Lead Software Developer - Java

ABC Financial; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best Life Reimbursement

Calm App subscription

Crèche facility support

Group Mediclaim insurance

Job summary

ABC Fitness in Hyderabad, India, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive design, delivery, and quality of high-impact product initiatives. This role blends deep technical leadership with product thinking and AI-enabled engineering practices to create customer value quickly and reliably.

The Lead Engineer will mentor peers, set engineering standards, and guide the technical direction of their product area, ensuring outcomes align with customer success and business goals.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of professional software engineering experience, including senior-level work.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of modern engineering practices, architecture design, and product development lifecycles.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Passion for mentorship, continuous learning, and improving team effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design, implementation, and decision-making for complex initiatives within the product area.
• Provide technical leadership, guiding architectural decisions and engineering practices.
• Promote simplicity in architecture, design, and implementation.
• Mentor peers through code reviews, pairing, and coaching.
• Contribute to AI-enabled engineering practices and adoption within the team.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Observability

Testing

Mentorship

AI tools

Tools

PHP

React

Job description

Our Values

Best Life We believe great work begins with great people. That’s why our culture is built on respect, trust, and belonging. We create an inclusive environment where every team member can bring their authentic self to work—because diverse perspectives drive innovation and meaningful impact.

Growth Mindset

We are doers, thinkers, and dreamers. At ABC Fitness, your growth is our investment. Through continuous learning, mentorship, and professional development opportunities, we empower you to reach new heights—personally and professionally.

One Team

From day one, you’ll be part of a team that collaborates, celebrates, and cares. We move fast, support one another, and have fun along the way. Because when you thrive, we all thrive.

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

This role requires working from our office 2-3x a week

Job Description Summary

The Lead Software Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for driving the design, delivery, and quality of high-impact product initiatives within their team and product area. This role combines deep technical expertise, product thinking, and AI-enabled engineering practices to help teams deliver customer value quickly, reliably, and sustainably. The Lead Software Engineer acts as a force multiplier within their team, setting standards for engineering excellence, mentoring peers, and helping shape the technical direction of their product area. They ensure engineering decisions and outcomes directly support customer success, business goals, and long-term product evolution.

Leadership & Initiative

• Proactively identifies opportunities for product, engineering, and process improvement within their team and product area.
• Partners closely with Product, Design, and Team Leadership to translate customer and business needs into effective technical solutions.
• Leads technical design, implementation, and decision-making for complex initiatives within their product area.
• Provides technical leadership within the team, helping guide architectural decisions, engineering practices, and technical quality.
• Promotes simplicity in architecture, design, and implementation.

Communication

• Communicates technical concepts, trade-offs, and risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Builds strong working relationships with Product, Design, and Engineering colleagues.
• Shares knowledge through mentoring, pairing, code reviews, technical discussions, and coaching.
• Helps raise the technical capability of the team through guidance, feedback, and example.

Impact

• Takes ownership of solving important customer and business problems within their product area.
• Balances innovation with pragmatic execution, delivering scalable, maintainable, reliable, and performant solutions.
• Champions engineering practices that improve quality, reliability, observability, and maintainability.
• Contributes to continuous improvement of engineering practices within the team.
• Ensures technical decisions support customer outcomes, business objectives, and long-term maintainability.

AI-Enabled Engineering

• Leverages AI-enabled engineering tools and practices to accelerate learning, reduce cognitive load, improve quality, and increase engineering effectiveness.
• Helps the team adopt practical AI-assisted engineering workflows while maintaining security, reliability, and customer trust.
• Contributes to the evolution of ABC Fitness's AI-enabled engineering practices through experimentation, learning, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of professional software engineering experience, including experience operating at a Senior Engineer level or equivalent.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of modern engineering practices, architecture design, and product development lifecycles.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Passion for mentorship, continuous learning, and improving team effectiveness.

Technical Experience

• Strong professional experience developing software in Java.
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in cloud-native environments.
• Experience with modern testing, observability, CI/CD, and software delivery practices.

AI-Enabled Engineering

• Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve productivity, quality, learning, and engineering effectiveness.
• Ability to effectively partner with AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Strong engineering judgment when applying AI-generated solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience with PHP-based systems and applications.
• Experience with React and modern front-end technologies.

Success Indicators

• Consistently delivers high-quality solutions that create measurable customer and business value.
• Demonstrates strong technical leadership within their team.
• Improves quality, maintainability, developer experience, and flow through better engineering practices and technical decisions.
• Helps engineers within the team grow through mentoring, coaching, and technical leadership.
• Actively contributes to the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices that improve team effectiveness and outcomes.
• Acts as a role model for ABC Fitness engineering culture and values.
• Help the team deliver customer value qu

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

Purpose led company with a Values focused culture – Best Life, One Team, Growth Mindset Time Off – competitive PTO plans with 15 Earned accrued leave, 12 days Sick leave, and 12 days Casual leave per year 11 Holidays plus 4 Days of Disconnect – once a quarter, we take a collective breather and enjoy a day off together around the globe.

• Best Life Perk – we are committed to meeting you wherever you are in your fitness journey with a quarterly reimbursement
• Premium Calm App – enjoy tranquility with a Calm App subscription for you and up to 4 dependents over the age of 16
• Support for working women with financial aid towards crèche facility, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for their little ones while they focus on their careers
• #oneteam Group Mediclaim insurance coverage of INR 500,000 for employee + spouse, 2 kids, and parents or parent-in-laws, and including EAP counseling Life Insurance and Personal Accident Insurance

ABC’S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, BELONGING AND INCLUSION:

ABC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We strive to create a workplace where every employee, client, and partner feels valued, inspired, and empowered to reach their full potential. For us, inclusion isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s a business imperative. Learn more at abcfitness.com.

About ABC Fitness

ABC Fitness is the #1 software provider for fitness businesses of any size, all around the world. Supporting 30K clubs, 650K coaches, 40M members, and processing more than $12B in payments every year, ABC Fitness provides scalable, data-driven solutions to simplify club management and engage members and clients. From personal trainers, boutique studios, and gyms, to international franchise health clubs, ABC Fitness will move your business forward through technology and industry insights. Innovation is at the center of everything we do, across ABC Glofox, ABC Ignite, ABC Trainerize, and ABC Evo. Let's make your fitness vision a seamless reality, together. Learn more at abcfitness.com

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Our employees are encouraged to be pro-active in expressing their ideas and contributing to the company’s future. We have achieved this through constant pursuit of new developments and innovations in an exciting team environment. Likewise, ABC contributes to our employees’ futures. In addition to our outstanding employee benefits, employees also receive training on an on-going basis allowing them to develop their strengths and move up in the company.