We are looking for an experienced Engineering Lead with strong hands-on expertise in Python, AWS and Terraform/IaC.

The ideal candidate should have strong product development experience, excellent communication skills and a proven track record of working on large-scale engineering projects. The candidate should be capable of providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on with engineering and cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead and contribute to the design, development and delivery of scalable software products.

- Provide technical leadership to engineering teams and guide technical decisions.

- Develop and maintain applications using Python.

- Design, deploy and manage cloud-based solutions on AWS.

- Build and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.

- Participate in architecture, system design and technical discussions.

- Drive engineering best practices around scalability, reliability, security and maintainability.

- Collaborate with product, engineering, QA, DevOps and other stakeholders.

- Review technical solutions and provide guidance to team members.

- Troubleshoot complex technical and production issues.

- Contribute to continuous improvement of development and deployment processes.

Mandatory Technical Skills :

Python :

- Strong hands-on experience with Python.

- Experience developing production-grade applications.

- Strong understanding of application architecture, coding practices and debugging.

AWS :

- Strong hands-on experience with AWS.

- Candidates should have practical experience with multiple AWS services. Examples may include :

1. EC2

2. ECS / EKS

3. Lambda

4. S3

5. RDS

6. DynamoDB

7. VPC

8. IAM

9. API Gateway

10. SQS / SNS

11. CloudWatch

12. CloudFront

13. Other relevant AWS services

Terraform / Infrastructure as Code :

- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform.

- Experience provisioning and managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform.

- Experience creating or maintaining reusable Terraform modules.

- Experience managing infrastructure across multiple environments.

- Understanding of Terraform state management and infrastructure automation.

- Experience integrating Terraform with CI/CD pipelines is preferred.

Product Development Experience :

- Strong experience working in a product development environment.

- Experience working on large-scale or complex products/projects.

- Should have exposure to the complete software development lifecycle.

- Experience working with cross-functional engineering and product teams.

Leadership & Communication :

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.

- Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.

- Ability to mentor and guide engineering teams.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Candidate Profile :

- 9 - 15 years of overall software engineering experience.

- Strong Python development experience.

- Strong AWS experience with clearly demonstrable hands-on usage of AWS services.

- Strong Terraform / IaC experience.

- Good product development background.

- Experience working on sizeable engineering projects.

- Demonstrated career stability.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Willingness to work in a hybrid model from Bengaluru.

- Must be available for a face-to-face interview.