Technical Lead Backend

Tata Consultancy Services; Kolkata District, Chennai District, Delhi; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,300,000; Full time

Job summary

TaTA Consultancy Services seeks a Technical Leader to guide a large cross-functional engineering team and own backend architecture and the engineering roadmap. You will drive end-to-end design, development, and deployment of scalable systems, conduct reviews, and push GenAI, automation, and cloud initiatives.

You will design high-performance REST APIs with FastAPI, build microservices, and optimize for latency, reliability, and security across distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Databricks, or big data pipelines.
• Knowledge of event-driven systems (Azure Service Bus, Azure Data Factory).
• Familiarity with API gateways and service mesh.
• Understanding of cloud security, IAM, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional engineering team (57 engineers), ensuring high standards in code quality and delivery.
• Own backend architecture, system design, and engineering roadmap.
• Drive end-to-end design, development, and deployment of scalable systems.
• Conduct code reviews, enforce best practices, and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Drive internal R&D initiatives in GenAI, automation, and scalable cloud solutions.
• Design and build high-performance, scalable, and secure REST APIs using FastAPI.
• Develop microservices and distributed systems with fault tolerance and resiliency.
• Optimize systems for latency, scalability, and reliability.

Skills

Azure AI Foundry

Databricks

Big data pipelines

Event-driven systems

API gateways

Service mesh

Cloud security

IAM

Governance

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Lead and mentor a cross-functional engineering team (57 engineers), ensuring high standards in code quality and delivery

Own backend architecture, system design, and engineering roadmap

Drive end-to-end design, development, and deployment of scalable systems

Conduct code reviews, enforce best practices, and resolve complex technical challenges

Drive internal R&D initiatives in GenAI, automation, and scalable cloud solutions

Backend Engineering

Design and build high-performance, scalable, and secure REST APIs using FastAPI

Develop microservices and distributed systems with fault tolerance and resiliency

Optimize systems for latency, scalability, and reliability

Preferred candidate profile

Experience with Azure AI foundry, Databricks, or big data pipelines

Knowledge of event-driven systems (Azure Service Bus, Azure Data Factory)

Familiarity with API gateways and service mesh

Understanding of cloud security, IAM, and governance