Lead Engineer Drive Innovation & Technical Excellence
Shape technical strategy, lead high-performing teams, and drive innovation.
The Role: My client is looking for a Lead Engineer to drive technical strategy, mentor engineers, and lead the development of large-scale, high-performance applications.
You'll be responsible for system architecture, product design, ensuring best practices in CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and event-driven architectures.
This role involves technical leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and hands-on engineering, making it perfect for someone who wants to shape products and influence technical direction.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead engineering teams and drive technical best practices
• Shape the architecture and design of large-scale applications
• Establish and refine CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless deployments
• Guide teams on event-driven development (Kafka or similar)
• Participate in product scoping, iteration planning, and strategy alignment
• Lead retrospectives, standups, and cross-team collaboration
• Advocate for engineering excellence, security, and modern development approaches
Requirements:
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with leadership responsibilities
• Strong expertise in Java, REST, No SQL, and database technologies
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and shift-left security principles
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Prior experience integrating with ERP or enterprise systems (SAP, Workday, etc.) is a plus