Engineering manager - Backend at API Insurance Infrastructure company. · Kolkata · 8 - 12 years · ₹10L - ₹15L / yr · Posted 21 Oct 2022
● The candidate will be responsible for a broad array of individual services, including
Architect and lead team for implementing a set of cloud-based services that will
power Zopper Assure and Zopper Finance.
● Providing technical expertise for every phase of the project lifecycle from concept
development to solution design, implementation, optimization and support.
● Prior experience in development of e-commerce systems or any other high scale
web/mobile backends is required.
● Expertise in any one programming knowledge preferably in Python.
● Prototype and present various alternative solutions for complex business problems to
Senior Management
● Prepares the technical design of the more complex technology components within the
module
● Assists the architect in articulating the pros and cons of using a certain technology
stack or component or design pattern versus another to the project team and drives
selection of technologies, designs to come up with the optimal architecture.
● Drives the performance tuning, re-design and refactoring for a module
● Contributes to designing and implementing the build, release process as well as system
configuration and deployment characteristics of the application
● Implements (hands-on) the module components based on industry best practices.
● Mentors the team (people working on the module and other project team members) on
● Technology concepts and best practices for design, implementation and other
processes
Prerequisites
● Candidate should hold 8+ Yrs of experience
● Should have 3+ years of experience in team handling
● Should be a Btech/MTech

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Experience: 15+ Years
Location: Pune, India
Employment Type: Full-time
Desired Skills: Python, Technical Architecture, AWS, Microservices, SaaS / Multi-tenant Architecture, Kubernetes, System Design
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect to lead the architecture, design, and technical evolution of an enterprise SaaS product. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep technical expertise, strong product engineering experience, and the ability to build scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms.
The ideal candidate should be passionate about solving complex engineering problems, driving innovation, mentoring development teams, and effectively leveraging AI to accelerate software development.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the overall product architecture and technical roadmap.
- Design and build scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise applications.
- Lead the design and implementation of new product features from concept to production.
- Remain hands-on with coding and contribute to critical product components.
- Drive architecture reviews, code quality, performance optimization, and engineering best practices.
- Lead cloud architecture, security, scalability, and DevOps initiatives.
- Evaluate and adopt modern technologies to improve product capabilities and engineering efficiency.
- Leverage AI tools (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) to accelerate software development, code reviews, testing, documentation, debugging, and productivity.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 15+ years of software product engineering experience with at least 5 years in a Technical Architect role.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Python and modern backend frameworks.
- Deep experience with AWS services and cloud-native application architecture.
- Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
- Experience designing microservices, REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with scalable SaaS platforms, multi-tenant architectures, and secure application design.
- Excellent understanding of software design patterns, performance tuning, observability, and system reliability.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Key Responsibilities
● Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services
using Python.
● Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems and services.
● Design and build robust RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
capable of handling high-scale workloads.
● Design and implement real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based
services, where required.
● Drive system performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
● Lead performance optimization, capacity planning, monitoring, debugging, and
production issue resolution.
● Establish and promote best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD,
and production readiness.
● Collaborate closely with frontend, product, DevOps, infrastructure, and other
cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
● Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, contributing to overall team growth
and engineering excellence.
● Review code and architecture designs, identify technical risks, and drive improvements
across backend systems.
● Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver reliable, maintainable,
production-grade solutions.
Required Skills & Qualifications
● 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend
development.
● Strong expertise in Python and experience building production-grade backend
applications.
● Proven experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices
architectures.
● Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and
high-availability architectures.
● Hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time backend integrations.
● Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems, and data-intensive
applications.
● Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and
production operations.
● Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean
architecture.
● Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and make sound architectural decisions.
● Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
● Experience mentoring engineers and conducting effective code and design reviews.
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About Us
At Metron Security, we help top cybersecurity companies supercharge their tools through automation and integrations. Our engineers connect and extend platforms like Splunk, IBM QRadar, ServiceNow, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, and many more. We believe in a developer-first culture where creativity, ownership, and continuous learning drive everything we do.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- A true developer-first environment where your ideas and technical chops matter.
- Hands-on exposure to 250+ security platforms (yep, really).
- Direct contact with customers so you can see the impact of your work right away.
- A fast-paced, growth-focused culture—but we also respect work-life balance. No weekends, and only occasional evening calls.
What We’re Looking For
We’re hoping to meet someone who has both deep technical expertise and natural leadership instincts. You think holistically about systems, enjoy digging into tricky problems, and can guide both teammates and customers to success.
