Lead Engineer Software

Empower Global Business Services India Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower Global Business Services India Private Limited is seeking a Lead Engineer, Software to steer a cross-functional squad and modernize a retail account opening platform. You will blend hands-on coding with technical leadership to design secure, scalable APIs and event-driven architectures on AWS.

Ideal candidates bring 8–10+ years of backend experience, mastery of Java/Spring Boot, Terraform, and cloud-native patterns, plus a track record mentoring engineers and delivering complex

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of backend engineering experience, including 1–3+ years leading projects or squads.
• Proven ability to influence across teams and drive best-practice adoption.
• Mastery of Java/Spring Boot, including concurrency and resilience patterns.
• Hands-on with DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/FIFO, IAM.
• Strong Terraform experience; promotes auditable environments.
• Advanced Docker and Kubernetes knowledge.
• Experience designing pipelines with Jenkins or GitLab CI.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, evolution, and quality of a set of mission-critical microservices that orchestrate scheduling workflows.
• Lead technical discovery and design—write and socialize ADRs, run design reviews, and align decisions across teams.
• Champion clean code and definition of done; ensure high coverage and reliable CI/CD gates.
• Architect cloud-native solutions on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/FIFO, IAM) and define infrastructure as code in Terraform.
• Raise reliability through observability, performance engineering, secure/PII-free logging, and incident postmortems.
• Mentor and level-up engineers via pairing sessions, roadmap shaping, documentation, and healthy challenge of the status quo.
• Collaborate with Product, SRE, Data, and InfoSec to translate ambiguous requirements into secure, scalable APIs and event flows.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and drive incremental modernization from legacy to event-driven architecture.

Skills

Java/Spring Boot

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

DynamoDB

Lambda

API Gateway

SQS/FIFO

IAM

Job description

Lead Engineer, Software

Lead Engineer Software empowers the retail account opening platform that welcomes new prospects, transitioning them into valued clients. As a Lead Software Engineer you will guide a cross‑functional squad, blend deep hands‑on coding with technical leadership, modernize legacy code, harden AWS infrastructure, and set engineering practices that other teams emulate.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the design, evolution, and quality of a set of mission‑critical microservices that orchestrate scheduling workflows.
• Lead technical discovery and design—write and socialize ADRs, run design reviews, and align decisions across teams.
• Champion clean code and definition of done; ensure high coverage and reliable CI/CD gates.
• Architect cloud‑native solutions on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/FIFO, IAM) and define infrastructure as code in Terraform.
• Raise reliability through observability, performance engineering, secure/PII‑free logging, and incident postmortems.
• Mentor and level‑up engineers via pairing sessions, roadmap shaping, documentation, and healthy challenge of the status quo.
• Collaborate with Product, SRE, Data, and InfoSec to translate ambiguous requirements into secure, scalable APIs and event flows.
• Coordinate cross‑team dependencies and drive incremental modernization from legacy to event‑driven architecture.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of backend engineering, including 1–3+ years leading projects or a squad to deliver complex distributed systems at scale.
• Track record of accountability and follow‑through; able to influence across teams and drive adoption of best practices by example.
• Mastery of Java/Spring Boot—including concurrency, resilience patterns, profiling, and robust testing.
• Hands‑on depth with DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/FIFO, and IAM roles/policies.
• Strong experience with Terraform; promotes repeatable, auditable environments.
• Advanced Docker file skills; working knowledge of Kubernetes tuning and operations.
• Designed pipelines (Jenkins or GitLab CI) integrating functional tests, static analysis, vulnerability scanning, and performance testing.
• Clear, concise technical writing and ability to align stakeholders through docs and diagrams.

Nice‑to‑Haves

• Led modernization efforts from monoliths to event‑driven/streaming architectures.
• Advanced Kubernetes (operators, service meshes).
• Background in financial services or other regulated industries.
• Experience with Microsoft Graph API, Microsoft Bookings, Microsoft RBAC, and Salesforce integration.

Remote Work Requirements

For remote and hybrid positions you must have reliable high‑speed internet with a wired connection and a suitable workspace. You also must be able to work in the office if the home environment is not adequate.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.