Lead Backend Engineer - Airtel

Airtel; Delhi; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtel is seeking a Lead Software Developer to contribute to a team building and maintaining high-quality software applications at scale.

With 5–7 years of experience, you will provide technical leadership, mentor teammates, and drive delivery of robust solutions while upholding best practices. Based in Gurgaon, this on-site role offers the chance to shape architecture and steer large projects end-to-end.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of software development experience.
• Experience delivering large-scale applications.
• Strong object-oriented programming and CS fundamentals.
• Experience with Git or SVN and Kafka MQs.

Responsibilities

• Putting development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Participation in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget. Provide third-level support to business users. Research and evaluate a variety of software products.

Skills

Java

No-SQL databases

Caching

Queuing systems

Search technologies

Git

Kafka MQs

CS fundamentals

Design patterns

Large-scale systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Lead Software Developer - Airtel

Experience: 5-7 years
Location: Gurgaon (WFO)

About the Role

To contribute a team of enthusiastic individuals to the building and maintenance of high-quality software applications and cater superior experience to our customers at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Putting development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget. Provide third-level support to business users. Research and evaluate a variety of software products.

Experience & Skills

Skills Required

• Proficient in at least one of the object-oriented programming languages such as Java of No-SQL Database technologies, Caching data stores, Queuing systems and Search technologies.
• Experience with version control tools (SVN or Git) & Kafka MQs.
• Proficiency in Computer Science fundamentals object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm - design, and complexity analysis
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Good with the Design patterns and architecture solution to large scale applications.
• Hands on experience hence on building large scalable systems

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computers Engineering or comparable experience.