Lead Technical Architect (Fullstack + Agentic AI)

dentsuaegis; Mumbai, Thane; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Merkle in Mumbai is seeking a senior software engineer to guide development and deliver complex features with high quality. You will prototype and implement components using Java, Node.js, or Python, leveraging Azure and microservice patterns.

Responsibilities include leading code reviews, mentoring engineers, and ensuring robust testing and secure, scalable designs across data warehouses and APIs.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of software development experience in enterprise projects.
• Proven expertise in Java/Node.js/Python and cloud AI/analytics workloads.
• Strong understanding of SOLID principles and TDD/BDD practices.
• Experience with microservices, RESTful APIs, and data stores (NoSQL/SQL).
• Proficiency in Azure cloud services and secure coding.
• Experience leading code reviews and architecture discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex features with quality and on-time bias.
• Define and enforce coding standards, design reviews and architecture choices.
• Mentor engineers and drive knowledge sharing across teams.
• Implement scalable data pipelines and service components in microservices.
• Ensure robust testing with unit tests and test-driven approaches.
• Collaborate with Product/Business teams to align priorities and quality.

Skills

Java

Node.js

Python

Azure

SOLID

TDD/BDD

Unit tests

RESTful

NoSQL

SQL

Git

JIRA

GitHub

Communication

Leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Grafana

Airflow

Terraform

CloudFormation

Babel

Webpack

NestJS

Jest

Lint

Helm

Apache Airflow

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

Roles & Responsibilities

• 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