Head Of Engineering

Tech Lead – Backend

Roles & Responsibilities

The company is building the operational backbone for how B2B enterprises run their business.

As a Tech Lead on the backend team, you will own the technical direction for a core domain of the platform—systems where correctness is non-negotiable, scale is unforgiving, and edge cases never stop coming. You will also mentor Senior Engineers in your pod.

This is a hands-on role: you will write code and design systems yourself day to day, pair on complex problems, review the work of engineers around you, and be the person who figures out what's actually broken before it becomes a fire.

You will report into the Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering. This is not a feature-factory role. You are here to raise the level of abstraction the team works at, not simply to ship tickets faster.

What You'll Own

• Design and build core platform services that handle complex business logic reliably at scale.
• Architect and own integrations with external enterprise systems, including their quirks, rate limits, and failure modes.
• Build APIs that enterprise engineering teams actually want to integrate with, not just ones that technically work.
• Own production debugging end to end: diagnose issues across services using logs, traces, and metrics, and make incidents boring rather than fires.
• Embed security and compliance thinking into your systems by default, not as a retrofit.
• Mentor Senior Backend Engineers in your pod: pair on hard problems, review their work, and help them grow as engineers.
• Set the architectural direction for your domain: choose frameworks, patterns, and abstractions that shape the platform for years.
• Lead design reviews and code reviews, and set the technical standard the rest of the team calibrates against.
• Hold a clear bar for quality, follow-through, and ownership across the engineers you work with, ensuring systems are healthy in production, not just merged.
• Partner with Product, Implementation, and Customer Success as the engineer who understands the system deeply enough to challenge requirements when necessary.
• Raise the technical bar for the engineers around you without slowing the team down.
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Ideal Candidate

1. Strong Tech Lead / Staff Engineer / Lead Engineer Profile

• Proven experience operating at Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or Lead Engineer level.

1. Mandatory – Overall Experience

• Minimum 6+ years of overall Software Engineering / Development experience building production backend systems.

1. Mandatory – Tech Lead Ownership

• Proven Tech Lead ownership with experience setting technical direction, architecture, frameworks, or engineering standards used by other engineers.

1. Mandatory – Backend Development

• Strong hands-on backend development experience with deep proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as Python, Java, or Golang.

1. Mandatory – System Design & Distributed Systems

• Strong experience in system design and distributed systems, including architectural trade-offs, scalability, failure modes, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

1. Mandatory – APIs & Integrations

• Experience designing and building APIs, backend services, and external/enterprise integrations.
• Strong experience owning complex business logic and production systems.

1. Mandatory – Technical Leadership

• Formal technical leadership experience, including mentoring Senior Engineers, conducting design and code reviews, driving engineering quality, and leading technical decisions across a team.

1. Mandatory – Hands-on IC + Tech Lead

• Must be a hands-on Individual Contributor + Tech Lead, with approximately 70–80% hands-on coding/engineering involvement.
• Pure people-management profiles are not suitable.

1. Mandatory – Company Background

• Experience working in Product Companies, Startups, or B2B SaaS organizations.

1. Mandatory – Education

• CS degree or equivalent, such as B.Tech / B.E. / B.S.

1. Preferred – Technical Skills

• Experience with Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ
• AWS
• Docker / Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• Observability and monitoring
• Security and compliance
• Multi-tenant systems
• Financial, billing, or enterprise platforms

Job Description – Technical Head

Industry: Fintech / Financial Services

Experience: 15–20+ years (20 years preferred)

Location: Noida

Reporting To: CEO / Managing Director

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Technical Head to lead and manage the company's IT team, technology infrastructure, software development, and fintech platforms. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring technology reliability, security, scalability, and alignment with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the IT team, including developers, infrastructure, and technical support professionals.
• Oversee software development, application maintenance, system integration, and technology implementation.
• Manage fintech platforms, payment systems, banking APIs, and third-party integrations, as applicable.
• Ensure IT infrastructure, cloud systems, databases, and applications operate securely and efficiently.
• Implement cybersecurity measures, data protection, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes.
• Manage technology projects, vendors, budgets, and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate with senior management to develop and execute technology strategy.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, security, and IT governance requirements.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• 15–20+ years of experience in IT, with 20 years preferred.
• Proven experience in technology leadership and IT team management.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and DevOps.
• Experience in fintech, banking, payments, or financial services preferred.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, project management, and communication skills.

Work Location: In person

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

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead efforts to strengthen and optimize our state-of-the-art systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and efficiency across our suite of trading solutions.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Technical Expertise:

• C++ coding and debugging to strengthen and optimize systems.
• Design and architecture (HLD/LLD) to ensure scalable and robust solutions.
• Implementing and enhancing DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines to improve development workflows.
• Managing escalations and ensuring high-quality customer outcomes.