Must-Have Skills
- Solid programming experience across multiple languages (Python, TypeScript, Java, Node.js, Angular, React, C#, C++… we’re language-agnostic and use the best tool for the job).
- Quick at learning new security platforms.
- Proven ability to design and build scalable systems, APIs, and integrations.
- Experience mentoring and leading engineering teams.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex environments.
- Organized, reliable, and able to set and meet clear timelines.
- Comfortable working directly with customers to understand needs and design solutions.
- Familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and security best practices.
Bonus Points If You
- Have experience building or leading integrations with enterprise security tools.
- Like approaching challenges with a “hacker mindset.”
- Know your way around Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud deployments.
- Contribute to open source or share technical insights publicly.
What You’ll Do
- Be the face of Metron Security with our customers—collaborating on solutions and keeping communication clear.
- Bridge the gap between customers and our dev team, ensuring the right info flows both ways.
- Mentor and train junior developers, helping them level up.
- Step in to tackle tough technical problems when the team needs backup.
- Build and document knowledge about security platforms.
- Spot potential roadblocks early and help keep projects on track.
Who You Are
- Strategic thinker who isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves.
- Clear communicator who collaborates openly.
- Proud of building strong, maintainable solutions that exceed expectations.
- Curious, quick learner, and always exploring new technologies.
- Positive, “let’s figure it out” teammate who lifts others up.
At Metron Security, we’re all about helping security teams work smarter. If you’re excited to take on big engineering challenges, mentor others, and drive technical vision in a growing company, we’d love to talk.
Key Responsibilities
· System Design: Design secure, scalable, and highly available multi-tenant cloud-based application architectures.
· Integration Strategy: Build robust APIs, webhooks, and data pipelines for complex enterprise client connections.
· Technical Guidance: Mentor software engineers and lead critical code and architecture reviews to ensure engineering excellence.
· Performance & Security: Drive non-functional infrastructure needs including high uptime, strict data privacy compliance, and fast application response times.
· Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Security, and Customer Success teams to align technical execution with business roadmaps.
Required Qualifications
· Experience: 8+ years of experience in software engineering with at least 3+ years operating as a technical or solutions architect within a B2B SaaS environment.
· Cloud & DevOps: Deep production knowledge of major cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD automation pipelines.
· Architecture Patterns: Proven expertise designing microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-performance relational and NoSQL database structures.
· Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineers and business stakeholders.
· Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical work experience).
Preferred Skills
· Prior experience managing architectural frameworks for enterprise compliance frameworks like SOC2, ISO 27001, or GDPR.
· Background in building real-time data processing engines, stream frameworks, or integrating enterprise AI/ML components.
This is a remote position.
About Leegality:
Leegality works with large Indian businesses to digitally transform critical compliance processes in a fast, easy and secure way.
We have multiple products across 2 categories:
Document Infrastructure:
Products that help businesses build paperless processes at scale:
- Document Execution Workflow: A unified platform for businesses to digitally execute (eSign, eStamp, Template Pre-fill, Document Fraud Prevention etc.) agreements, forms and other documents in a compliant way. Currently in use by 2000+ Indian businesses from giants like HDFC and SBI Cards to high-growth disruptors like goDigit and Cars24.
- Contract Management: An AI-powered platform for businesses to quickly review, negotiate and take action on contracts
- Signstation: A simple platform for businesses to digitally sign simple documents like invoices, policies and letters in a cost effective manner
Consent Infrastructure:
- Consentin: An end-to-end DPDP and Privacy compliance platform for Indian businesses
- Consentin Lens: A data discovery platform for businesses to identify the personal data they collect and store.
If you’re interested in building mission critical software that operates at population scale (75 million + Indians have signed at least one document through Leegality) then join Leegality.
Curious about our impact? Explore our customer success stories: leegality.com/case-studies
Our Culture
At Leegality, trust, ownership, transparency, and having fun while doing meaningful work are core to how we operate — not just values on paper. Our team rated us an incredible 97 eNPS for FY 2023–24 — the highest among 175+ startups surveyed.
We focus deeply on helping our people grow and stay motivated. Some of the perks you’ll enjoy:
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid work setup
- Bi-annual performance appraisals
- A culture that rewards initiative, curiosity, and impact
If you're looking for a place where you can make a real difference while working with smart, driven, and genuinely nice people, welcome to Leegality.
