Technical Leader – Engineering

Practice By Numbers, Inc.; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Practice by Numbers is seeking a Technical Leader – Engineering to drive architecture, technical excellence, and platform scalability. You will guide architectural decisions, influence engineering standards, and mentor teams to build highly scalable, reliable systems.

The role demands deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native development, and modern engineering practices, with 10–15 years of experience in enterprise-grade software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 10–15 years of software engineering experience.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Drive architecture, standards, and platform scalability across teams.
• Lead technical design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Mentor engineers and guide complex code paths to production.
• Build and evolve cloud-native, secure SaaS platforms.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Backend development

API design

Performance optimization

Code reviews

Mentorship

Containerization

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/related

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Django

Node.js

Job description

Technical Leader – EngineeringView all jobsTechnical Leader – EngineeringGurugram, Haryana, India • KolkataTechIn officeFull-time**Technical Leader – Engineering****Experience:** 10–15 Years**Location:** Gurugram/Kolkata, India**About Practice by Numbers:**Practice by Numbers (PbN) is a fast-growing SaaS platform helping healthcare organizationsleverage data, automation, patient engagement, and operational intelligence to improvebusiness performance and patient outcomes. We build highly scalable cloud-native productsserving thousands of customers across North America.We are looking for an exceptional Technical Leader who can drive architecture, technicalexcellence, and platform scalability while remaining deeply involved in solving complexengineering challenges.**Role Overview:**As a Technical Leader, you will be responsible for driving the technical direction of criticalproducts and platform services. You will lead architectural decisions, influence engineeringstandards, solve complex technical problems, and guide teams in building scalable, reliable,and high-performance systems.This is a highly technical role requiring strong expertise in distributed systems, cloudarchitecture, software design, performance optimization, and modern engineering practices. Theideal candidate is passionate about building great software, enjoys working on challengingtechnical problems, and leads through technical depth and execution excellence.**Key Responsibilities:****Architecture & System Design:**● Design and evolve highly scalable, resilient, and secure SaaS platforms.● Define architecture standards, design principles, and engineering best practices.● Lead technical design reviews and architecture discussions across teams.● Drive modernization initiatives and platform evolution.● Design distributed systems capable of handling large-scale workloads and future growth.● Ensure systems are built for performance, observability, reliability, and maintainability.**Technical Leadership:**● Act as the technical authority for key business-critical systems and services.● Drive engineering excellence through high standards for design, code quality, testing,and operational readiness.● Review complex designs and critical code paths.● Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and technical leads.● Identify technical risks early and develop pragmatic solutions.● Influence technology decisions across multiple teams and products.**Software Engineering:**● Contribute hands-on to architecture, design, and implementation of critical platformcomponents.● Build scalable APIs, backend services, and cloud-native applications.● Improve system performance, scalability, reliability, and security.● Drive adoption of reusable frameworks, shared services, and engineering accelerators.● Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues.**Cloud & Platform Engineering:**● Architect and optimize solutions on AWS.● Drive containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure automation initiatives.● Implement scalable deployment strategies and resilient cloud architectures.● Improve observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing.● Partner with DevOps teams to continuously improve deployment reliability and platformstability.**AI-Enabled Engineering:**● Leverage modern AI capabilities to improve engineering productivity, software quality,and development efficiency.● Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices across teams.● Evaluate emerging technologies and identify practical opportunities to accelerateengineering outcomes.● Promote effective use of AI while maintaining strong engineering standards, security,and code quality.**Required Qualifications:**● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.● 10–15 years of software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications.● Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale SaaS products.● Strong experience working in high-growth product engineering environments.● Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-nativedevelopment.● Track record of solving complex scalability, performance, and reliability challenges.**Technical Expertise:****Backend Technologies:**● Python● Django / Django REST Framework● Node.js● REST APIs● Microservices Architecture● Event-Driven Systems● Asynchronous Processing**Frontend Technologies:**● React.js● TypeScript● Modern JavaScript● Frontend Architecture Patterns● State Management Frameworks**Data & Storage:**● PostgreSQL● Redis● Elasticsearch / OpenSearch● Database Design● Query Optimization● Caching Strategies● Data Modeling**Cloud & Infrastructure:**● AWS● ECS / EKS● Lambda● API Gateway● S3● RDS● CloudWatch● IAM● Networking Fundamentals**DevOps & Reliability:**● Docker● Kubernetes● CI/CD Pipelines● Infrastructure as Code● Monitoring & Observability● Distributed Tracing● Performance Engineering● Incident Management**Software Design:**● Object-Oriented Design● Design Patterns● SOLID Principles● Domain-Driven Design● System Design● Secure Coding Practices● Test Automation**Preferred Qualifications:**● Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.● Experience handling large-scale transactional and analytical workloads.● Exposure to healthcare technology or data-intensive applications.● Experience driving platform architecture across multiple engineering teams.● Strong understanding of scalability, resiliency, and performance engineering.● Passion for emerging technologies and continuous learning.**What We Look For:**● Strong hands-on technical depth.● Exceptional system design and architectural thinking.● Ability to solve ambiguous and complex technical problems.● Bias toward execution and ownership.● Strong engineering judgment and decision-making capability.● Ability to influence through technical expertise rather than hierarchy.● Passion for building high-quality software and scalable platforms.