Technical Lead

Simplify Alpha; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Simplify Alpha is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive design and development of highly available distributed systems on AWS using Go, Python, and Node.js, running on Kubernetes platforms such as EKS and OpenShift. You will set technical direction for a team and work closely with product and client stakeholders.

You will mentor engineers, lead automation efforts across CI/CD, and own key infrastructure decisions to ensure resilient, well-tested systems in production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS, Eng, or related field.
• 8–10 years in software engineering with distributed systems emphasis.
• Expert Go and Python; strong Node.js experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of distributed, high-availability systems.
• Define technical direction and engineering best practices for the team.
• Own AWS infrastructure decisions for scalability, cost, security, and resilience.
• Drive automation across CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, testing, and operations.
• Lead technical design reviews and set coding and architecture standards.
• Mentor engineers and guide their technical growth.
• Collaborate with senior leads to drive delivery efficiency and technology excellence.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools and technologies where they add clear value.

Skills

Go

Python

Node.js

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Distributed systems

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

OpenShift

Kafka

SQS/SNS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

EKS

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to drive design and development of complex, highly available, distributed systems on AWS using Go, Python, and Node.js, running on Kubernetes-based platforms such as EKS and OpenShift. You will set technical direction for a team, drive an automation-first engineering culture, and act as a hands‑on technical leader who partners with product and client stakeholders to turn requirements into resilient, well-tested systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of complex, distributed, high-availability systems in Go, Python, and Node.js
• Define technical approach and engineering best practices for the team
• Own key AWS infrastructure decisions covering scalability, cost, security, and resilience across container orchestration platforms (EKS, OpenShift) and serverless/compute services
• Drive automation strategy across CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, testing, and operations
• Lead technical design reviews and set coding and architecture standards
• Mentor engineers and guide their technical growth
• Collaborating with senior leads to drive delivery efficiency and technology excellence
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements
• Evaluate and introduce new tools and technologies where they add clear value

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
• 8–10 years of software engineering experience, with significant depth in distributed systems
• Expert-level proficiency in Go and Python, with strong working proficiency in Node.js for polyglot service environments
• Deep hands‑on expertise with AWS architecture and services, including container orchestration on EKS
• Hands‑on experience running and operating workloads on Red Hat OpenShift as an enterprise Kubernetes platform
• Proven experience designing and scaling automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible)
• Strong grasp of distributed systems fundamentals: consistency models, fault tolerance, service mesh, messaging systems (Kafka, SQS/SNS), and data partitioning
• Experience leading technical projects or small teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for working with cross‑functional and client stakeholders