Senior Software Engineer

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY India is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead delivery of solution or infrastructure development for large projects, applying strong technical capabilities and hands-on experience. You will drive design, development, delivery and maintenance of solutions in line with standards and business needs.

You will collaborate with Development, Engineering and Architecture teams, provide technical leadership, and ensure compliant, scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT/Math or related field.
• More than 10 years of applied experience.
• Experience in software/platform engineering or similar roles.
• Strong knowledge of modern development practices.

Responsibilities

• Solves complex project aspects, coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting.
• Provides advanced technical expertise to maximize efficiency, reliability and value from current solutions, infrastructure and emerging technologies.
• Develops strong working relationships with peers across Development & Engineering and Architecture teams, collaborating to develop and engineer leading solutions.
• Provides a leadership role for the work group, ensuring the appropriate expectations, principles, structures, tools and responsibilities are in place to deliver the project.
• Drives consistency to the relevant processes, procedures, standards, technical design whilst supporting the definition, maintenance and implementation of technology standard.

Skills

C#/Java/Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IT/Math

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub

ADO

Job description

Client Technology-Engineering-Software Engineering At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

Leads the delivery of solution or infrastructure development services for a large or more complex project, using strong technical capabilities and outstanding hands-on experience! Takes accountability for the design, development, delivery and maintenance of solutions or infrastructure, driving compliance with and contributing to the development of relevant standards Fully understands business and user requirements and ensures design specifications meet the requirements from a business and technical perspective

Your key responsibilities

• Solves complex and escalated aspects of a project, performing coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the development process
• Provides advanced technical expertise to maximize efficiency, reliability and value from current solutions, infrastructure and emerging technologies, showing technical leadership and identifying and implementing continuous improvement plans
• Develops strong working relationships with peers across Development & Engineering and Architecture teams, collaborating to develop and engineer leading solutions
• Provides a leadership role for the work group, ensuring the appropriate expectations, principles, structures, tools and responsibilities are in place to deliver the project
• Drives consistency to the relevant processes, procedures, standards, technical design whilst supporting the definition, maintenance and implementation of technology standard

Skills and attributes for success

• Advanced technical proficiency in designing, developing, and debugging solutions
• Advanced knowledge of one or more of:C#/Java or Python
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, Mathematics, or related field preferred
• More than 10 years applied experience
• Significant relevant experience in either an internal or external software or platform engineering role, or similar
• Technical knowledge and experience in delivering software / platform engineering solutions (depending on specialism), providing comprehensive technical advice and handling user requirements
• CI/CD delivery using code management, configuration managementand automation tools such as GitHub, ADO
• Proficiency in fine-tuning language models for specific tasks, including text generation, summarization, or question answering
• Knowledge of embedding models and their application in NLP tasks like similarity matching, clustering, and information retrieval
• Familiaritywith designing and implementing agentic systems that combine AI models with external tools or environments for autonomous decision-making
• Ability to design robust evaluation frameworks for AI models and agents, including metrics development, A/B testing, and performance benchmarking
• Ideally, you’ll also Microsoft/Google/AWS certificates
• Delivery using modern methodologies
• Significant proven experience in building application using container-orchestration systems like Kubernetes, and container engines like Docker

What we look for

A self-starter, independent-thinker, curious and creative person with ambition and passion

What we offer

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more . Are you ready to shape your future with confidence?

To help create an equitable and inclusive experience during the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible about any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need.

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Experience Level

Senior Level