between business and engineering seamlessly, and mentor engineers in your area on immersion. Influence senior stakeholders effectively, manage complex stakeholder landscapes with competing agendas, and build trust rapidly with new stakeholders.

• Delivery: Lead rapid delivery initiatives across teams in your area, coach on prototype-first approaches, and establish trust through consistent fast delivery. Build complete applications rapidly across any technology stack, select the right tools for each problem, and define clear criteria for prototype-to-production transitions.

• Generative AI: Architect RAG systems for complex use cases across teams, implement advanced techniques (hybrid search, reranking, query expansion), mentor engineers on RAG best practices, and establish RAG standards. Lead evaluation strategy across teams, establishing annotation guidelines, training human-calibrated LLM judges, and building evaluation pipelines that connect tracing to datasets to experiments.

• People: Build high-performing teams across your area, navigate complex interpersonal dynamics, foster psychological safety, and create environments where diverse perspectives are valued. Influence through communication at all levels — from frontline to executive. Handle difficult conversations skilfully and train engineers in your area on effective communication.

• AI-Augmented Development: Optimise AI tool usage across teams in your area, train engineers on AI-augmented and agentic engineering workflows, evaluate new AI development tools, and establish practices that balance AI speed with verification rigour.

• Scale: Design complex multi-component systems end-to-end, evaluate architectural options for large initiatives across teams, guide technical decisions for your area, and mentor engineers on architecture. Create debt reduction strategies across teams, influence roadmap decisions to include debt work, and teach engineers when to accept debt for speed versus when to invest in quality.

• Documentation: Define documentation standards across teams in your area, create documentation systems and templates, train engineers on spec-driven development, and ensure documentation quality across projects. Lead pattern generalization initiatives, defining criteria for when to generalize versus keep custom.

• Reliability: Define reliability standards across teams in your area, drive post-incident improvements systematically, design capacity planning processes, andmentor engineers on SRE practices.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Staff Software Engineer / FDE profile (full-stack + production GenAI, multi-team technical leadership)
• Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have 7+ years of relevant professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated full-stack delivery across backend and frontend.
• Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have deep production experience with Python AND JavaScript/TypeScript, working comfortably across the full stack.
• Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have 2+ years of experience in generative AI applications developement — LLM integrations, vector databases, RAG systems, and evaluation pipelines
• Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have strong experience with modern frontend frameworks (Next.js / React) and backend API development.
• Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP valued), including infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation / Terraform).
• Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have working knowledge of multiple database paradigms — relational (PostgreSQL), document, and key-value (Redis) — with ability to select the right storage per problem.
• Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions), containerization, and production deployment strategies.
• Mandatory (Experience 8) – Must have demonstrable fluency with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar) and proven ability to design agentic engineering workflows and train teams on them
• Preferred (Experience) – Advanced RAG techniques — hybrid search, reranking, query expansion — and establishing RAG standards across teams

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World's Best Employers 2025) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. 

This role is part of Cognizant IOA (Intuitive Operations and Automation) — and more specifically, a product team with its own origin story. We started as Matterway, a German startup building automation software from scratch. We were acquired by Cognizant, but we kept our team, our culture, our pace, and our way of working. We move like a startup, think like a startup, and now do it with the backing of a global company. 

We combine human expertise with intelligent automation, ML operations, and digital experience solutions to help technology and digital-native companies build smarter, more adaptive operating models. 

What's the opportunity? 

We are looking for Senior Product Engineers to join our team. We're a tight crew of 5 senior engineers, from different corners of the world. We're hiring 3 more people, and those people will shape what this team becomes. 

We're building a platform to support the agentification of our operations. You'll work across a suite of products including a cloud platform for process optimization, desktop application, browser extension, and specialized AI agents. 

This is genuinely frontier work: we don't follow AI trends, we implement them. New model drops on a Monday; we've prototyped with it by Wednesday. 

We believe this is the most exciting time to join. Be part of the founding R&D talent in this area and help set the technical bar for everything that comes next. 

What will you be doing? 