Architecture and Design:

• Define and refine the architectural vision and technical roadmap for enterprise software solutions.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and secure systems in line with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Driving engineering initiatives to foster innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Project Management:

• Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and quality assurance processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of systems.
• Identify risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide technical direction and guidance on complex software engineering challenges.
• Drive code quality, best practices, and standards across the engineering team.

Requirements:

• 6-13 years in the tech industry, with 2-4 years in technical leadership or managerial roles.
• Technical Expertise: Expertise in C++ development, enterprise architecture, and scalable system design, and proficiency in performance optimization, scalability, software architecture, and networking principles.
• Extensive experience managing the full development lifecycle of large-scale software products, from concept to deployment.
• Strong knowledge of STL containers, multi-threading concepts, and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of memory management and efficient resource utilization.
• Microservices Architecture Expertise: Experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable microservices.
• Strong Communication and Decision-making skills: Ability to clearly articulate trade-offs, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
• Commitment to Creating and fostering Engineering Excellence: Deep understanding of best practices, including code quality, testability, security, and release management, and passion for fostering a strong engineering culture and continuously improving developer workflows and tools.
• Self-Driven and Motivated: Ability to operate independently while driving impactful results.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead efforts to strengthen and optimize our state-of-the-art systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and efficiency across our suite of trading solutions.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Technical Expertise:

• C++ coding and debugging to strengthen and optimize systems.
• Design and architecture (HLD/LLD) to ensure scalable and robust solutions.
• Implementing and enhancing DevOps, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines to improve development workflows.
• Managing escalations and ensuring high-quality customer outcomes.

Architecture and Design:

• Define and refine the architectural vision and technical roadmap for enterprise software solutions.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and secure systems in line with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Driving engineering initiatives to foster innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Project Management:

• Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and quality assurance processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of systems.
• Identify risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide technical direction and guidance on complex software engineering challenges.
• Drive code quality, best practices, and standards across the engineering team.

Requirements:

• 10-15 years in the tech industry, with 2-4 years in technical leadership or managerial roles.
• Technical Expertise: Expertise in C++ development, enterprise architecture, and scalable system design, and proficiency in performance optimization, scalability, software architecture, and networking principles.
• Extensive experience managing the full development lifecycle of large-scale software products, from concept to deployment.
• Strong knowledge of STL containers, multi-threading concepts, and algorithms.
• Solid understanding of memory management and efficient resource utilization.
• Microservices Architecture Expertise: Experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable microservices.
• Strong Communication and Decision-making skills: Ability to clearly articulate trade-offs, make informed decisions, and ensure alignment across stakeholders.
• Commitment to Creating and fostering Engineering Excellence: Deep understanding of best practices, including code quality, testability, security, and release management, and passion for fostering a strong engineering culture and continuously improving developer workflows and tools.
• Self-Driven and Motivated: Ability to operate independently while driving impactful results.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the software development function, including developers, technical leads, architects, and QA engineers.
• Define and execute the software development roadmap in alignment with the company's business strategy and growth objectives.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performance software applications.
• Lead the development and enhancement of fintech platforms, financial applications, payment solutions, and digital financial products, as applicable.
• Drive API development, third-party integrations, banking integrations, payment gateway integrations, and other financial technology integrations.
• Establish software architecture standards, coding practices, development methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Ensure application security, data protection, system reliability, scalability, and performance across software platforms.
• Drive the adoption of modern technologies, cloud-based solutions, DevOps practices, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Oversee software development life cycles, sprint planning, release management, quality assurance, and production support.
• Establish engineering KPIs, monitor team performance, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with Product, Business, Compliance, Information Security, and Operations teams to translate business requirements into effective technology solutions.
• Ensure software development processes adhere to applicable regulatory requirements, security standards, internal policies, and IT governance practices.
• Manage technology budgets, external development partners, software vendors, and resource allocation.
• Mentor and develop engineering leaders, build a high-performing technology team, and foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, technical debt reduction, and improvement in software delivery efficiency.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 15–20+ years of experience in software development, engineering, and technology delivery, with approximately 20 years preferred.
• Significant experience in leading software development teams and managing large-scale application development initiatives.
• Strong expertise in software architecture, system design, API development, databases, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with modern programming languages, frameworks, cloud platforms, DevOps, CI/CD, and software engineering tools.
• Proven experience in developing scalable, secure, and high-availability applications.
• Experience in fintech, banking, payments, digital lending, financial services, or related technology domains is preferred.
• Understanding of financial data security, application security, regulatory compliance, and secure software development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, engineering teams, delivery timelines, and technology priorities.
• Excellent leadership, strategic planning, analytical, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Work Location: In person