Lead Software Engineer

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About the Role

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will take technical and people leadership responsibility for a cross-functional engineering team delivering a mission-critical learning and compliance platform used across healthcare organisations. This is a senior, hands-on role where you will balance architectural ownership, high-quality delivery, and line management responsibilities.

You’ll lead the design and development of scalable, secure, cloud-based solutions across the full software development lifecycle, working closely with product, platform, and operations teams. Operating in a regulated environment, this role places a strong emphasis on reliability, quality, security, and long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team delivering features and enhancements end-to-end, from technical design through to deployment and ongoing support
• Provide line management and pastoral care for a small team of engineers, supporting performance, wellbeing, and professional development
• Take technical ownership of full-stack applications and services, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable
• Drive technical design decisions, review and approve code, and resolve complex technical issues
• Champion engineering best practices, including automated testing across functional, acceptance, performance, and security domains
• Design and develop cloud-deployable services, continuously improving application architecture and infrastructure
• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and automated deployments
• Collaborate closely with product, platform, and operations teams to ensure systems are observable, resilient, and operationally sound
• Contribute to planning, estimation, scheduling, and resourcing to support predictable delivery
• Communicate technical designs, risks, and progress clearly to senior stakeholders and non-technical audiences
• Promote a strong engineering culture focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Mentor engineers, support knowledge sharing, and contribute to recruitment and onboarding
• Maintain clear and appropriate technical documentation to support long-term maintainability

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong experience operating as a Senior or Lead Full Stack Software Engineer
• Proven experience leading engineers and delivering software end-to-end
• Deep understanding of modern software design patterns and engineering best practices
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based architectures and services
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices
• Experience building scalable, resilient, secure, and observable systems
• Strong commitment to code quality, maintainability, and automated testing
• Confident technical decision-maker with strong code review skills
• Experience mentoring engineers and supporting their professional growth
• Excellent communication skills, able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into robust technical solutions
• Awareness of security, resilience, and operational risk in regulated environments

Nice to Have

• Experience working in regulated or mission-critical environments (e.g. healthcare, finance, public sector)
• Exposure to platform-level engineering or shared services
• Experience improving system observability, monitoring, and operational tooling
• Familiarity with security-first development practices and compliance-driven delivery
• Previous involvement in scaling teams or supporting organisational growth

Benefits

• Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) | 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter)
• No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words
• Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided
• Support That Matters:Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared
• True Belonging: A long-term career where your contributions are valued

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