Technical Lead

aQb Solutions Pvt Ltd; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

aQb Solutions Pvt Ltd in Kolkata is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to design, build, and scale modern software systems. You will own technical decisions end-to-end — from architecture and design to production — while guiding teams through strong technical leadership and best practices.

The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguous problems, balances business needs with technical trade-offs, and delivers scalable, future-ready systems using microservices, serverless, and cloud-native approaches.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in system design and distributed systems.
• Experience with Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, Serverless, or Clean Architecture.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Cloud and DevOps exposure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/Azure.
• Strong communication skills and experience working with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve scalable, secure, and maintainable system architectures.
• Make architectural trade-offs (Monolith vs Microservices, SQL vs NoSQL, Serverless vs Containers).
• Translate business requirements into system designs, APIs, and data models.
• Own technical decisions from design through production.
• Guide and influence engineering teams through code reviews and technical direction.
• Define standards for code quality, security, testing, and documentation.

Skills

System design

Distributed systems

Microservices

Event-Driven

Serverless

Clean Architecture

SQL/NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS/Azure

Communication

Tools

React

Vue

Angular

TypeScript

Next.js

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Job description

Role Type: Individual Contributor + Technical Leadership

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to design, build, and scale modern software systems. The role involves owning technical decisions end-to-end — from architecture and design to production — while guiding teams through strong technical leadership and best practices.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces, can balance business needs with technical trade-offs, and enjoys building scalable, future-ready systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve scalable, secure, and maintainable system architectures
• Make architectural trade-offs (Monolith vs Microservices, SQL vs NoSQL, Serverless vs Containers)
• Translate business requirements into system designs, APIs, and data models
• Own technical decisions from design through production
• Guide and influence engineering teams through code reviews and technical direction
• Define standards for code quality, security, testing, and documentation

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in system design and distributed systems
• Experience with Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, Serverless, or Clean Architecture
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.)
• Cloud and DevOps exposure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/Azure
• Strong communication skills and experience working with cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Exposure to AI-native systems, agentic architectures, or AI-augmented development workflows
• Frontend exposure (React / Vue / Angular / TypeScript / Next.js)

Planning:

Jira, Confluence

Frontend:

React, Vue, Angular, TypeScript, Next.js