Location: Hybrid
Role Overview
We are looking for a Technical Lead – Python to lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable backend systems that power Leegality's products. This role combines hands-on backend development with technical leadership, enabling you to influence architecture, mentor engineers, and drive engineering excellence across the team.
You will work closely with Product, Design, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams to build reliable, secure, and high-performance applications while fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable backend applications using Python.
- Own the technical architecture of backend systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, maintainability, and security.
- Design, develop, and optimize RESTful APIs and microservices for high-performance applications.
- Drive architectural decisions, establish engineering best practices, and promote clean, maintainable code.
- Conduct code reviews and mentor engineers through technical guidance, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.
- Lead technical estimation, sprint planning, solution design, and execution for engineering initiatives.
- Optimize application performance through database tuning, caching, asynchronous processing, and efficient system design.
- Ensure high code quality through unit testing, integration testing, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment practices.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues while driving root cause analysis and long-term improvements.
- Evaluate and adopt new technologies, frameworks, and engineering practices to continuously improve the platform.
- Build and foster a high-performing engineering culture focused on collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
Desired Skills
- 7–11 years of experience in backend software development, with at least 2–4 years in a technical leadership role.
- Strong proficiency in Python and object-oriented programming concepts.
- Hands-on experience with Python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and development, authentication mechanisms (JWT/OAuth), and API security best practices.
- Experience designing scalable backend architectures, distributed systems, and microservices.
- Strong knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, with experience in query optimization, indexing, and schema design.
- Exposure to NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and caching technologies like Redis.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, containerization using Docker, orchestration using Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including design patterns, SOLID principles, code reviews, testing, and documentation.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git and modern development workflows.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership and delivery ownership in a fast-paced product environment.
- Experience working in SaaS or product-based organizations is preferred.
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or ChatGPT is an added advantage.
Senior Software Engineer – Backend
Company: House of EdTech (Goenka Kachave LLP)
Location: Bangalore, Hybrid
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience: 5+ Years
About the Role
House of EdTech is looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Backend to design, develop, and scale high-performance backend services and APIs supporting products used by millions of learners.
You’ll work closely with Product, Frontend, Data, and Engineering teams while taking end-to-end ownership of backend features and contributing to system architecture and technical decisions.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop scalable backend services and REST APIs.
- Build reliable systems capable of handling high traffic and large data volumes.
- Own backend features from design and development through deployment and monitoring.
- Work with microservices, databases, and distributed systems.
- Identify and solve performance, scalability, reliability, and security challenges.
- Participate in system design and architecture discussions.
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Monitor production systems and troubleshoot incidents.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Python, Scala, C++, or a similar language.
- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and databases.
- Experience with cloud/infrastructure technologies such as GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including security, reliability, testing, and code quality.
- Experience with system design, architecture, and technical decision-making.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience mentoring engineers is a plus.
Why Join House of EdTech?
- Work on products impacting millions of learners.
- Solve challenging backend and scalability problems.
- Take significant ownership of architecture and engineering decisions.
- Opportunity to grow into technical leadership and architectural ownership.
- Work in a fast-growing technology environment.
About the role
You will be a pivotal member of the leadership team, responsible for driving the company's product and platform strategy while overseeing engineering excellence across AI, data, platform, DevOps and infrastructure. This is a mission-critical role for an engineering leader who is both strategic and hands-on, and who can build scalable technologies for global enterprise clients in a fast-paced innovation ecosystem.
Reports to: CEO · Location: Bengaluru, India — hybrid, 3 days a week in office
What you will do
Technology & product leadership
- Define and drive the technology vision, architecture and long-term platform roadmap.
- Oversee the architecture, design and delivery of highly scalable enterprise systems.
- Ensure engineering excellence, velocity and reliability across the product lifecycle.
Engineering & platform management
- Lead platform engineering, product technology, DevOps, infrastructure and Quality Engineering.
- Build robust cloud-native systems using the Azure, AWS and GCP ecosystems.
- Oversee operational effectiveness, including uptime, production reliability and cost optimisation.
Innovation & AI strategy
- Spearhead Mission AI by developing scalable, production-grade AI/ML and GenAI capabilities.
- Own the GenAI/LLM solutions architecture.
- Core specialisation in AI agents and autonomous workflows, data extraction and intelligent automation.
- Direct hands-on architectural oversight of large language models, applied AI and multi-layered deep learning products.
- Extensive expertise in building intelligent document automation systems — similar in complexity to patent parsing, legal workflow automation and structured decision intelligence tools.
