Technical Lead

Intellect Design Arena Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellect Design Arena Ltd is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead - Python to guide our engineering team in building robust, scalable cloud-native applications. You will lead Python development, manage deployments on OpenShift and Azure, ensure security, and leverage AI-assisted development tools to boost productivity and innovation.

The role demands 8–12 years of software engineering experience, strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, with excellent

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Python (core concepts including decorators and advanced features).
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• Strong experience in building RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
• Expertise in microservices architecture and containerization (Docker).
• Experience with Kubernetes / ECS and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of system design and scalability patterns.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and/or re-engineer highly complex application components, and integrate software packages, programs and reusable objects residing on multiple platforms.
• As part of a dedicated, agile team, you will be responsible for performing product development based on Agile methodologies & participate in requirements / user story analysis and design.
• Complete activities related to the assigned user stories based on priority.
• Conduct appropriate unit and module testing. Detect report, investigate and fix defects in the application (production support).
• Work effectively in collaboration with other team members - as well as other support functions when required.
• Continued focus on improving the producta pplications.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

AI-assisted development tools

AWS

Azure

OpenShift

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Intellect Design Arena Ltd is a global leader in enterprise-grade financial technology, providing cloud-native, composable, and intelligent platforms to progressive financial institutions worldwide. Operating extensively across the Middle East with an established and rapidly growing presence in the region's premier financial hubs, we empower leading Islamic, regional, and tier-one institutions

Driven by design thinking and first principles, our flagship architectures- including eMACH.ai, Purple Fabric, and iTurmeric-enable enable rapid modular adoption and intelligent, high-efficiency workflows tailored to the evolving digital and regulatory needs of Middle Eastern banking. At Intellect, we blend deep domain expertise with cutting-edge tech to drive digital transformation, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth for the future of regional finance. Join us to build the next generation of global fintech

Role: Tech Lead - Python, Fast API, Agentic AI,AWS

Experience: 9+ Years

Key Summary:

We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead - Python with strong expertise in Python,Fast API and to join our engineering team.

In this role, you will lead Python development, manage cloud deployments on OpenShift and Azure, ensure robust application security, and leverage modern AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Cursor) to drive productivity and innovation.

Requirement: Tech Lead-Python

Technical Requirements

• 8-12 years of experience in software engineering
• Strong expertise in Python (core concepts including decorators and advanced features)
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure
• Strong experience in building RESTful APIs and distributed systems
• Expertise in microservices architecture and containerization (Docker)
• Experience with Kubernetes / ECS and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of system design and scalability patterns
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Proven ability to own and drive projects independently

Good to Have

• Exposure to observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, etc.)
• Experience in AI/ML or LLM-based systems
• Knowledge of multi-cloud architectures

Role& Responsibilities

• Design, develop and/or re-engineer highly complex application components, and integrate software packages, programs and reusable objects residing on multiple platforms.
• .As part of a dedicated, agile team, you will be responsible for performing product development based on Agile methodologies & participate in requirements / user story analysis and design.
• Complete activities related to the assigned user stories based on priority.
• Conduct appropriate unit and module testing. Detect report, investigate and fix defects in the application (production support).
• Work effectively in collaboration with other team members - as well as other support functions when required.
• Continued focus on improving the product\applications.