Software Engineering Lead

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ) in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Client Technology-Engineering-Software Engineering to lead delivery of complex solutions and infrastructure development, aligning design with business and technical requirements.

You will provide advanced technical leadership, drive CI/CD with GitHub and ADO, and apply AI/ML techniques including language models, embeddings, and agentic systems to build scalable software using Kubernetes and Docker.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, IT, mathematics, or related field.
• 10+ years of applied software or platform engineering experience.
• Experience delivering software / platform engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Solves complex aspects of a project, coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting during development.
• Provides advanced technical expertise to maximize efficiency, reliability, and value from current solutions and emerging technologies.
• Develops relationships across Development & Engineering and Architecture teams to engineer leading solutions.
• Leads work groups, ensuring clear expectations, principles, structures, tools and responsibilities.
• Drives consistency in processes, standards, and technology design.

Skills

C#

Java

Python

CI/CD

AI/ML concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT/Mathematics or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub

ADO

Job description

Client Technology-Engineering-Software Engineering

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. 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 management and 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
• Familiarity with 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.

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.

EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi‑disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

Experience Level

Senior Level