Lead Developer

Delta Technology Hub; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Transport to office and meals

Travel opportunities and car lease

Parental benefits and pension

Job summary

Delta Technology Hub in Bengaluru is seeking a senior engineer to design, build, and operate a secure, scalable MCP Server Catalog using Backstage. The role focuses on authentication/authorization, cloud-native architecture, and AI-ready platform components for enterprise discovery and governance.

You will integrate with enterprise IAM, implement access controls, and collaborate across infrastructure, DevEx, AI platform, and security teams to deliver secure MCP and AI-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7–10 years of overall IT experience, including 3+ years of hands-on software development.
• Hands-on development experience using TypeScript, Java, or Python technologies.
• Hands-on development experience with ReactJS or related frameworks.
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices architectures, and platform engineering principles.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS cloud services, including CDK, CI/CD tooling and pipeline automation, SAM, CloudFormation, and IaC practices.
• Experience building, extending, or operating internal developer platforms, service catalogs, or developer portals such as Backstage.
• Experience with MCP architecture patterns, including secure tool/server onboarding, discovery, lifecycle management, and governance for AI-enabled platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing authentication and authorization systems for APIs, including token-based access, RBAC, and service-to-service authentication.
• Experience deploying, operating, and supporting Red Hat OpenShift on AWS for high-traffic, production-grade workloads.
• Strong knowledge of high-availability, failover, and disaster-recovery patterns in distributed systems.
• Proven experience building resilient, scalable, cross-region AWS applications.
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks, CI-integrated quality gates, and secure coding standards.
• Proficiency with Git-based source control systems such as Gitlab.
• Experience working in Agile development environments, including sprint planning, reviews, and continuous delivery.
• Working knowledge of 12-factor application principles and cloud-native best practices.
• Strong background in cloud-native and platform architectures, including containerized and serverless systems.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Familiarity with IAM principles for authentication, authorization, and least-privilege access design.
• Consistent commitment to security, safety, compliance, and protection of sensitive and regulated data, including AI and platform-related risks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a Backstage-based MCP Server Catalog enabling discoverability, metadata management, lifecycle governance, and developer self-service.
• Define and implement authentication and authorization patterns for MCP server access across AWS cloud environments, integrating with IAM and authorization services.
• Design and develop cloud-native, AI-ready platform components and tooling with well-documented, supportable code for scalable AI integrations.
• Establish enterprise-level architecture for MCP registration, discovery, access control, and governance aligned with security/compliance.
• Integrate Backstage with identity providers to support human users, services, and AI agents.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational maturity for the MCP Catalog platform, including monitoring, reliability, and AI workload observability enhancements.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, application, DevEx, AI platform, and security teams to ensure secure and timely delivery.
• Create and maintain comprehensive system documentation for MCP catalog architecture, authorization flows, and AI access patterns.
• Define and enforce security standards, governance policies, and access controls for MCP onboarding and lifecycle management.
• Lead platform enhancement and upgrade initiatives, including MCP spec evolution and AI capability expansions.
• Act as trusted advisor to leadership on platform security architecture and AI governance trade-offs.
• Mentor junior engineers in cloud-native and AI platform design, supporting leadership directives.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain quality and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Collaborate with teams in EST timezone for monthly coordination and support across geographies.

Skills

TypeScript/Java/Python

ReactJS

APIs & microservices

AWS cloud services

IAM & security

Platform engineering

Communication across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/electronics

Tools

GitLab

Backstage

OpenShift on AWS

CDK/CI-CD tooling

Job description

How You’ll Help Us Keep Climbing (Overview & Key Responsibilities)

