Lead Engineer IT Software Development & Maintenance

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

IHG Hotels & Resorts in Gurugram, India seeks a Lead Engineer IT Software Development & Maintenance to guide a multi-disciplinary software team, triage complex issues, and drive delivery of reliable, scalable applications.

You will coach onshore and offshore engineers, lead code reviews, design real-time multi-platform solutions, and ensure SDLC governance, security and performance across Oracle HCM Cloud projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise software engineering/architecture.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and cross-functional projects.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle HCM Cloud tooling and integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical solutions for complex software problems and design components, interfaces, and APIs.
• Lead planning, scheduling, and coordination of system tests for reliability and maintainability.
• Coach onshore and offshore teams and conduct project and code reviews.
• Facilitate design and implementation of real-time multi-platform applications.
• Report development status to management and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Java

J2EE

XML

Web Services

SQL

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Oracle HCM Cloud

HDL

Fast Formulas

HCM Extracts

BI Publisher

OTBI

Oracle Integration Cloud

Job description

The Lead Engineer IT Software Development & Maintenance role has the primary responsibility of leading, advising and coaching a team of software developers and support roles. The Lead Engineer IT Software Development & Maintenance is an execution-focused leader within a team, providing leadership, technical guidance, and workflow management daily. The Lead Engineer IT Software Development & Maintenance triages complex problems escalated from junior team members, explains procedures, and coaches the team members through the escalation.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide technical solutions for complex problems for analyzing, designing, coding, debugging and documenting software, including interface components, graphical screens, reports, and high level logic for application system(s).
• Develop strategies for the continued planning, scheduling, and coordination of system tests for reliability, scalability, and maintainability and monitor test results to take or assign required corrective action.
• Leads proofs of concepts and acts as an advisor to Sr. level IT management on strategic decisions concerning legacy and/or new technology.
• Provide expertise in conducting project and code reviews to ensure development conforms to governance, standards, requirements, and the software development life cycle as defined.
• Facilitate the design, development, and implementation of real time applications for use in a multi-platform environment.
• Implement complex programs and lead/coordinate project/program and systems documentation according to established IT standards.
• Diagnoses complex problems and lead/coordinate cross team collaboration to resolve.
• Provide reports on project development status to software engineering management and other key stakeholders.
• Analyzes the stability and health of our systems/environment utilizing monitoring tools and may be required to produce reports.
• Leads system upgrades and complex break/fix solutions.
• Act as subject matter expert in focus area(s) and acts as a lead role for both onshore and offshore vendor/supplier development teams

Key Skills & Experiences

Education –

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or an equivalent combination of education and work related experience.

Experience –

Typically, a minimum of 10+ years of progressive work related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines, technologies, or processes related to the position.

Experience working with a set of geographically dispersed team and bringing a holistic view of development projects

Technical skills and Knowledge –

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in enterprise application engineering/architecture, with significant hands-on experience delivering and supporting Oracle HCM Cloud.
• Deep technical knowledge of Oracle HCM tooling — HDL, Fast Formulas, HCM Extracts, BI Publisher, OTBI, and security/role configuration.
• Strong integration experience with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and common HCM integration patterns.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and managing distributed (onshore/offshore) delivery.
• Strong understanding of environment topology, release management, and change governance.
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical detail for non-technical audiences
• Strong knowledge and understanding of structured analysis and technical design techniques.
• Strong knowledge in addition to experience in related software architectures and development methodologies
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to display effective verbal and written communication skills when explaining complex technical issues to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences, including clients, vendors, senior management, and staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence in the software engineering team's knowledge of the customers' business needs.
• Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs.
• Extensive knowledge and development expertise in one or more of the following disciplines required:
• Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, ETL tools
• Financial, HR and Collaboration systems and tools
• Systems applications including but not limited to:- JAVA, J2EE, OO, XML, Web ServicesSQL
• Security & Identity Technologies’
• PREFERRED SKILLS
• Experience with Oracle Journeys, Transaction Design Studio, Alerts Composer, Document of Record, and Redwood UI adoption.
• Familiarity with the distinction and interplay between OIC and OCI and multi-environment management.
• Integration experience with UKG Pro WFM, enterprise data platforms (e.g., cloud data hubs), LMS, and ServiceNow.
• Experience with identity and access management (e.g., MyID/OIM) and the joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle.
• Experience strengthening HCM security controls and supporting security incident remediation.
• Background in large-scale data remediation and migration on Oracle HCM.
• Hospitality, retail, or other large, multi-location, multi-region workforce environments.