Your day-to-day responsibilities: 

• Design and evolve the core architecture of our platform 
• Set technical standards and take ownership of complex projects end-to-end 
• Work on a well-architected, fast-evolving TypeScript codebase using technologies such as React, Node.js, Electron, and GraphQL 
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to solve challenging technical and business problems, with real autonomy 
• Participate in the full development lifecycle: scoping, design, estimation, coding, testing, debugging, code reviews, maintenance, and support 
• Evaluate and implement proofs of concept using the latest AI tools and models 

You will know you're successful if: 

• You develop projects independently until they deliver their intended business value 
• You keep top-notch software quality standards about design, implementation, and documentation 
• You're the person who brings something new to the team's radar, a model, a technique, a tool, before anyone else has heard of it 

What makes you a great fit 

Must-haves: 

• Excellent English (C1+) with exceptional written and verbal communication 
• Strong proficiency with TypeScript across frontend and backend, including building and maintaining Node.js-based services 
• Experience in frontend development using modern frameworks such as Vue.js or React 
• Knowledge of any E2E testing framework such as Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, Cypress 
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables 
• Strong technical fundamentals, genuine intellectual curiosity, and a drive to keep getting better 
• You follow AI closely, not just as a user but as someone who reads the papers, watches the releases, and has opinions. You're excited about where this is going and want to be building at the edge of it 

Nice-to-haves: 

• Familiarity with AI-coding tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, etc.) 
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure or GCP) and infra-as-code deployment 
• Having built or maintained CI/CD pipelines or workflows, especially GitHub actions 

Why join us? 

• Be at the cutting edge of AI agents and applying LLMs to real-world use cases, not in theory but in production 
• Work on hard problems with high agency: your ideas get heard; your decisions get shipped 
• Join a small but growing internationally distributed team. 
• giving you real influence over how it evolves 
• The resources of a global company with the speed and culture of a startup 
• Remote-first set-up, with the option to work from one of our 13 locations in India: Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Noida, Kolkata, Kochi, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, Mangalore, and Indore 
• Flexible working hours 
• Collaborative, pragmatic engineering culture focused on outcomes 
• Fast-growing team within Cognizant, with access to global resources and real career opportunities 

Role & Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture, system design, development, and production deployment of scalable, AI-powered applications.
• Architect and develop high-performance backend services using Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Express.js, and Go.
• Design scalable web applications using React.js and Next.js, and cross-platform mobile applications using Flutter and Dart.
• Design distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and real-time applications capable of handling massive data volumes and high concurrent traffic.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL/MySQL databases, MongoDB, Redis caching, database indexing, transactions, and query performance.
• Build real-time ride-booking, driver-allocation, location-tracking, and proximity-based matching systems using geospatial technologies such as PostGIS.
• Design and implement REST APIs, WebSockets, secure authentication, authorization, RBAC, and third-party integrations.
• Build and integrate Generative AI applications, LLM-powered chatbots, AI agents, RAG pipelines, embeddings, vector databases, tool calling, and intelligent automation workflows.
• Develop AI and backend services using Python and integrate LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini.
• Architect secure payment integrations, transaction workflows, webhook processing, idempotency, and payment reconciliation.
• Design and implement cloud-native infrastructure using AWS, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and production monitoring tools.
• Ensure application security, scalability, reliability, performance, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead technical decision-making, code reviews, debugging, performance optimization, documentation, and mentoring of developers.
• Independently own critical engineering deliverables and drive products from concept and architecture through development, testing, deployment, and production support.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 710+ years of software development experience, with substantial hands-on experience in technical architecture and production-grade application development.
• Expert-level proficiency in Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, REST APIs, backend architecture, and microservices.
• Strong experience with React.js, Next.js, and modern frontend architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Flutter and Dart for Android and iOS application development.
• Proven experience designing scalable systems, handling large data volumes, concurrent workloads, and performance-critical applications.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL, database design, indexing, query optimization, transactions, Redis, and geospatial systems.
• Practical experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications, AI agents, RAG systems, embeddings, vector search, and AI workflow automation.
• Proficiency in Python for AI integrations and backend services; Go language experience is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, application security, payment integrations, and secure API design.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, CI/CD, Git, production deployments, logging, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with Kafka/RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, LangChain/LlamaIndex, and event-driven architectures is an advantage.
• Exceptional system-design, analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ownership, independent execution, technical leadership, communication, and mentoring abilities.
• Experience in startups or building products from scratch is highly desirable.

What We Expect

We are looking for a highly hands-on technical leader who can independently architect, design, develop, optimize, and deploy complex production systems. The ideal candidate must demonstrate genuine technical depth, strong engineering judgment, and the ability to lead end-to-end product development across backend, web, mobile, cloud, and AI technologies.

