Engineering Team Lead

Job Description

• This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Engineering Team Lead based in India. This leadership opportunity is designed for an experienced engineering professional who wants to shape technology strategy while driving measurable business outcomes. The role combines hands-on technical leadership, architecture ownership, and team development to build scalable platforms that support critical business decisions. The successful candidate will lead engineering initiatives across data platforms, backend systems, front-end experiences, and workflow automation. Working closely with product, analytics, operations, and business teams, this role will transform complex challenges into reliable technology solutions. It offers the opportunity to influence AI-enabled innovation, accelerate experimentation, and build high-performing engineering practices within a fast-moving environment.
• Accountabilities: The Engineering Team Lead will own technical execution and business impact by leading engineering initiatives, guiding the team, and developing scalable solutions that support business growth. Own key business outcomes in partnership with Product, Design, Analytics, and operational stakeholders. Lead the development and evolution of customer-facing and internal platforms that enable critical business decisions. Define and improve technical architecture to enhance scalability, reliability, availability, and data accuracy. Drive engineering strategy and technology decisions that support long-term platform growth and sustainable infrastructure investments. Build highly scalable data platforms, intuitive user experiences, and reliable workflow automation solutions. Lead technical implementation of automation initiatives, AI-enabled development practices, and emerging technologies. Improve platform performance through enhanced user experience, reduced latency, stronger monitoring, alerting, and data consistency. Ensure high-quality software delivery through code reviews, engineering standards, and technical oversight. Collaborate closely with Product, Analytics, Operations, Supply Chain, and business teams to translate needs into scalable technical solutions. Mentor engineers, develop technical leadership capabilities within the team, and foster a culture of ownership, experimentation, and continuous improvement. Promote rapid experimentation and shorter feedback cycles to accelerate innovation and delivery. Requirements: The ideal candidate will have strong software engineering expertise, experience leading technical teams, and the ability to operate effectively in an environment requiring innovation, scale, and rapid execution. 6–8+ years of software engineering experience with strong expertise in data platform engineering, backend systems, and front-end application development. Proven experience designing rapid experiments, scaling successful solutions, and evolving large-scale distributed platforms. Strong understanding of software architecture, infrastructure design, and engineering best practices. Experience leading or mentoring engineers across different levels of technical expertise. Strong problem-solving abilities with the capacity to navigate ambiguity and work through rapid iteration cycles. Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience working in small, agile teams, preferably within startup environments. Experience in B2B technology, e-commerce, workflow automation, reporting platforms, or analytics systems is preferred. Ability to influence cross-functional partners, including Product, Analytics, Operations, and senior business stakeholders. Passion for leveraging AI, automation, and modern engineering practices to improve business outcomes. Benefits: The role offers an opportunity to work remotely while leading impactful engineering initiatives and contributing to innovative technology solutions. Fully remote work opportunity for India-based candidates. Opportunity to lead high-impact engineering projects supporting critical business operations. Ability to influence technical strategy and architecture decisions. Exposure to AI-enabled development, automation, and modern technology practices. Opportunity to mentor engineers and build strong technical leadership capabilities. Collaboration with cross-functional international teams. Dynamic environment focused on innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement. Professional growth opportunities within a technology-driven organization.
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