Lead Engineer-Node JS at Tiger Analytics · Remote only · 5 - 8 years · Profitable · Remote only · Posted 20 Feb 2023
Job Title: Lead – Application Engineering
Remote | Chennai | Hyderabad | Bangalore
Tiger Analytics is a global AI and analytics consulting firm. With data and technology at the core of our solutions, our 2800+ tribe is solving problems that eventually impact the lives of millions globally. Our culture is modelled around expertise and respect with a team-first mindset. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, you’ll find our delivery centres across the globe and offices in multiple cities across India, the US, the UK, Canada, and Singapore, including a substantial remote global workforce.
We’re Great Place to Work-Certified™. Working at Tiger Analytics, you’ll be at the heart of an AI revolution. You’ll work with teams that push the boundaries of what is possible and build solutions that energize and inspire.
Curious about the role? What your typical day would look like?
We are looking for Tech Leads working with our Application Engineering team, designing, and developing a variety of applications. More specifically, you will:
- Determine the functional, non-functional requirements and scope working with the business analysts and engineering managers
- Design and develop multi-tier, cloud-native, high performance, and scalable solutions
- Apply software engineering principles, design patterns and best practices to build solutions that are testable, secure, and robust
- Lead cross functional agile teams across the software development lifecycle
- Evaluate design alternatives using proof of concepts and collaborate with architects to choose optimal solutions
- Performing design and code reviews
- Collaborate with project/program managers to estimate, plan, and mitigate technical risks at module/project level
- Mentor and groom developers to deliver high quality solutions
What do we expect?
- Years of Experience: 5+ years
- Relevant hands-on experience with one of more of the following:
- Programming Languages – Python with Django / Flask / Java / C#.net
- Web server technologies - Node.js / Nginx
- Database technologies - MySQL / Oracle / PostgreSQL / MongoDB
- Testing frameworks – Junit/ Selenium
- Cloud environments - AWS / Azure / GCP (Good to have)
- Good understanding of API design and development
You are important to us, let’s stay connected!
Every individual comes with a different set of skills and qualities so even if you don’t tick all the boxes for the role today, we urge you to apply as there might be a suitable/unique role for you tomorrow.
We are an equal opportunity employer. Our diverse and inclusive culture and values guide us to listen, trust, respect, and encourage people to grow the way they desire.

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About Tracxn:
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About Technology Team:
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Our Tech Stacks:
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Job Overview:
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Title: Tech Lead / Engineering Lead
Experience: 8-10 years
Location: Sector 55, Gurugram (On-site, 5 days)
Industry: B2B SaaS / Enterprise Technology
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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.
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Key Responsibilities:
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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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.
JOB REQUIREMENTS • 10+ years of experience in software development, with at least 5 years in as a Development Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar leadership role. • Strong hands-on technical background in backend/frontend/cloud technologies. • Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and microservices architecture. • Deep understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, version control, and DevOps practices, containers, CI/CD, and scalable architectures. • Excellent leadership, decision-making, and project management, problem solving skills. • Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical and business information clearly. • Ability to handle multiple projects and thrive in a fast-paced environment. • Strong ownership mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes. • Passion for mentoring, building teams, and improving engineering culture. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Team Leadership & People Management • Lead, mentor, and manage the entire development team, including interns, junior developers, and senior engineers. • Conduct regular training sessions, knowledge-sharing meetings, and capability-building workshops. • Identify skill gaps and create growth plans for team members. • Manage performance reviews, provide feedback, and support career progression. • Create a culture of ownership, accountability, and high performance. Project & Delivery Management • Own the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from planning to deployment. • Break down product requirements into sprint tasks and assign responsibilities. • Define and manage project deadlines, delivery milestones, and development roadmaps with the team. • Ensure timely delivery of high-quality features aligned with product goals. • Work closely with the CEO for project planning, updates, and escalations. • Ensure alignment between business needs and technical solutions. Technical Leadership • Provide architectural direction for scalable, secure, multi-tenant, multi-region systems. • Review code, ensure adherence to coding standards, and drive continuous improvements. • Evaluate and implement new technologies to keep the product stack modern and efficient. • Ensure best practices in security, performance, documentation, and DevOps pipelines. • Lead R&D initiatives for new features, tools, or tech stacks. Process & Quality Ownership • Implement and refine engineering processes, coding guidelines, and development workflows. • Ensure strict adherence to SDLC, secure development practices, and code review processes. • Introduce automation where possible (CI/CD, testing, deployment flows). • Drive continuous improvement in team productivity and software quality. • Conduct root-cause analysis and lead improvements to reduce bugs and downtime. Communication & Reporting • Act as the primary communication bridge between the CEO and development team. • Provide weekly project reports, progress updates, risk assessments, and performance insights. • Maintain transparency and clarity in project communication across the organization. Cross-Functional Collaboration • Work directly with the CEO, Product leadership, and other department heads. • Align technical decisions with business objectives and customer needs. • Support SOC, support teams, and clients for escalations when required. Working Days & Time: Monday to Friday – 10AM to 7PM. WHAT WE OFFER • Opportunities to learn and grow in a professional environment. • Exposure of International market • 5 days working • Friendly work environment • PF benefits • Employee Referral Bonus • Monthly Engagement Activities • Festival Celebrations • Leave Encashment
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead with strong full-stack development expertise and proven team leadership skills to drive technical delivery, architecture, and application development.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor the development team.
