Lead Full stack Engineer

Arrive; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrive in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Full Stack Engineer to champion an AI-First development culture and guide a new insight team.

You will mentor engineers in AI tooling, drive technical strategy for a critical Discounts platform, and partner with the Engineering Manager to de-risk and accelerate delivery while shaping the future of software at Arrive.

Qualifications

• 9-11 years of web development experience with Java/Kotlin and JavaScript.
• Expertise in AI-native development with generative AI tools.
• Architectural depth with microservices and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of Agile methods like Scrum/Kanban/CI.
• Strong Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL.
• Proficient front-end development and cloud/microservices/containers.
• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or related field.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps, Atlassian Jira/Confluence, Git.
• Experience with test automation.

Responsibilities

• Pioneer an AI-First Development Culture; define AI-First workflows.
• Own the Technical Vision and Architecture for the Discounts platform.
• Lead by example with AI-native coding and rapid prototyping.
• Mentor engineers on prompt engineering and AI tool usage.
• Act as the EM's technical partner to de-risk projects and align plans.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

JavaScript

Frontend development

AI-Native development

Microservices architecture

Agile methodologies

CI/CD

Git

RESTful APIs

PostgreSQL

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering

Tools

Claude/Cursor/Codex

Jira

Confluence

Git

Job description

As the Lead full stack Engineer for our new Insight team, you will pioneer an AI-First engineering culture from the ground up. We are building a team that goes beyond traditional development;

we treat generative AI as a core partner in our creative process. You will be the visionary and principal practitioner who guides the team in this new paradigm of "vibe coding." You will lead the technical strategy for a new business-critical platform, but more importantly, you will mentor the team on how to leverage advanced AI tools to achieve unprecedented development velocity and creativity. You will be the Engineering Manager's key technical partner in building not just a product, but the future of how we build software.

Key Responsibilities:

Pioneer an AI-First Development Culture: You will champion, teach, and define the team's "AI-First" workflow, moving beyond simple autocompletion to using generative AI for full-scale prototyping, test driven development, and complex logic scaffolding.

Own the Technical Vision and Architecture: Drive the technical strategy for the Discounts platform, making key architectural decisions that are both technically sound and optimized for an AI-assisted development process.

Lead by Example with AI-Native Coding: Write exemplary code, demonstrating mastery in using conversational models and AI-integrated environments to solve complex problems faster and more creatively. Job Description for Lead Full stack Engineer

Mentor in the Art of AI-Powered Engineering: Formally mentor the team's engineers on prompt engineering, iterative generation with tools like Claude/Cursor, and how to effectively partner with AI throughout the entire software lifecycle.

Act as the EM's Technical Partner: Serve as the right-hand technical partner to the Engineering Manager, de-risking projects and ensuring the engineering plan is sound and ambitious.

Required Skills:

Proven Technical Leadership: 9-11 years experience from web development, using Java/Kotlin and javascript technologies

Expertise in AI-Native Development: You are a power-user of advanced generative AI tools like Claude, Cursor, or Codex. You don't just use AI for completion; you use it as a creative partner for rapid prototyping, complex refactoring, and generating robust test suites.

Architectural Depth: Proven experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems using a microservices architecture.

Knowledge in Agile development principles, like Scrum, Kanban or Continuous integration.

Good knowledge in Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, React, RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL

Good knowledge in front-end web development

Knowledge in Cloud Platform Services, Microservices architecture and Containers

Bachelors degree in computer engineering or any relevant. Preferred Skills

Experience in working with CI/CD and DevOps

Experience in working with Atlassian Suite (Jira and Confluence)

Experience in working with Git

Experience in test automation Job Description for Senior Fullstack

Engineer Desired personal characteristics To enjoy the role of being an engineer at Arrive it is important that you are responsible, creative and can work independently while maintaining high quality in your deliveries. We also see that you are tech-savvy and stays up to date on new technologies as well as someone who enjoys being social and working in a team.