• Business: Immerse in operations until you think like an insider.Rapidly acquire domain expertise through direct observation, translate between business and engineering seamlessly, and mentor engineers in your area on immersion. Influence senior stakeholders effectively, manage complex stakeholder landscapes with competing agendas, and build trust rapidly with new stakeholders.
• Delivery: Lead rapid delivery initiatives across teams in your area, coach on prototype-first approaches, and establish trust through consistent fast delivery. Build complete applications rapidly across any technology stack, select the right tools for each problem, and define clear criteria for prototype-to-production transitions.
• Generative AI: Architect RAG systems for complex use cases across teams, implement advanced techniques (hybrid search, reranking, query expansion), mentor engineers on RAG best practices, and establish RAG standards. Lead evaluation strategy across teams, establishing annotation guidelines, training human-calibrated LLM judges, and building evaluation pipelines that connect tracing to datasets to experiments.
• People: Build high-performing teams across your area, navigate complex interpersonal dynamics, foster psychological safety, and create environments where diverse perspectives are valued. Influence through communication at all levels — from frontline to executive. Handle difficult conversations skilfully and train engineers in your area on effective communication.
• AI-Augmented Development: Optimise AI tool usage across teams in your area, train engineers on AI-augmented and agentic engineering workflows, evaluate new AI development tools, and establish practices that balance AI speed with verification rigour.
• Scale:  Design  complex  multi-component systems  end-to-end,  evaluate architectural options for large initiatives across teams, guide technical decisions or your area, and mentor engineers on architecture. Create debt reduction strategies across teams, influence roadmap decisions to include debt work, and teach engineers when to accept debt for speed versus when to invest in quality.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Deep production experience with Python and JavaScript/TypeScript across backend and frontend, with demonstrated ability to work comfortably across the full stack.
• Strong experience with modern frontend frameworks (such as Next.js or React) and backend API development.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP also valued), including infrastructure-as-code tools (such as CloudFormation or Terraform).
• Deep Working knowledge of multiple database paradigms, including relational databases (such as PostgreSQL), document databases, and key-value stores (such as Redis), with the ability to select the right storage technology for each problem.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (such as GitHub Actions), containerisation, and production deployment strategies.
• Demonstrable fluency with AI coding tools (such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar) and proven ability to design agentic engineering workflows and train teams on AI-augmented development practices.
• Hands-on experience architecting production generative AI applications (LLM integrations, vector databases, RAG systems, evaluation pipelines) is essential.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams, mentoring engineers, and establishing engineering practices is required.
• Experience navigating ambiguous problem spaces, working directly with business stakeholders and end users, and shipping working solutions rapidly is required.
• Experience in an embedded, forward-deployed, or consulting-style engineering model is a strong plus.

• Must have exceptional communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence at senior levels. This role requires comfort leading across ambiguous environments, building trust-based relationships with commercial stakeholders at all levels, developing junior and mid-level engineers, and making strategic decisions that balance delivery speed with architectural integrity. You will shape engineering practices across your area and be expected to lead multi-team initiatives.

Tech Architect/Lead – Node.js ( React & Angular) (Full Stack)

Experience: 8–15 years

Role Type: Technical Leadership / Hands-on Architecture & Development

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Architect / Tech Lead with strong expertise in Node.js and Angular/React who can own end-to-end technical delivery, lead an engineering team, make architecture and design decisions, and work closely with Product, QA, and DevOps teams.

The ideal candidate should have strong product development experience and be capable of taking ownership from requirements and architecture through development, deployment, and production support.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of applications/modules, ensuring quality, timelines, scalability, and maintainability.
• Design and evolve application architecture using Node.js, React, Angular TypeScript/JavaScript, and modern architectural patterns.
• Translate product/business requirements into technical architecture, system design, APIs, data flows, and implementation plans.
• Make key architecture and technology decisions, conduct design/code reviews, and establish engineering best practices.
• Remain hands-on and contribute to the development of critical and complex features.
• Lead and mentor the engineering team, provide technical direction, remove technical blockers, and drive engineering quality.
• Design and develop scalable backend services, REST APIs, integrations, and frontend applications.
• Define appropriate deployment, release, and environment strategies in collaboration with DevOps.
• Work with DevOps/Cloud teams on CI/CD, Docker/containerization, configuration, logging, monitoring, scalability, and production deployments.
• Identify and proactively address technical risks, performance issues, security concerns, and scalability challenges.
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, Business, and DevOps stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
• Ensure effective practices around code quality, testing, version control, release management, and production readiness.