Technical leadership
- A proven track record overseeing product architecture, tech strategy and cross-functional engineering execution across core full-stack and AI platforms.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on business strategy, client requirements and product delivery.
- Build, mentor and scale high-performing engineering teams with a growth mindset.
- Establish a strong technology culture grounded in ownership, innovation and continuous learning.
What success looks like
- Mission AI: build a world-class AI system leveraging GenAI, ML and enterprise-grade data engineering.
- Hyper-scaling: architect and scale the platform to match global industry leaders in the IP space.
- Culture building: develop a strong engineering organisation with high ownership, performance and innovation DNA.
Qualifications & experience
- Preferably under 15 years of enterprise software engineering experience across B2B SaaS or technology-first companies; fewer is fine for an exceptional engineer.
- A proven track record of taking early-stage AI/ML prototypes and scaling them into robust enterprise SaaS platforms featuring multi-agent orchestration, complex workflows and decision intelligence.
- Experienced in building and mentoring agile, lean startup teams of full-stack and machine learning engineers from the ground up.
- Proven leadership in defining and executing technology strategy and platform roadmaps.
- Extensive cloud-native engineering experience with Azure, AWS and GCP.
Technical expertise
- Strong full-stack engineering background (Java, Python, JavaScript frameworks).
- Expertise with JS frameworks such as React, Angular and Node.js.
- Experience building and scaling distributed systems and microservices.
- Strong knowledge of databases (SQL, NoSQL), data modelling and unstructured data management.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and tools (Atlassian, Git, CI/CD pipelines).
Behavioural & leadership competencies
- Product and delivery management expertise, end to end, including delivery and customer support.
- Excellent communication, with the ability to influence executive stakeholders.
- High technical proficiency combined with strong business acumen.
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
Sr. Technology Architect
Experience Range: 12–15+ years of IT experience, including 3–5+ years in leadership / people management roles.
Location: Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore
Qualification: B. Tech /B.E in computer science or equivalent
Minimum 10+ years of experience in Advanced Java
At least 2+ years of experience for the following areas:
- Lead and mentor full-stack development teams across multiple projects and workstreams.
- Define technical architecture, coding standards, and development best practices.
- Drive end-to-end delivery of enterprise applications using Agile methodologies.
- Oversee application design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Ensure adherence to security, performance, quality, and compliance standards.
- Collaborate with clients, product owners, architects, and cross-functional teams.
- Manage resource planning, risk mitigation, technical reviews, and stakeholder communication.
- Promote DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices to improve delivery efficiency
Must Haves-
- Strong experience in Java Full Stack Development.
- Expertise in Spring Boot and Microservices Architecture.
- Proficiency in Python, Shell Scripting, and backend development.
- Hands-on experience with SQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL databases.
- Front-end expertise in React, Angular, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, and JSP.
- Experience with Kafka or similar event-driven messaging platforms.
- Strong understanding of API Design, REST Services, and Swagger/OpenAPI.
- Experience implementing security frameworks including OAuth 2.0.
- Hands-on expertise with Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Experience with code quality and security tools such as SonarQube and Fortify.
- Proven people management, stakeholder management, and delivery leadership experience.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Good to Haves-
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
- Experience with performance tuning, observability, and application monitoring tools.
- Telecom, OSS/BSS, or enterprise digital transformation domain experience.
- SAFe Agile, PMP, Scrum Master, or cloud certifications.
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools and engineering productivity platforms.
Job Title: Tech Architect - Java Spring Boot
Company Name: Chella Software Private Limited
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THE PARTNER OF CHOICE FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS
Our deep domain experience, ultra-high-performance software solutions, and on-time project delivery make us the preferred partner for the financial markets.
Over the last two decades, Chella Software has built deep domain experience in the financial markets and a capability for developing ultra-high-performance software that can handle very high volumes of data with the lowest levels of latency.
We are now preferred partners for a host of Central Banks, Stock Exchanges, Clearing Corporations, Brokerages, and Institutional Investors across 12 countries.
We are a global provider of fintech solutions for central banks, exchanges, central counter parties, and financial market intermediaries. We meet the software needs of customers in India, the Middle East, Africa, Singapore, and the USA.
Central Banks:
- Our portfolio of solutions for central banks includes:
- Chella Switch, a national payment and settlement system designed for central banks in frontier markets, and
- Chella Horizen, a robust, reliable and full coverage investment management and accounting platform for reserve management.
