Lead Technical Architect

dentsu; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Merkle’s DGS India – Mumbai location is seeking an experienced software engineer to guide development, ensure timely delivery, and improve processes. You will contribute across the full software development lifecycle, and mentor engineers while integrating new technologies.

Expect hands-on work with Java/Node/Python, Azure cloud, microservices, REST, Docker, CI/CD, Kafka and GraphQL tools. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the entire software development cycle – requirements analysis, design, development, unit testing and documentation.
• Responsible for long-term code reusability and stability.
• Proactively identifies security, usability issues and formulates resolution strategies.
• Works independently with a broader project overview.
• Takes ownership of delivering complex application features and resolves key technical issues.
• Follows estimation processes and provides accurate personal estimates.
• Delivers required software features with timely, quality delivery.
• Delivers training and supports knowledge sharing.
• Mentors new software engineers in the team.
• Integrates recent technologies.

Skills

Java

Node JS

Python

Azure

SOLID principles

TDD or BDD

Unit tests

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Cloud design

Kafka

Docker

CI/CD

JIRA

Git

GitHub

Tools

NestJS

Jest

Webpack

Grafana

Loki

Terraform

CloudFormation

Airflow

ApolloGraph

Job description

The purpose of this role is to provide technical guidance and suggest improvements in development processes. Develop required software features, achieving timely delivery in compliance with the performance and quality standards of the company.

Job Description

• Participates in the entire software development cycle - requirements’ analysis, design and development, unit testing and documentation.

• Responsible for long-term code reusability and stability

• Proactively identifies security, usability etc. issues and formulates strategies to resolve them.

• Works independently, without guidance, with broader overview on the project

• Takes ownership of the delivery of complex application features and resolves key technical issues related to the assigned project.

• Complies with estimation process and is responsible for accurate personal estimates.

• Develops required software features, achieving timely and quality delivery.

• Delivers training and participates in knowledge sharing.

• Mentors’ new software engineers in the team

• Integrates recent technologies.

• Must Have

• Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience

• Expertise with building components/ Services using Java/Node JS/Python

• Expertise in building Agentic workflows on Azure

• Expertise with Schema design and dimensional modelling, Optimizing data warehouse performance.

• Experience in leading code reviews.

• Demonstrate understanding of SOLID principles.

• Demonstrate understanding of TDD or BDD.

• Good knowledge and experience of writing good unit tests.

• Good implementation design using cloud (Azure)

• Microservices architecture, RESTful Webservices, NoSQL & SQL

• Exposure towards Docker &containerization, CI/CD pipeline design & build

• Event driven architecture, Kafka.

• Use of tools such as JIRA, Git, GitHub

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to lead discussion and solve problems for the dev team

• Ability to manage expectations of Product/Business teams in terms of prioritizing quality, aligning to the strategic vision

• Provide guidance on inline technical documentation

• Good to have

• Experience in AWS or GCP

• Experience in GraphQL tools such as ApolloGraph or Wundergraph.

• Experience with Serverless.

• Experience in Terraform/Cloud Formation

• Tools like Babel, Webpack, NestJS, Jest, Lint, Helm to support build of Node applications.

• Experience in orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow

• Experience with troubleshooting using Grafana / Loki.

Location

DGS India - Mumbai - Thane Ashar IT Park

Brand

Merkle

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent