Lead Software Engineer - Camunda

EPAM Systems; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Bengaluru seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own Camunda 8 architecture and drive end-to-end BPM migration across defined complexity tiers. You will coordinate security models, integrations, process design, and parallel-run cutovers with internal stakeholders and vendors, while enforcing engineering standards and quality metrics across the Development POD.

Deep Camunda 8 knowledge (Zeebe, Operate, Tasklist, Connectors), BPMN/DMN skills, and a track record of enterprise delivery

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of end-to-end software engineering experience.
• Proven enterprise delivery experience with Camunda 8.
• Strong leadership and ability to drive technical discussions with client architecture boards.
• Demonstrated migration leadership moving legacy BPM platforms to Camunda using parallel-run cutover patterns.
• Advanced Camunda 8 platform knowledge across Zeebe, Operate, Tasklist, and Connectors.
• Solid understanding of BPMN 2.0, DMN/FEEL, and Camunda Forms.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the target Camunda 8 solution architecture for in-scope processes aligned to the Logical Data Model and ABAC/PBAC access control model
• Implement and enforce Camunda engineering standards, quality metrics, and best practices across the Development POD
• Deliver complexity-tiered migration execution across AI-assisted generation, draft-plus-manual redesign, and full REST-based redesign
• Plan and validate the parallel-run and cutover strategy per process including routing, shared integration layer, and decommission triggers
• Partner with the third-party vendor responsible for Camunda platform and infrastructure setup to align application-layer and platform-layer design
• Verify integration points with existing REST APIs via the Integration Layer in collaboration with the API team
• Own the reference data migration approach for process definitions, DMN tables, forms, business dictionaries, and lookup tables
• Manage and resolve cross-team technical dependencies between the Development POD, Solution Architecture, and the Service Store
• Support UAT technical validation and defect resolution and provide input to runbooks and knowledge transfer to BPM Admins and IT Operations
• Contribute to backlog sizing and complexity assessment using defined criteria such as steps, integrations, rules complexity, and data model complexity

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

Camunda 8

Enterprise delivery

Stakeholder coordination

BPMN 2.0

DMN/FEEL

Parallel-run cutover

Tools

Camunda 8

Zeebe

Operate

Tasklist

Connectors

REST APIs

Job description

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead Camunda 8 architecture ownership and execute end-to-end BPM migration delivery across defined complexity tiers. You will coordinate security models, integrations, process design, and parallel-run cutovers with internal stakeholders and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the target Camunda 8 solution architecture for in-scope processes aligned to the Logical Data Model and ABAC/PBAC access control model
• Implement and enforce Camunda engineering standards, quality metrics, and best practices across the Development POD
• Deliver complexity-tiered migration execution across AI-assisted generation, draft-plus-manual redesign, and full REST-based redesign
• Plan and validate the parallel-run and cutover strategy per process including routing, shared integration layer, and decommission triggers
• Partner with the third-party vendor responsible for Camunda platform and infrastructure setup to align application-layer and platform-layer design
• Verify integration points with existing REST APIs via the Integration Layer in collaboration with the API team
• Own the reference data migration approach for process definitions, DMN tables, forms, business dictionaries, and lookup tables
• Manage and resolve cross-team technical dependencies between the Development POD, Solution Architecture, and the Service Store
• Support UAT technical validation and defect resolution and provide input to runbooks and knowledge transfer to BPM Admins and IT Operations
• Contribute to backlog sizing and complexity assessment using defined criteria such as steps, integrations, rules complexity, and data model complexity

Requirements

• End-to-end software engineering experience spanning 10-15 years
• Proven enterprise delivery experience with Camunda 8
• Strong capability in team leadership and facilitating technical discussions with client architecture boards
• Demonstrated migration leadership moving legacy BPM platforms to Camunda using parallel-run cutover patterns
• Advanced Camunda 8 platform knowledge across Zeebe, Operate, Tasklist, and Connectors
• Solid understanding of BPMN 2.0, DMN/FEEL, and Camunda Forms

Nice to have

• TIBCO BPM migration experience
• Experience with OIDC providers such as Microsoft Entra ID or Okta in Camunda contexts
• Working knowledge of Camunda deployment architecture including HA and PostgreSQL as secondary storage