- Design scalable application architectures and REST APIs.
- Drive hands-on development, code reviews, and technical decision-making.
- Manage task allocation, delivery timelines, and code quality.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business solutions.
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience in React.js, Node.js, Angular, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
- Expertise in REST APIs, application architecture, and database optimization.
- Minimum 5 years of team-handling experience.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
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About Orenda
Orenda is a fintech-enabled financial services company founded in 2017 and based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. We work as a corporate DSA and channel partner for leading banks and NBFCs, helping individuals, professionals, and MSMEs access suitable financial solutions across business loans, personal loans, home loans, loan against property, and professional loans.
At Orenda, we combine financial expertise, technology, and streamlined processes to simplify the lending journey. We are building our own lending-tech platform to improve operational efficiency, strengthen lender and partner integrations, and develop technology-driven solutions that support our evolving business needs.
About the role
We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer who enjoys building as much as designing. You'll shape how our systems are architected, write a good share of the code yourself, and lead a team of 3 to 5 engineers, including AI/ML engineers.
This is a hands-on leadership role, not a pure management or architecture position. Your time will be roughly split like this:
Share of time
Leading the team ~30%
Solution design ~30%
Hands-on coding ~30%
Deployment and infrastructure~10%
What you'll work on
Solution design and architecture
• Turning business needs into technical designs that are practical to build and easy to maintain
• Making architecture decisions across services, integrations and data flows
• Estimating, scoping and planning new features with business and product stakeholders
• Shaping the solution design for AI/ML use cases alongside the AI/ML engineers
Engineering and delivery
• Writing production code in Python and Node.js
• Rolling out new features across our internal and partner-facing platforms, including our CRM and partner portal
• Continuously improving existing systems for performance, reliability and code quality
• Reviewing code and setting engineering standards for the team
Infrastructure and cloud
• Maintaining and upgrading our infrastructure, including a planned move to a major cloud platform
• Owning deployments and production stability together with the team
• Working with event-driven and messaging systems (NATS today, Kafka planned)
Team leadership
• Leading and mentoring a team of 3 to 5 engineers
• Planning and prioritising work, unblocking the team, and making sure things ship
• Building a culture of ownership, clear documentation and quality
What we're looking for
• 5 to 8 years of software engineering experience, with hands-on coding in your recent roles
• Strong command of Python and Node.js
• Proven experience designing and building backend systems and microservices that run in production
• Hands-on experience deploying and running workloads on at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Solid working knowledge of PostgreSQL
• Experience with messaging or event streaming systems such as NATS, Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Experience leading or mentoring a small engineering team
• Comfort estimating effort, breaking down features and planning delivery
• Enough understanding of AI/ML systems to guide their solution design and integration
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Good to have
• Experience working at a fintech, lending or financial services company
• Hands-on experience with Kafka
• Experience leading an infrastructure upgrade or cloud migration
• Experience building or scaling CRM or partner-facing portal products
Why Join Us?
- Build a growing lending-tech platform: Play a key role in shaping the technology behind a growing financial services business.
- Own technical decisions: Contribute directly to architecture, engineering standards, and technology direction.
- Stay hands-on: Combine solution design and technical leadership with meaningful coding responsibilities.
- Work with emerging technologies: Collaborate with AI/ML engineers and contribute to evolving platform capabilities.
- Lead and grow a team: Mentor engineers and help build a strong engineering culture as the technology function scales.
- Make a measurable impact: Build systems that improve operational efficiency and support business growth.
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Lead Developer – Java, React, Node.js & AI/ML
Location: Mumbai
Experience: 8–10 Years
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description
We are looking for a Lead Developer with 8–10 years of experience in software development, with strong expertise in Java, React, and Node.js. The candidate should have at least 1 year of hands-on professional experience in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and experience in building modern, scalable technology solutions.
Key Skills
Java, React, Node.js, AI/ML, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Key-Value Caching, Vector Databases, ChromaDB, pgvector
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