Must-Have Technical Skills

Backend

• Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js
• TypeScript / JavaScript
• REST API and service-oriented/microservices architecture
• API security, authentication/authorization, integrations
• Asynchronous and event-driven programming
• Strong understanding of databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or equivalent

Frontend

• Strong hands-on expertise in Angular & React
• React application architecture and component design
• State management and frontend design patterns
• Modern JavaScript/TypeScript
• Frontend performance and responsive application development

Architecture & System Design

• Strong experience in application architecture and system design
• Design patterns, scalability, performance, security, and maintainability
• Experience designing distributed/scalable applications and integrations
• Ability to evaluate technology options and make pragmatic architecture decisions

DevOps / Cloud – Working Knowledge

• Good understanding of CI/CD and deployment strategies
• Git and branching strategies
• Docker/containerization/Kubernetes concepts
• Environment/configuration management
• Logging, monitoring, observability, and production troubleshooting
• Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Ability to effectively collaborate with DevOps/Cloud teams

Scripting

• Good scripting/automation skills using JavaScript/TypeScript, Shell, Python, or similar

Leadership & Product Skills

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and mentoring developers.
• Strong ownership of product development and technical delivery.
• Ability to work with Product/Business teams and convert requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to balance delivery timelines, technical debt, quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum product development environments.

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Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer (Node.js & React)

Location: Whitefield, Bengaluru, India (On-premise / In-office)

Experience: 10+ Years

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

About Us:

InnovXcare aims to play in an exciting space where advanced technologies and innovations

meet the need to provide improved access to quality care in India and beyond. We are an

early-stage startup aiming to tackle the challenges in the Imaging diagnostic reporting

industry through novel applications of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning. As a part of

this company, you will get a chance to work in a fast-paced environment with a team of

passionate and high-performing individuals who are looking to make an impact in the

healthcare space in India. We will look to you to own significant portions of our solution

development and be a part of solving some of the most challenging problems in healthcare

today.

The Role & Impact

As the Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will be the core technical anchor of the company. You will bridge the gap between our state-of-the-art data science models and enterprise-grade production software. You will directly lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing 8-person software team team consisting of 7 software developers (in-house and full-time contractors), 6 AI/data scientists, 1 product designer, and 5 QA specialists.

This is a hands-on architecture and leadership role. You will own the system design, enforce engineering excellence, and build low-latency, highly available pipelines that handle real-time clinical workflows.

Core Responsibilities

• System Architecture & Scaling: Design and scale robust, event-driven microservices using Node.js and high-performance user interfaces using React.js to support multi-modal AI clinical tools.
• AI & Software Integration: Architect the data pipelines and APIs that wrap, serve, and orchestrate heavy AI models (voice-to-text transcription, NLP, and radiology reporting tools).
• Real-Time Data Streaming: Implement secure, low-latency, full-duplex communication protocols (WebSockets, WebRTC) to stream live audio and heavy medical data feeds seamlessly between the client and backend.
• Engineering Leadership: Manage, mentor, and inspire a hybrid team of 7 software developers and 5 QA engineers. Drive agile sprint planning, set high standards for clean code, and establish robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Production Stability: Ensure high availability, data security (HIPAA/healthcare compliance standards), and performance monitoring for a product already live and actively used in market.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the 6-member AI research team, design resources, and business stakeholders to translate complex clinical product requirements into technical roadmaps.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager capacity within a fast-paced startup or high-growth tech environment.
• Deep production-level mastery of Node.js (Express, NestJS, or similar) and React.js (including advanced state management like Redux, Context API, or Zustand).
• Proven experience building event-driven architectures and handling asynchronous workloads using message brokers like RabbitMQ, Kafka, or AWS SQS/SNS.
• Strong proficiency with real-time streaming tools, data processing, and protocol management (WebSockets, Socket.io).
• Heavy experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and automated testing frameworks.
• Solid understanding of database design, optimization, and scaling (SQL and NoSQL).

General Attributes

• Exceptional communication and decision making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor teams and influence architecture direction.
• High ownership mindset and ability to deliver against clear plans.
• Strong adaptability and comfort operating in fast moving environments.