Exchanges and CCPs:
We are at the forefront of providing customized solutions for exchanges, CCPs, depositories, and other financial market infrastructure. Our high-speed, low-latency, high-volume, massively scalable systems are spread across the core areas of trading, surveillance, risk management, clearing, settlement, and compliance.
Our teams have deep expertise in:
- Developing and implementing bespoke solutions on a build-operate-maintain model.
- Re-architecting and re-engineering core applications to address performance and scalability challenges.
- Migrating legacy systems to the latest technologies without disrupting operations.
- Defining and building digital experiences and journeys that facilitatethe addition of new investors to the market.
Brokerages:
Our solutions for brokerages include:
- Chella Trader, a multi-asset, multi-exchange, multi-currency, omni-channel order management system, and
- Chella Clearvision is a modular broker back office that helps scale a broker’s business with incremental investments.
Institutional Investors:
We meet the investment management needs of institutional investors through Chella IMS, a full coverage post-trade investment management and IFRS-compliant accounting platform for pension funds, insurance firms, and family offices.
Location: Madurai - Tamil Nadu
Mode of Working: Work Form Office (Interview shall be face to face at Madurai)
Days of Working: 5 Days a week
Responsibilities
Job Description:
- Tech Architect with expertise in Java Spring Boot to design and implement robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems. As a Tech Architect, you will be responsible for shaping the technical direction of complex software projects and providing architectural guidance to engineering teams.
- This role requires deep technical knowledge, leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of solutions that meet business and technical requirements. Experience in the Fintech domain is an added advantage.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architectural Design & Strategy:
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of scalable, maintainable, and secure backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
- Define best practices for code quality, testing, security, and deployment processes. Drive the adoption of modern development methodologies (Agile, DevOps) and frameworks.
- Technical Leadership:
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to developers and engineers on coding standards, design patterns, and technologies.
- Ensure the architecture is aligned with business goals and technical constraints. Conduct code reviews and enforce best practices to maintain high-quality standards.
- Collaboration:
- Work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements, integrate with third-party services, and ensure the overall system design is cohesive.
- Problem Solving:
- Analyze and resolve complex technical challenges, such as performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and system integrations.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies, tools, and frameworks to continually improve the development process.
- Documentation & Reporting:
- Document architectural designs, technical specifications, and implementation guides.
- Provide regular updates on project progress, risks, and technical challenges to senior leadership.
- Continuous Improvement:
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices.
- Recommend improvements to system architecture, processes, and technologies to enhance the software development lifecycle.
Interview process: Virtual and Face-to-Face
Skills:
Experience: 9-12 Years
Location: Madurai
Job Type: Full-time
Education: B.E(Any stream)/ B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech. or similar
Skills: Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge solutions for capital markets.
- This is a global role and, hence, will provide opportunities to work with organizations across the globe.
- Learn from experienced professionals and grow into a solution architect, product manager or sales role.
- Opportunity for rapid personal and professional growth.
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Celeco Labs is hiring a hands-on Head of Engineering on behalf of a confidential client in the housing-finance sector.
This is a role for an engineer who wants to own delivery, not only manage it. You will set the technical direction, build and maintain production systems, and work closely with the business team. You should be comfortable taking a requirement from the first discussion through technical planning, implementation, release, and production support.
What you will do
• Own the engineering roadmap and help decide what should be built first.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable customer-facing products and internal systems.
• Write production code and review code written by others.
• Turn business requirements into clear technical plans and releases.
• Choose practical architecture, tools, and vendors that fit the company's needs.
• Set working standards for testing, deployment, monitoring, backups, and access control.
• Protect customer and company data through practical security controls.
• Investigate production issues and make sure the same problems do not repeat.
• Help hire and guide a small engineering team as the company grows.
What we are looking for
• 3–5 years of professional software-engineering experience.
• Experience building and running production systems.
• Strong backend skills, including APIs, databases, and cloud services.
• Enough frontend knowledge to work across a product when needed.
• Good judgment about system design, security, reliability, and cost.
• The ability to explain technical choices in simple language.
• Comfort working independently and taking full ownership of delivery.
Experience in lending, housing finance, fintech, or another regulated industry is useful, but not required. Experience leading engineers or working directly with founders and business leaders is also useful.
How to apply
Please share your CV or LinkedIn profile and two short examples of production systems you have owned. This is a confidential search. More information about the company will be shared with shortlisted candidates during the interview process.














