Lead Software Engineer

Overview

Lead Software Engineer responsible for architecting and building large-scale observability ingestion pipelines and distributed streaming systems.

What you'll do

• Define and drive the architectural roadmap for core observability ingestion pipelines with high availability and resilience.
• Lead design and development of highly concurrent distributed systems using Java, Kafka, and cloud-native technologies.
• Serve as principal technical expert, mentoring engineers and setting standards for code quality, testing, and performance.
• Architect multi-cloud infrastructure focused on AWS, with Azure for cross-cloud compatibility and routing.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks through JVM tuning, concurrency management, and data structure design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical strategies.

What you'll need

• 8+ years software engineering experience focused on large-scale, highly concurrent distributed systems.
• Expert-level Java, including JVM tuning, garbage collection optimization, concurrency, and multithreading.
• Mastery of Apache Kafka (or AWS MSK), including partition strategies and high-throughput tuning.
• Hands-on AWS experience (EKS, S3) and knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker.
• Strong system design/problem-solving with data structures, algorithms, and resilient microservices.
• Proven technical leadership defining vision, mentoring engineers, and leading mission-critical delivery.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.