Preferred (Bonus) Qualifications

• Prior experience in the Health-Tech / Med-Tech domain, specifically dealing with medical imaging systems, electronic health records (EHR), or healthcare compliance.
• Familiarity with medical imaging/data standards or frontend medical web viewers (e.g., Cornerstone.js, OHIF Viewer, DICOM web protocols) is a massive plus.

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation: Highly attractive base salary aligned with top-tier Bengaluru tech standards.
• High Autonomy: Direct influence over technical stack decisions, product architecture, and engineering culture.
• Mission-Driven Work: The opportunity to build software that directly saves lives and transforms global healthcare via artificial intelligence.

About the company

The client is the home base for hardware engineers. They give the teams building robots, rockets, medical devices, and the next generation of physical products a single place to move fast without breaking things, turning CAD chaos into a system of record engineers actually love to work in. We're profitable, post-Series A, and growing our Hyderabad engineering team.

About the role

We're looking for a tech lead to set the technical direction for a growing team and raise the bar for everyone around them. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll still write production code, but your largest impact comes through architecture, mentorship, and the standards you instill. You own outcomes for a team, not just your own commits. 

What you'll do

• Lead the technical direction of a team building across our TypeScript/React + Node.js + AWS stack
• Drive architecture decisions, document tradeoffs, and align the team on a clear technical path Mentor engineers through code review, pairing, and guidance, growing them toward strong production ownership
• Set and uphold standards for code quality, testing, and operational rigor
• Stay hands-on: write production code on the highest-leverage and hardest problems
• Partner with product and leadership to scope work, manage technical risk, and deliver predictably
• Be accountable for the reliability and maturity of the systems your team owns in production

What we're looking for

• Demonstrated technical leadership: you've set direction for a team and elevated those around you
• Strong full-stack proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, plus solid AWS depth
• A track record of shipping to production and owning systems in operation, and of holding a team to that same standard
• Strong architectural judgment: you decompose ambiguous problems, weigh tradeoffs, and make decisions others can build on
• Excellent communication: you keep your team aligned and stakeholders informed, and you surface risk early
• Comfort leading in a fast-paced, high-ownership early-stage environment 

Why choose us?

• The teams building advanced hardware and the robots, machines, and devices shaping the future run
• Direct access to founders; you'll help shape product and engineering direction, not just execute tickets
• Fast feedback loops: what you build is in front of customers in days, not quarters
• Profitable at Series A, so you get startup upside without the constant fundraising-survival anxiety
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
• Bi-yearly appraisal cycles
• Upto 20% Bonus based on performance
• Monthly Swiggy vouchers
• Flexibility with work hours

Responsibilities Include:

● Architecting, building, testing, and deploying applications that support our transportation network

● Modifying designs and specifications of complex applications

● Collaborating and adding value through participation in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions

● Leverage AWS and other cloud technologies to design and implement systems in a serverless and event-driven environment

● Working with technical and non-technical end-users, other engineers, and product managers in a cross-functional, quick-moving, and collaborative environment

● Analyzing code, requirements, system risks, and software reliability and providing recommendations on how to leverage our technology more efficiently

● Working with Product and Design to confirm requirements, prioritization, and development of new features

● Design and implement LLM-powered features to solve complex logistics challenges, automate manual operational workflows, and unlock new efficiencies for our network.

● Champion AI-assisted engineering practices by integrating machine learning and intelligent automation into our CI/CD pipelines to predict deployment risks and accelerate delivery cycles.

What You Bring:

● Ability to adapt to changing requirements and work in a fast-paced environment.

● Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.

● 7+ years of experience building, testing and deploying applications in high-traffic production environments

● 7+ years of experience developing software with Javascript, Node.js and React

● Enjoys taking initiative, is a self-starter, willing to move fast and ship quick, and is excited about collaborating on big challenges

Preferred Qualifications:

● Experience in transportation, logistics or network orchestration systems is highly desirable

● Experience working in a remote first environment.

● Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.

● Strong skills in React and Node.js for end-to-end development. 

Job Overview

We are hiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to design and scale high-performance web applications. You will drive technical decisions using React, Node.js, and TypeScript while building event-driven cloud architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop scalable frontend features using React and robust backend APIs with Node.js/TypeScript.
• Architect and deploy cloud-native microservices on AWS.
• Implement asynchronous communication using messaging tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, or SNS.
• Optimize SQL/NoSQL databases and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor junior developers and lead code reviews.