Role Overview

This role is responsible for designing, building, and operating a secure, scalable MCP Server Catalog within Backstage, enabling discoverability, governance, and self‑service access to MCP servers and tools across AWS environments. You’ll bring deep expertise in cloud‑native security architecture, API authentication/authorization, and developer platform engineering. You’ll drive the implementation of a centralized MCP catalog experience, from registration and metadata management to access control integration, working with identity systems and existing authorization services to enforce policy at scale. This is a hands‑on role. You’ll write production code, contribute architectural guidance, and collaborate across application, infrastructure, identity, and operations teams to deliver secure, resilient platform capabilities for the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement a Backstage‑based MCP Server Catalog enabling discoverability, metadata management, lifecycle governance, and developer self‑service for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and tools.
• Define and implement authentication and authorization patterns for MCP server access across AWS cloud environments, integrating with existing enterprise IAM and authorization services, with consideration for AI agent access models and tool‑level permissions.
• Design and develop cloud‑native, AI‑ready platform components and tooling using clean, efficient, well‑documented, and supportable code, supporting scalable LLM and agent integrations.
• Establish enterprise‑level architecture for MCP registration, discovery, access control, and usage governance, ensuring alignment with AI platform security and compliance requirements.
• Integrate Backstage with identity providers to support secure, scalable access governance, including support for human users, services, and AI agents.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational maturity for the MCP Catalog platform, including monitoring, reliability, performance, and AI workload observability enhancements.
• Coordinate across infrastructure, application, DevEx, AI platform, and security monitoring teams to ensure secure, compliant, and timely delivery of MCP and AI‑enabled solutions.
• Create and maintain comprehensive system documentation for MCP catalog architecture, authorization flows, AI access patterns, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Define and enforce security standards, governance policies, and access controls for MCP server onboarding, AI tool exposure, and lifecycle management, including risk assessment for model and tool misuse.
• Lead implementation efforts for platform enhancements, upgrades, and AI capability expansion initiatives, including support for evolving MCP specifications and LLM integrations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on platform security architecture, AI governance trade‑offs, and long‑term strategy for developer and AI tooling ecosystems.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical leadership in cloud‑native and AI platform design, and supporting organizational and leadership directives.
• Participate in and conduct code reviews to maintain code quality, adherence to coding standards, and knowledge sharing across cloud, platform, and AI‑related components.
• Collaborate with teams in the EST timezone one week each month, ensuring effective coordination, knowledge transfer, and support across geographies.

What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7–10 years of overall IT experience, including 3+ years of hands‑on software development experience.
• Hands‑on development experience using TypeScript, Java, or Python technologies.
• Hands‑on development experience with ReactJS or related frameworks.
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices architectures, micro‑frontend architecture, and platform engineering principles.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS cloud services, including CDK, CI/CD tooling and pipeline automation, SAM, CloudFormation, and IaC practices.
• Experience building, extending, or operating internal developer platforms, service catalogs, or developer portals such as Backstage.
• Experience with MCP architecture patterns, including secure tool/server onboarding, discovery, lifecycle management, and governance for AI‑enabled platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing authentication and authorization systems for APIs, including token‑based access, role‑based access control, and service‑to‑service authentication.
• Experience deploying, operating, and supporting Red Hat OpenShift on AWS for high‑traffic, production‑grade workloads.
• Strong knowledge of high‑availability, failover, and disaster‑recovery patterns in distributed systems.
• Proven experience building resilient, scalable, cross‑region AWS applications.
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks, CI‑integrated quality gates, and secure coding standards.
• Proficiency with Git‑based source control systems such as Gitlab.
• Experience working in Agile development environments, including sprint planning, reviews, and continuous delivery.
• Working knowledge of 12‑factor application principles and cloud‑native best practices.
• Strong background in cloud‑native and platform architectures, including containerized and serverless systems.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Familiarity with IAM principles for authentication, authorization, and least‑privilege access design.
• Consistent commitment to security, safety, compliance, and protection of sensitive and regulated data, including AI and platform‑related risks.

Behavioral Competencies

• Lead initiatives with high accountability, creating a collaborative environment with a solution‑based approach.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and mentor for the team, offering technical advice.
• Communicate with precision, engaging team and stakeholders to build trust and reliable working relationships across cross‑functional teams and geographies, enabling organizational alignment.
• Set priorities with the team by understanding interdependence, inspiring team members with consistent focus, quality output, and on‑time delivery.
• Stay updated on current technology and trends to drive innovative decisions through piloting forward‑thinking approaches to complex problems.
• Inquisitive about customer priorities and business challenges, creating value for technical solutions.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience across multiple IT domains, including application development, infrastructure, operations, technical support, or business continuity.
• Demonstrated history of driving transformational or modernization initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, transportation to and from the DTH office, complementary cafeteria meals, special travel opportunities and travel privileges, car lease program, paid time off, parental benefits, and national pension scheme.