Technical Lead

Koch; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch is seeking a Technical Lead, Cloud to join our Information Technology team in Bangalore. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across cloud platform modernization, solution architecture, engineering excellence and AI-enabled innovation.

You will collaborate with Product, Architecture and Engineering stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable solutions while supporting the technical development of the engineering team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in AWS and cloud-native application development.
• Hands-on experience with Python, APIs, and modern application architectures.
• Experience driving architecture decisions, modernization initiatives, and engineering standards.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, terraform, AWS CDK, observability, automation, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical design discussions for Horizon HQ initiatives.
• Drive cloud-native modernization, operational excellence, and engineering best practices.
• Establish standards for development, CI/CD, observability, security, and platform reliability.
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with business outcomes.
• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering capabilities, including GitHub Copilot, Generative AI, and automation opportunities.
• Identify and resolve technical risks, roadblocks, and architectural challenges.
• Champion a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, collaboration, and PBM-based decision making

Skills

Cloud architecture leadership

AWS cloud expertise

Python development

CI/CD

Mentoring engineers

AI-enabled development

Stakeholder influence

Architecture decisions

Team leadership

Tools

AWS

Terraform

AWS CDK

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Koch is seeking a Technical Lead, Cloud to join our Information Technology team in Bangalore. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across cloud platform modernisation, solution architecture, engineering excellence and AI-enabled innovation. You will collaborate with Product, Architecture and Engineering stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable and business-focused solutions while supporting the technical development of the engineering team.

Our Team

You will be part of the KAES-KMT team supporting the Horizon HQ organisation. The team develops and supports applications for Koch businesses and partners with global stakeholders to modernise platforms, strengthen engineering capabilities and deliver technology solutions aligned with business outcomes.

What You Will Do

• Lead architecture and technical design discussions for Horizon HQ initiatives.
• Drive cloud-native modernization, operational excellence, and engineering best practices.
• Establish standards for development, CI/CD, observability, security, and platform reliability.
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and business stakeholders to align technology investments with business outcomes.
• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive adoption of modern engineering capabilities, including GitHub Copilot, Generative AI, and automation opportunities.
• Identify and resolve technical risks, roadblocks, and architectural challenges.
• Champion a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, collaboration, and PBM-based decision making

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in AWS and cloud-native application development.
• Hands-on experience with Python, APIs, and modern application architectures, server less & event driven architecture is a plus.
• Experience driving architecture decisions, modernization initiatives, and engineering standards.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, terraform, AWS CDK, observability, automation, and production support.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders, mentor engineers, and lead cross-functional initiatives.
• and AI-assisted software development is a plus

What Will Put You Ahead

• Lead key modernization and transformation initiatives within AWS / Azure cloud & AI-enabled solutions.
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Elevate engineering practices and technical capabilities across the team.
• Strengthen collaboration across Horizon HQ, KMT, Architecture, and Product teams.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement through modern engineering and AI-enabled solutions

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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