Tech Lead - AWS

Rhythm Innovations, Inc.; Khordha; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhythm Innovations, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead - AWS to design and develop cloud-native applications while guiding a small team through the full software lifecycle.

You will personally write production code, design architectures, and set coding standards for AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and Glue. You will collaborate with product managers and fellow engineers to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions, lead design reviews, and mentor

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6+ years of software development with 2+ years in technical leadership.
• Hands-on AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Glue).
• Proficient in Python, Node.js (TypeScript), or Java with production systems.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of IaC and CI/CD tooling; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services, APIs, and data pipelines on AWS.
• Lead a small engineering team and set technical direction and standards.
• Translate requirements into detailed technical designs and architecture.
• Mentor engineers on AWS best practices and secure coding.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and IaC for deployments.
• Drive design reviews, performance improvements, and reliability initiatives.

Skills

AWS

Leadership

Python/Node/Java

REST APIs

CI/CD

IaC

Security

Data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

CloudFormation

CDK

Terraform

Lambda

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Bhubaneswar, India | Posted on 07/21/2026

At Rhythm, our values form the foundation of our business. We are passionate about customer success, innovation, and our employees. They guide our actions, decisions, and interactions, ensuring that we consistently make a positive impact on the world around us.

Job Description

Company Overview

Rhythm Innovations is an innovative startup specializing in fleetrisk management. We are committed to driving customer delight throughinnovative solutions and a customer-centric approach. As we continue to grow.

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Tech Lead - AWS to design and developcloud-native applications and integration solutions, while guiding a small teamof engineers through the full software development lifecycle. This role is bestsuited to someone who wants to stay close to the code and the design table, notjust the roadmap: you will personally write production code, design solutionarchitecture for new features, and set the technical direction and codingstandards that the rest of the team follows on AWS.

You will work closely with product managers, architects, andfellow engineers to translate business requirements into well-designed,scalable, and maintainable AWS solutions, using services such as Lambda, APIGateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and Glue.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design anddevelop backend services, APIs, and data pipelines on AWS, writingproduction-grade code in Python, Node.js, or Java as a hands-on contributor(targeting roughly 60-70% hands-on coding/design, balanced with technicalleadership).
• Translatebusiness and product requirements into detailed technical designs, includingAPI contracts, data models, sequence diagrams, and component-levelarchitecture.
• Lead thedesign of serverless and event-driven solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway,Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, and SNS.
• Design andimplement data storage and processing solutions using Amazon S3, RDS(PostgreSQL/MySQL/Aurora), DynamoDB, and AWS Glue for ETL/ELT workloads.
• Owntechnical design decisions for a squad/pod: evaluate trade-offs, documentdesign options, and drive design reviews to consensus.
• Conductthorough code reviews, enforce coding standards, and champion clean, testable,well-documented code across the team.
• Break downepics into technical tasks, estimate effort, and guide sprint planning inpartnership with the engineering manager and product owner.
• Mentor andcoach engineers on AWS best practices, secure coding, performance optimization,and design patterns.
• Build andmaintain CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions) to supportfrequent, reliable, low-risk deployments.
• Implementinfrastructure-as-code using AWS CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform, and reviewIaC changes proposed by the team.
• Design forsecurity and compliance from the outset: IAM least-privilege roles, VPC networkdesign, encryption at rest and in transit, and secrets management.
• Set upmonitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch, X-Ray) to proactively catchperformance and reliability issues, and lead root-cause analysis on productionincidents.
• Troubleshootand resolve complex production issues across the stack, acting as an escalationpoint for the team.
• Continuouslyevaluate new AWS services and features, and recommend adoption where theysimplify design or reduce cost.
• Collaboratewith QA to define testing strategy (unit, integration, load) for new designsand features.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor'sdegree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or arelated field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 6+ years ofprofessional software development experience, including at least 2 years in atechnical leadership or lead-developer capacity.
• Strong,hands-on development experience with AWS services, particularly Lambda, APIGateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and Glue, in production environments.
• Expert-levelproficiency in at least one of Python, Node.js (TypeScript), or Java, with atrack record of designing and shipping production systems.
• Provenexperience designing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures, including API versioning, authentication (OAuth2/JWT), and API gateway patterns.
• Solidunderstanding of relational and NoSQL database design, indexing, and queryoptimization (RDS and DynamoDB).
• Hands-onexperience with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform) andCI/CD tooling.
• Experienceconducting code reviews, setting technical standards, and mentoring engineersof varying seniority.
• Comfortableowning technical designs end-to-end: from requirement discussions throughdesign documentation, implementation, and production support.
• Strongcommunication skills, able to explain technical trade-offs clearly to bothengineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• AWSCertified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional or AWS CertifiedDeveloper – Associate (or equivalent hands-on experience).
• Experiencewith containerized workloads (ECS, Fargate, or EKS) is a plus.
• Exposure toApache Kafka, Apache Spark, or real-time streaming architectures is a plus.
• Familiaritywith data governance and compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2) is a plus.

What We Offer

• A hands-onleadership role with real influence over technical design and team practices ata growing startup.
• Collaborativeand dynamic work environment.
• Professionalgrowth and development opportunities.