Engineering Lead

Impelsys Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Impelsys Inc. Bengaluru, India seeks an Engineering Lead to drive the design, architecture, and delivery of next-generation software platforms.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on engineering, guiding cross-functional teams and shaping Agile practices to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient systems. You will own technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product management to align roadmaps with architectural vision.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and managing technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Mentor, coach, and foster the career growth of engineers.
• Optimize resource allocation and capacity planning for timely project delivery.
• Collaborate with product teams on design, scoping, and roadmap execution.
• Oversee third-party vendors and manage software engineering tool investments.
• Evangelize and continuously improve Agile methodologies across teams.
• Architect modern microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Champion API-first design principles using API Gateways and Service Discovery.
• Design fault-tolerant, high-availability platforms utilizing Resilience4j.
• Architect efficient caching and data persistence layers for enterprise applications.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

API-first design

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Kafka

Redis

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Security

React

Tools

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Nginx

Jira

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Engineering Lead to spearhead the design, architecture, and delivery of our next-generation software platforms. In this hybrid leadership and technical role, you will balance strategic engineering management with hands-on architecture. You will guide cross-functional teams, drive Agile transformations, and ensure the high availability, scalability, and security of our distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Guidance: Mentor, coach, and foster the career growth of engineers.
• Resource Planning: Optimize resource allocation and capacity planning for
  timely project delivery.
• Strategic Vision: Collaborate with product teams on design, scoping, and
  roadmap execution.
• Vendor Governance: Oversee third-party vendors and manage software
  engineering tool investments.
• Agile Transformation: Evangelize and continuously improve Agile
  methodologies across teams.
• Scalable Systems: Architect modern microservices, distributed systems, and
  event-driven architectures.
• API Strategy: Champion API-first design principles using API Gateways and
  Service Discovery.
• Reliability: Design fault-tolerant, high-availability platforms utilizing
  Resilience4j.
• Data Strategy: Architect efficient caching and data persistence layers for
  enterprise applications.

Hands-on Engineering & DevOps

• Core Development: Deliver high-quality code using Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise frameworks.
• Cloud & DevOps: Containerize applications using Docker and automate CI/CD pipelines via Github Actions
• Monitoring: Establish robust system observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and Nginx.
• AI Integration: Leverage AI tools like Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude to boost team productivity.

Requirements:

• Messaging & Caching: Apache Kafka, Redis Caching.
• Databases: Relational ( Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB).
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Nginx, API Gateways, Service Discovery.
• DevOps & Tools: Docker, Maven, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Grafana, Jira,
  postman, VS-Code.
• Security & Auth: OAuth, Spring Security.
• Frontend: Working knowledge of React.
• AI & Automation: GitHub Copilot, OpenAI, Claude, ChatGPT.

Experience & Soft Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and managing technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successful Agile transformations and strategic resource planning.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex designs to non-technical stakeholders.