Technical Lead - Development + Telecom Domain Experience

Aeris Communications India; Dadri, Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Aeris Communications Inc. is seeking an experienced Technical Leader for cloud-based 5G SA core network development in India. You will design, implement, and oversee core network components and mentor a team of developers across Gurgaon and Noida.

Responsibilities include backlog grooming, architectural alignment, and adoption of new AI-enabled tooling to accelerate delivery and quality. Hybrid work model with in-office collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7–15 years of experience in relevant telecom/network roles.
• Production-grade coding in Java/Go or similar languages with strong software engineering practices.
• Solid understanding of databases such as MySQL/Oracle/Cassandra/Redis and data modeling.
• Experience with Git-based release processes and version control.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Solve business problems by researching solutions and defining product requirements.
• Groom backlog with cross-functional input from Product, Network Engineers and Architects.
• Ensure architectural alignment and robust, observable system designs with unit economics.
• Leverage cellular domain expertise to build a cutting-edge Cellular Core SaaS product.
• Create and maintain detailed design documents and technical specifications.
• Implement network components using Java and other languages; work with databases and network tools.
• Plan delivery schedules to meet project milestones and launches.
• Mentor and guide developers, perform code reviews, promote best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex tech challenges and optimize network performance.
• Adopt new AI-powered tools and methodologies to improve development workflows.

Skills

AI-powered coding assistants

Java/Go

Databases (MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, (

Git

Critical thinking

Excellent communicator

Leadership/mentoring

Education

BS or higher degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Java

Go

C++

Python

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

pcap

Wireshark

tcpdump

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Git

Job description

About Aeris Communications Inc.

For more than three decades, Aeris has been a trusted cellular IoT leader enabling the biggest IoT programs and opportunities across Automotive, Utilities and Energy, Fleet Management and Logistics, Medical Devices, and Manufacturing. Our IoT technology expertise serves a global ecosystem of 7,000 enterprise customers and 30 mobile network operator partners, and 100 million IoT devices across the world. Aeris powers todays connected smart world with innovative technologies and borderless connectivity that simplify management, enhance security, optimize performance, and drive growth

Location

* Aeris Office, Gurgaon, India

* Aeris Office, Noida, India

* Hybrid 3d/wk in office

Technical leadership role in the development of a cloud-based 3GPP compliant 5G SA core network. Communicate daily with the architect and generate detailed technical designs and documentation. Take an active role in in developing delivery schedules. In addition to hands-on implementation of a number of 5G SA Network Functions, oversee and support the daily activities of other developers on the team.

Key Responsibilities

Solve Business Problems: Research solutions to solve problems and develop product

Groom Backlog: Develop detailed requirements working peers such as Product managers, Network Engineers and Architects. Effectively transform product requirements into a solution backlog complete with definition of all required components and their interworking and acceptance criteria.

Ensure Architectural Alignment: Work closely with team and stakeholders to review and refine system designs, ensuring the products security and network components are robust, well-integrated, with the right level of observability and the right unit-economics.

Leverage Cellular Expertise: Leverage domain expertise in Cellular networks (3GPP standards, deployment, operations) to build a cutting-edge Celluar Core SaaS product.

Create Design & Documentation Artifacts: Produce and maintain detailed technical designs,specifications, and documentation to guide both current development and future enhancements.

Implementation: Directly develop and implement network components using technologies like Java,various databases, and network analysis tools (e.g., pcap, Wireshark, tcpdump).

Schedule Planning: Actively contribute to setting and managing delivery schedules to meet launch deadlines.

Team Oversight: Oversee and support the daily activities of other developers, including mentoring,code reviews, and troubleshooting, ensuring best practices are followed throughout the project.

Technical Troubleshooting: Address complex technical challenges and optimize network performance.

Adoption of New Technologies: Integrate emerging AI-powered tools and methodologies to enhance development processes.

Must have skills:

Required (7-15 years)

• AI-powered coding assistants and effective prompt engineering, and use GenAI for technical research and documentation.
• Java/Go preferred; otherwise, hands-on development experience in any programming language such as Java, Go, C++, or Python is acceptable. We are looking for candidates who write real production-level code, regardless of the language.
• Database (MySQL, Oracle, Cassandra, Redis (at least one)
• Git source control & release compliance
• Critical thinking
• Excellent communicator: able to effectively express ideas and concepts, in both written and
• spoken forms. Can organize and lead internal discussions and present to customers

Mandatory Telecom domain experience

Experience in some of the 3GPP Cellular Network Standards like below:

• Familiarity with 3GPP Rel 15 and later
• Cellular identifiers (ICCID, IMSI, MSISDN, IMEI)
• 2G/3G (SS7), 4G (Diameter), 5G SA (HTTP/2)
• AAA/RADIUS, SMS, SMPP
• VoLTE
• API Development & Security
• Oath2
• PKI
• mTLS, SSL
• IP networks: packet inspection, routing, IP allocation & assignment, subnets, CIDR specification, IPV6

Desirable

* Public cloud services: GCP, AWS or Azure

* Agile Scrum Master

* Spring Boot

* Docker/Containers/Kubernetes

* C/C++

* Message broker: RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc

Education

BS or higher degree in Computer Science or equivalent