Regional Engineering Lead

Persistent Systems; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Flexible hours

Long Service awards

Higher education & certifications

Insurance coverage

Job summary

Persistent Systems is seeking a Regional Engineering Lead to architect and scale the regional on-prem orchestration layer for a distributed AI platform. You will design reliable backend services enabling secure communication, fleet coordination, policy enforcement, and task routing across multiple environments.

The role requires 10–12 years of backend software experience, strong microservices expertise, and proficiency with REST/gRPC and cloud-native patterns.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10–12 years of software engineering experience with backend systems.
• Experience designing microservices architectures.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience with REST and gRPC APIs.
• TLS/mTLS for secure communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of regional backend services for distributed orchestration.
• Build scalable microservices for registry, policy, routing, and task dispatch.
• Define secure communications between devices and services.
• Drive Kubernetes-based deployment and operations readiness.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices.

Skills

Backend development

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

REST/gRPC

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Consul

etcd

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Regional Engineering Lead to design, develop, and scale the regional/on-premises orchestration layer for a distributed AI platform. This role will be responsible for building highly reliable backend services that enable secure communication, fleet coordination, policy enforcement, task routing, and orchestration across multiple devices and execution environments. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in Golang, microservices architecture, cloud-native technologies, and distributed systems while driving engineering excellence and technical leadership across cross-functional teams.

• Role: Regional Engineering Lead - AI Platform
• Experience: 10 to 12 Years
• Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of regional backend services for distributed orchestration platforms.
• Build and maintain scalable microservices for registry, policy management, trust management, routing, task dispatch, monitoring, and result aggregation.
• Design secure and reliable communication frameworks between devices, PC components, and regional services.
• Implement service discovery, health monitoring, heartbeat management, failover strategies, and fault-tolerant mechanisms.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, mobile, PC, QA, and integration teams to ensure seamless end-to-end interoperability.
• Drive Kubernetes-based deployment, scaling, configuration management, and operational readiness.
• Conduct technical reviews and provide architectural guidance to engineering teams.
• Establish engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes.
• Optimize system performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Own technical delivery and execution of critical platform initiatives.
• Support platform observability, troubleshooting, and production incident management.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to the overall technical growth of the team.

Expertise You'll Bring:

• 10 to 12 years of experience in software engineering with strong expertise in backend system development.
• Exposure to Rust programming is an added advantage.
• Strong experience designing and implementing microservices-based architectures.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native platform engineering principles.
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs and gRPC services.
• Strong knowledge of API-first architecture and service-oriented design patterns.
• Experience working with service discovery, registry, configuration management, and distributed coordination tools such as Consul or etcd.
• Practical experience implementing secure communication using TLS/mTLS.
• Strong understanding of X.509 certificate-based authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Excellent knowledge of distributed systems, high availability, resiliency patterns, retry mechanisms, and fault tolerance.
• Experience with observability tools, monitoring platforms, logging frameworks, and performance analysis.
• Exposure to AI orchestration platforms, agentic workflows, task routing, workflow engines, or distributed AI execution environments.
• Experience with fleet management or device management platforms is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

Let's unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers

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