Lead Engineer, Software (DE Team)

Ensemble Health Partners, India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

Accidental insurance

Professional development programs

Maternity and paternity benefits

Job summary

Ensemble Health Partners, India, is looking for a Lead Engineer, Software in Hyderabad. This senior technical role focuses on product development and technology strategy, solving complex challenges through hands-on design and leadership.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years of experience in coding, a strong background in JavaScript or Python, and a passion for driving engineering excellence in a collaborative environment.

Join a company committed to innovation and transforming healthcare through technology.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on coding experience in JavaScript or Python.
• Strong experience with Object-Oriented and Functional Programming.
• 7+ years of experience with OLTP and/or OLAP systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver reusable components and architectural patterns.
• Lead design sessions and participate in code reviews.
• Drive engineering best practices including test automation and CI/CD.

Skills

JavaScript

Python

Node

React

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Data security

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

Job Title: Lead Engineer, Software (DE Team)

Experience: 7–10 years of relevant software engineering experience

Job Location: Hyderabad, India

People management: Not applicable (Senior IC role)

Company Overview

Ensemble Health Partners India is at the forefront of innovation in the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) space, leveraging modern technology to drive meaningful, real world impact. Our future ready platforms bring together AI driven analytics, intelligent data ingestion, workflow automation, and business intelligence built on a scalable, cloud native architecture. Our AI powered solutions are actively running in production, continuously optimizing processes and delivering data driven insights at scale. With the second largest market share in the U.S. RCM industry, a global workforce of 15,000+ professionals, and 12 technology patents, we deliver results through strong teams, proven processes, and flexible, modern technologies. As part of our continued growth, we have launched our Global Capability Center (GCC) in Hyderabad designed to serve as a strategic extension of our global operations. The GCC brings together technology, analytics, and RCM expertise to build scalable solutions, accelerate innovation, and support our long term vision of transforming healthcare operations. At Ensemble Health Partners India, we foster a culture of growth, collaboration, and innovation where your expertise is valued, your ideas are heard, and your work makes a measurable impact.

Role Purpose

At Ensemble, we are redefining what’s possible in healthcare through customer obsession, innovation, and engineering excellence. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be a senior individual contributor responsible for shaping and executing the technology strategy across software delivery teams. You will focus on solving the organization’s most complex technical challenges by building reusable components, defining engineering standards, and influencing architectural direction. Through hands‑on design, code reviews, and collaboration with business and delivery leaders, you will help deliver scalable, secure, and high‑quality platforms that support Ensemble’s long‑term strategic goals.

Position Summary

The Lead Engineer, Software is a senior technical role with cross‑team impact. This position is responsible for solution design, technical delivery, engineering quality, and platform reusability. The role influences multiple teams through platform engineering, reference architectures, shared tooling, and best practices, while remaining hands‑on with code and design.

Key Responsibilities

• Evangelize, influence, and implement technology and platform strategy across software delivery teams
• Design and deliver reusable components, architectural patterns, and engineering tooling
• Lead hands‑on design sessions and participate actively in code reviews to elevate engineering quality
• Partner with business and delivery leadership to conceptualize and deliver solutions for complex business needs
• Drive engineering best practices including test automation, CI/CD, telemetry, DevOps, and iterative delivery
• Define and document scalable, secure, and maintainable system architectures aligned with future‑state design
• Enable platform reuse and consistent developer experience across teams
• Support production systems through strong operational practices including incident response, RCA, and runbooks
• Ensure secure‑by‑design solutions appropriate for sensitive healthcare data environments

Required Technical Skills & Experience

Core Engineering

• 7+ years of hands‑on coding experience in JavaScript or Python (with willingness to learn new languages)
• Strong experience with Object‑Oriented and Functional Programming, and strong experience with Node, React.
• 7+ years working with OLTP and/or OLAP systems
• Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals: testing automation, code reviews, observability, DevOps, and iterative delivery

Architecture & Platform Engineering

• Experience delivering componentized and distributed architectures
• Strong software architecture skills, including designing and documenting scalable and secure systems
• Deep understanding of formal architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices
• Platform engineering experience, including:
  • Internal developer platforms
  • Self‑service workflows
  • Templates, scaffolding, and reusable libraries

Cloud, Data & Integration

• Experience with public cloud platforms (preferably Azure)
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, including policy‑as‑code and guardrails
• Experience with five or more of the following:
  • CI/CD tools
  • REST API development
  • Serverless architectures
  • Containerization
  • Application observability
  • Messaging or streaming architectures
• Experience with polyglot storage architectures (relational, columnar, key‑value, graph)
• Familiarity with data engineering and Lakehouse patterns, including pipelines, orchestration, data quality, metadata, and lineage
• Experience with PaaS/SaaS and multi‑cloud integrations

Security & Operations

• Understanding of data security and privacy concepts:
  • Least privilege access
  • Secrets management
  • Encryption
  • Auditability
• Experience operating production systems:
  • Incident response
  • Root cause analysis
  • On‑call practices
  • SLIs/SLOs and reliability measurement

Communication

• Proven ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Experience working with globally distributed teams

Core Competencies

• Customer Obsession: Delivers exceptional outcomes by deeply understanding user and business needs
• Embracing New Ideas: Continuously explores emerging technologies and fosters innovation
• Striving for Excellence: Maintains high engineering standards and quality
• Technical Leadership: Influences through design, reviews, and shared standards rather than people management
• Systems Thinking: Designs with reuse, scalability, and future‑state architecture in mind

Job Evaluation Parameters

• Delivery of incremental, high‑quality technical outcomes
• Ownership and accountability for technical quality and maintainability
• Alignment of designs with enterprise and future‑state architecture
• Impact through mentoring, reviews, and architectural influence
• Operational excellence in production reliability and incident management
• Adherence to security and compliance standards for healthcare data

Why Join Us?

• Work on real‑world healthcare and technology challenges, powered by emerging technologies and a strong innovation mindset.
• Be part of a fast‑growing, people‑first organization where your work creates measurable impact.
• Grow continuously with structured learning, certifications, and industry‑recognized development programs.
• Collaborate with high caliber teams that value ownership, trust, and accountability.
• Grow alongside an organization that’s scaling with purpose and clarity. Be part of a fast scaling Global Capability Center with meaningful global responsibility.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage for associate, kids (2) and parents supporting physical and financial well being beyond the workplace.
• Accidental insurance coverage for the associate that adds an extra layer of security.
• Professional development programs with reimbursement support to help you upskill and grow with confidence.
• A workplace that is fully compliant with labor laws, including maternity and paternity benefits.
• Thoughtful experiences like welcome kits, company swag, and work anniversary gifts that recognize your journey with us.
• Benefits designed to support you at different stages of life and career, not just on day one.