Engineering - Tech Lead (AI / Python / MERN )

Autonomize; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dynamic environment

Ownership

Autonomy & Mastery

Health Insurance

Provident Fund

Gratuity

Job summary

Autonomize AI is seeking a highly motivated Tech Lead to drive the development of our core platform, ensuring architecture, scalability, performance, and reliability for our AI solutions. You will own the technical roadmap, provide mentorship to engineers, lead code reviews, and collaborate with product managers and data scientists to deliver robust, high-availability systems across the stack.

This role rewards hands-on leadership in a remote, globally distributed team and requires a passion for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 8+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in technical leadership.
• Deep understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Proficiency in Python or MERN or C++.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building and scaling high-traffic distributed systems.
• Excellent communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and maintenance of the core platform for high availability.
• Own the technical roadmap and align with product strategy.
• Mentor engineers and perform code reviews to ensure quality.
• Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to define requirements.
• Oversee monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
• Address performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges.
• Stay updated with new technologies and assess their applicability.
• Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement.
• Manage technical debt and prioritize refactoring.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding new engineers.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software architecture

Cloud platforms

Python

MERN

C++

Distributed systems

Agile methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Autonomize AI is on a mission to help organizations make sense of the world's data. We help organizations harness the full potential of data to unlock business outcomes. Unstructured dark data contains nuggets of information that when paired with human context will unlock some of the most impactful insights for most organizations, and it’s our goal to make that process effortless and accessible.

We are an ambitious team committed to human-machine collaboration. Our founders are serial entrepreneurs passionate about data and AI and have started and scaled several companies to successful exits. We are a global, remote company with expertise in building amazing data products, captivating human experiences, disrupting industries, being ridiculously funny, and of course scaling AI

About the role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Tech Lead to manage and drive the development of our core platform. This is a critical role responsible for the architecture, scalability, performance, and reliability of the foundation upon which all our AI solutions are built.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of our core platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability.
• Own the technical roadmap for the platform, aligning it with business objectives and product strategy.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of talented engineers.
• Drive code reviews, ensuring code quality and adherence to best practices.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to define requirements and deliver solutions.
• Oversee the implementation of robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
• Proactively identify and address performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends, and evaluate their potential application to our platform.
• Champion engineering best practices and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Manage technical debt effectively and prioritize refactoring efforts.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding new engineering talent.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software development, with at least 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Deep understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, MERN, C++). [Specify the most relevant languages for your platform]
• Experience with database technologies (e.g., relational, NoSQL) [Specify the databases you use]
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience building and scaling high-traffic, distributed systems.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and tools.
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Contributions to open-source projects.

Values we look for:

• Owner mentality - self-directed, needs minimal supervision,hands-on leader to drive quality in usability and experience
• Always experimenting than hypothesizing (Learn it all vs. know it all)
• Ability to design, architect and quickly complete projects with minimal supervision and direction
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Work as a team while owning key product deliverables
• You are passionate, unafraid & loyal to the team & mission
• You love to learn & win together
• You communicate well through voice, writing, chat or video, and work well with a remote/global team

Education and experience requirements may vary depending on the company and position, but a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Sales or a related field and several years of experience in scaling a B2B Product sales organization is required.

Some perks of working with us:

We are a young company, funded by early customer traction, and leading VCs, and provides you an opportunity to start at the ground floor.

Perks include:

• Dynamic Environment - Constantly learn from founders, community and customers, adjust with a fail-fast and pivot motto.
• Startup Perks - Ownership, Autonomy & Mastery
• Standard Benefits - Health Insurance, PF, Gratuity

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected statuses.