Technical Lead

Role Overview: The Tech Lead is a hands-on leader responsible for the technical direction of a specific team or project. They ensure the team builds high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software while bridging the gap between technical requirements and business goals. They spend a significant portion of their time (typically 30%-60%) still writing or reviewing code.
Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Vision & Architecture: Own the technical roadmap for the team. Make high-level design choices and dictate technical standards (e.g., choosing a database, defining API contracts).
• Mentorship & Guidance: Act as the "go-to " expert. Help SDE 1s and 2s solve complex bugs and provide detailed feedback in code reviews to elevate the team's skill level.
• Delivery & Quality: Oversee the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for the team. Ensure that the code meets performance, security, and scalability requirements.
• Impediment Removal: Identify technical bottlenecks (technical debt, environment issues) and clear them so the team can move faster.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Work with Product Managers and Business Analysts to translate "business speak " into "technical specs " and provide accurate effort estimations.
• Retail: Candidates are required to have hands-on experience in the e-commerce or retail sector.
• Hands-on Coding: Lead by example by taking on the most complex or critical components of a project.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of designing complex systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in the team's primary tech stack (e.g., Java/Spring, Python/Django, React/Node).
• Strong understanding of system design, microservices, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Excellent communication skills-the ability to explain "the why " behind a technical decision to non-technical stakeholders.