Required Skills

• 6+ years in full-stack software development.
• Mastery of TypeScript, React.js, and Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and modern messaging queues.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Location: Hyderabad

Title: Tech Lead / Engineering Lead

Experience: 8-10 years

Location: Sector 55, Gurugram (On-site, 5 days)

Industry: B2B SaaS / Enterprise Technology

About Master-O:

Master-O is a sales enablement platform used by leading enterprises across industries like FMCG, Pharma, Banking, Insurance, Automotive, Retail, Technology etc. to drive the capability development and frontline readiness for their customer-facing teams with the help of microlearning, game-based assessments and AI-powered conversational roleplays.

As we continue to expand our enterprise deployments across Pan India, North America, Middle East, and Southeast Asia, we are looking for a Tech Lead to take ownership of our engineering function and drive the successful delivery, implementation, and scalability of our solution.

The Role:

This is a high-ownership role for someone who enjoys building features, solving complex engineering problems, and collaborating with internal teams and customers. You will be leading a team of 5–6 developers and will be the face of the engineering function at Master-O.

Reporting directly to the Founder, this role requires someone who can balance engineering excellence with business priorities and ensure reliable delivery across multiple enterprise clients and geographies.

We are particularly interested in people who have prior worked in a growing SaaS organisation or have entrepreneurial experience and understand what it takes to build and deliver features from scratch.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Engineering Leadership & Technical Ownership

• Own the engineering function, including architecture, development, code quality, performance, scalability, security, and maintenance.
• Lead a team of 5-6 engineers, providing technical direction, reviewing code, ensuring timely delivery and nurturing their career path.
• Remain hands-on with development and debugging rather than functioning solely as a people manager.
• Establish engineering standards, development practices, testing protocols, and release processes.
• Make pragmatic technology decisions that balance long-term scalability with ad-hoc  business requirements.

2. Enterprise Implementations & Client Delivery

• Own the technical execution of our implementations with enterprise clients across the globe.
• Drive client-specific configurations, integrations, customizations, deployments, and production rollouts.
• Work closely with the Founder, Customer Success team, Product team, and other key stakeholders to translate client requirements into robust technical outcomes.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, manage technical dependencies within team, and ensure implementation timelines and quality standards are met.
• Build reusable frameworks and integration capabilities that reduce implementation time and minimize repetitive custom development.

3. AI Engineering & Emerging Technologies

• Evaluate and implement AI capabilities that solve real enterprise problems and enhance product functionality.
• Experience integrating Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and AI agents into enterprise applications will be a strong advantage.
• Understand the practical considerations of deploying AI in production, including data security, reliability, latency, cost, and evaluation.
• Encourage responsible adoption of AI coding tools such as Claude Code while ensuring engineers retain strong fundamentals, understand the code they ship, and take ownership of its quality.

4. Team & Execution Management

• Take ownership of engineering priorities, sprint execution, resource allocation, and delivery commitments.
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the team can independently diagnose and resolve technical problems rather than relying excessively on external tools or generated code.
• Collaborate with leadership to align engineering priorities with customer commitments, product roadmaps, and business objectives.

Required Technical Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js, Express.js, React, MySQL, Python, and AWS.
• Solid understanding of backend architecture, REST APIs, database design, system integrations, and cloud-based deployments.
• Experience building, maintaining, and scaling production-grade mobile and web applications.
• Strong debugging, code review, system design, and performance optimization skills.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle practices, version control, automated testing, CI/CD, and production monitoring.
• Ability to make independent technical decisions and take ownership of issues from identification through resolution.

Experience & Qualifications:

• 8–10 years of relevant software engineering experience, with demonstrated progression into technical leadership.
• Prior experience leading a team of junior and mid-level engineers.
• Experience in a B2B SaaS company or an enterprise technology environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience managing enterprise client implementations, integrations, and production deployments.
• B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline, preferably from a Tier-1 engineering college.

What We Are Looking For:

We are looking for a seasoned engineering professional who has experience handling multiple clients, varied integration requirements, competing priorities, and production issues.

You must be flexible to coordinate across time zones and work outside standard business hours when client implementations or critical releases require it.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with the Founder, influence the product and architecture decisions, lead a compact engineering team, and directly shape how our technology scales across enterprise customers in not just domestic but international markets.