Lead Software Engineer

Woodside Energy India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Annual leave

Provident Fund

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Woodside Global Solutions in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive the full development lifecycle across the stack, mentor teams, and shape scalable, secure software platforms. You will lead complex features, set engineering standards, and partner with product teams to deliver high-impact solutions in a dynamic environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding, technical leadership, and continuous improvement, with a focus on quality, performance, and secure-by-design practices in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• AWS Developer and AWS Solutions Architect certifications are desirable.
• Postgraduate qualifications (e.g. Master’s) are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, and evolve complex applications across languages, cloud services, and platforms.
• Champion software quality through code reviews, testing, and preventing regressions.
• Act as technical steward: set code standards, ensure consistency, own critical components.
• Lead solution design, document decisions, and evaluate cost, scalability, and performance trade-offs.
• Lead security-by-design reviews and ensure security maturity of systems.
• Decompose complex requirements into implementable tasks.
• Drive production discussions with engineers and stakeholders to influence direction.
• Evaluate new technologies and contribute to platform patterns.

Skills

10+ years experience

Full-stack web

Typescript

React

Node.js

AWS serverless

API Gateway

AppSync

Lambda

DynamoDB

Aurora

RESTful API

GraphQL

Git & CI/CD

Architecture reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering

AWS Developer Certification

AWS Solutions Architect Certification

Postgraduate qualifications (advantageous)

Tools

Github

Github Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

We are a global energy company, providing reliable and affordable energy to help people lead better lives. Join our team at Woodside Global Solutions in Bengaluru where talent, digital expertise, and operational excellence converge to solve complex energy challenges, accelerate change, and reimagine business capabilities to support Woodside's global operations and our role in the energy transition.

Founded in 1954, Woodside established the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in Australia 40 years ago and supplies customers around the globe. 70 years on, Woodside continues to be driven by a spirit of innovation and determination.

At Woodside, we know great results come from our people feeling valued, getting the support they need to reach their full potential and working in a psychologically and physically safe work environment. We believe in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement.

Refer to our corporate website for more information about our different locations and projects: What We Do

About Woodside Global Solutions

Woodside Global Solutions in Bengaluru is being built as a hub of excellence, to drive innovation, digital transformation, and global collaboration.

Working as one Global team, the Woodside Digital team is a trusted partner driving transformation within the organisation. We are bold in our ambitions and resolute in our actions. Through cutting-edge AI, robust cyber security, and advanced data solutions we drive innovation and influence every part of our business.

We are looking for talented professionals who are passionate about technology and eager to make a global impact, helping to shape the future of Woodside together.

About the role

The Lead Software Engineer is a highly capable technical leader across the full development lifecycle (requirements to operation) and entire technology stack (front-end user interface to the back-end data access patterns). They lead teams by example to deliver value from complex and ambiguous requirements, set a high bar for engineering quality, and influence technical outcomes beyond their immediate work. They lead software design and implementation of significant features or whole systems, mentor others through example, and take accountability for the long term health, security, and performance of software platforms.

This role is agile team based and requires both leadership and expert level hands‑on coding skills. They will be a problem solver, an expert coder, a mentor of others and someone passionate about driving continuous improvement and quality in a dynamic product environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the team in design, build, and evolution of complex applications and platforms across multiple languages, cloud services and platforms.
• Champion software quality by holding a high bar in code reviews, testing practices, and prevention of regressions.
• Act as a technical steward by setting and enforcing code standards, maintaining consistency, and owning critical components or services.
• Lead solution design for domains or systems, evaluating trade offs in cost, scalability, performance, and requirements, documenting solutions, providing clarity where it is lacking.
• Lead secure by design reviews and ensuring the team’s security maturity and overall system safety.
• Actively lead the decomposition of complex problems/requirements into implementable work tasks.
• Lead operations related discussions with other software engineers and stakeholders to influence product or technical direction based on system behaviours in production.
• Provide structured evaluation of new technologies and contribute to platform patterns and ways of working.

Skills & Experience

Required Experience / Essential Skills

• Typically, 10+ years of experience in software engineering roles after formal academic studies with senior engineering experience including formally mentoring other developers
• Expert proficiency as a full‑stack web developer in Typescript, React, Node.js, HTML, CSS and front‑end build tools and bundlers (npm, Vite, Webpack).
• Expert proficiency in designing and provisioning AWS cloud native solutions. This must be in cloud native serverless technologies (not just EC2 and containers) using such services as API Gateway, AppSync, Lambda, S3, SNS+SQS, DynamoDB, Aurora etc. There is no hand‑off for infrastructure as code (Cloudformation, CDK) to other teams - your product team does it all!
• Data modelling and database design of both AWS SQL and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Aurora, PostgreSQL RDS).
• High proficiency in RESTful and GraphQL API design with examples of design leadership provided.
• High proficiency with Git branching and conflict resolution. Experience managing Github repositories and establishing CI/CD workflows. You will have led creating Github Actions pipeline previously.
• Demonstrated prior responsibility for software architecture, ability to provide commentary in architecture reviews, security practices, performance optimization techniques, operational support.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, ability to handle multiple priorities and construct work of others.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Relevant professional certifications are highly desirable, such AWS Developer and Solution Architect.
• Postgraduate qualifications (e.g. Master's degree) are advantageous, particularly where they support the design and development of software solutions.

Recognition & Reward

• What you can expect from us:
• Commitment to your ongoing development, including on the job opportunities and formal programs
• Inclusive parental leave entitlements for both parents
• Values led culture
• Flexible work options
• Generous annual leave, sick leave and casual leave
• Cultural and religious leave with flexible public holiday opportunities
• A competitive remuneration package featuring performance‑based incentives with uncapped Employer Provident Fund

Woodside is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture, which is supported by our Values. Inclusion centres on all employees creating a climate of trust and belonging, where people feel comfortable to bring their whole self to work. We also offer supportive pathways for all employees to grow and develop leadership