Lead Software Engineer(.Net + AWS)

Experian; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Experian is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive cloud modernization in Credit & Verification Services. You will lead design, development, and delivery of the Ascend Cloud Foundation Platform, building cloud-native microservices and web apps.

This hybrid role requires travel to Hyderabad office ~40% of the time. You will report to the Director Engineering and guide a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MCA, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of software development experience with 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through full SDLC using Agile (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience aligning engineering initiatives with business objectives and distributed teams.
• Experience delivering secure, high-volume web apps in regulated sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead software delivery within Agile teams, ensuring high-quality solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, design, and deployment.
• Own the technical architecture and drive performance, reliability, and security.
• Champion engineering best practices, automation, DevSecOps, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and stakeholders to translate requirements.
• Facilitate architectural discussions and guide strategic technology decisions.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks to ensure project success.
• Document code, systems, and development processes clearly.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Lead by example to foster innovation and engineering excellence.

Skills

People leadership

Architectural vision

Agile methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud-native design

Mentoring/coaching

Technical decision making

Security & DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket

CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to help drive our cloud modernization journey within Credit & Verification Services. As part of a high-performing engineering team, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of the Ascend Cloud Foundation Platform, building and maintaining cloud-native microservices and web applications using modern technologies and architectural practices.

This is a hybrid role requiring travelling to Hyderabad office 40% of the times per month. You will be #LI-hybrid based in Hyderabad and reporting to Director Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• You will Lead software delivery within Agile teams, ensuring high-quality solutions are delivered on time and aligned with business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, design, development, and deployment of scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions.
• Own the technical architecture and drive decisions that support performance, reliability, security, and long-term scalability.
• You will champion engineering best practices, including clean code, coding standards, automation, DevSecOps, and maintainability.
• Partner with Product, Design, QA, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Facilitate technical discussions and guide decisions that align with architectural standards and strategic technology goals.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Ensure clear and effective documentation of code, systems, architecture, and development processes.
• Drive the development of high-quality, scalable code with a strong focus on minimizing defects.
• Mentor and support engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Lead by example, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MCA, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through the full software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience providing technical direction, aligning engineering initiatives with business objectives, and supporting team performance and engagement.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams across multiple regions and cultures.
• Experience delivering secure, mission-critical, high-volume web applications in regulated environments such as Financial Services, Insurance, or similar industries.
• Experience translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions.
• Experience collaborating with engineers, architects, product teams, and business stakeholders.

Technical Skills

• Experience building scalable APIs and services using C#, , .NET 6+, .NET Core, or .NET Framework within microservices or SOA architectures.
• Experience developing REST, SOAP, and RPC services.
• Knowledge of software architecture and design principles, including Clean Architecture, SOLID principles, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), design patterns, concurrency, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Experience creating and reviewing high-level and low-level solution designs.
• Experience writing clean, secure, and maintainable code, conducting code reviews, and applying security and vulnerability management practices.
• Experience using static code analysis and code quality tools.
• Experience with unit and integration testing using xUnit or NUnit, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), and mocking frameworks.
• Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases, Entity Framework, and data modelling for performance and scalability.
• Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience using Git-based source control tools, including GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Experience creating, maintaining, and reusing engineering frameworks and shared components.
• Experience using Generative AI tools to support software development and testing.
• Experience with Python, Scala, Spark, or other big-data and batch-processing technologies.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud services and cloud-native development practices.
• Experience building event-driven solutions using Kafka, EventBridge, Kinesis, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar messaging technologies.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.

Benefits

Experian cares for employee's work-life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. In support of this endeavor, we offer best-in-class family well-being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.