Senior Lead Engineer - Airtel Digital

Airtel; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtel Digital is seeking a Senior Lead Engineer to lead a team building and maintaining high quality software applications for a broad customer base in India. You will design, implement, and own backend services, APIs, and data pipelines at internet scale, with an emphasis on reliability, security, and performance.

You will collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to deliver end-to-end features, drive DevOps practices, and push product capabilities forward using modern

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or comparable experience.
• Strong coding and design capabilities across modern backend languages.
• Experience with backend services and microservices architecture.
• Experience with distributed data pipelines and real-time data processing.

Responsibilities

• Build Internet-Scale Systems and backend services for millions of daily users with high throughput and low latency.
• Own secure, modular APIs integrating across apps, web, and partner channels.
• Work with event-driven systems and real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Redis, etc.).
• Ensure fault tolerance, auto-scaling, and high availability with observability and incident management.
• Collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to design scalable solutions.
• Write clean, testable code and drive CI/CD with automated testing.
• Embed security by design, encryption and IAM in backend systems.
• Experiment with modern frameworks, AI/ML integrations, streaming and graph DBs.
• Deliver features end-to-end from design to production with measurable impact.

Skills

Java/Go/Scala/Node.js

Distributed systems

Databases: SQL/NoSQL

Caching: Redis/Memcached

Messaging: Kafka/RabbitMQ

System design

Ownership & problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Computer Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Senior Lead Engineer - Airtel Digital

About the Role

To contribute and lead a team of enthusiastic individuals to the building and maintenance of high quality software applications and cater superior experience to our customers on a scale.

Responsibilities

1. Build Internet-Scale Systems Design and develop backend services that support millions of daily users with high throughput and low latency.
2. Microservices & APIs Own secure, modular, and reusable APIs that integrate seamlessly across app, web, and partner channels.
3. Distributed Data Engineering Work with event-driven systems, caching strategies, and real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Redis, etc.).
4. Performance & Reliability Ensure fault tolerance, auto-scaling, and five-nines availability through strong observability and incident management.
5. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with product managers and frontend engineers to design scalable solutions aligned to customer journeys.
6. Code Quality & CI/CD Write clean, testable code, and drive DevOps practices with automated testing and continuous delivery pipelines.
7. Security by Design – Embed encryption, identity access management, and compliance into all backend systems.
8. Innovation at Scale – Experiment with modern frameworks, AI/ML integrations, streaming, and graph databases to push product capabilities forward.
9. End-to-End Ownership – Deliver features from design to production rollout, measuring real customer and business impact.

Skills & Experience

• Strong coding skills in Java, Go, Scala, or Node.js with solid understanding of object oriented and functional programming.
• Experience with distributed systems, high-volume APIs, and real-time data pipelines.
• Hands-on with databases (SQL + NoSQL), caching layers (Redis/Memcached), and messaging queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Strong grasp of system design, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Mindset of ownership, problem-solving, and impact delivery rather than just coding tasks.

Why Airtel Digital?

• Build systems that millions use daily — your code is never invisible.
• Work with cutting-edge cloud and AI tech in real business scenarios.
• Join a fast, metrics-driven team where engineers influence product strategy.

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computers Engineering or comparable experience.