Job Description

Senior Technical Lead SaaS & AI Product Development

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Senior Technical Lead who can take complete ownership of development initiatives across our SaaS-based products.

The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in building scalable SaaS platforms, leading engineering teams, designing modern software architecture, and delivering production-grade applications. In addition, the candidate must have practical exposure to the modern AI development ecosystem, including building AI-powered products as well as using AI-assisted development tools such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, MCP-based workflows, and similar technologies.

This role is suited for someone who is not only technically strong but also capable of bringing structure, speed, accountability, and innovation into the development function.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Ownership

- Take complete ownership of software development initiatives from planning to production release.
- Lead architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of SaaS products.
- Convert business and product requirements into clear technical plans, development tasks, and delivery milestones.
- Make key technical decisions related to architecture, scalability, security, performance, and technology stack.
- Act as the primary technical owner for development initiatives and ensure timely execution.

2. SaaS Product Development

- Design, build, and scale modern SaaS-based products.
- Architect multi-tenant, secure, high-performance, and maintainable SaaS platforms.
- Build scalable backend systems, APIs, integrations, dashboards, workflows, analytics, and user management modules.

- Ensure SaaS products are designed for reliability, availability, performance, and future expansion.
- Work on subscription, billing, role-based access, reporting, automation, and enterprise integration features where required.

3. AI Product Development

- Lead the development of AI-powered product features and intelligent software solutions.
- Work with Large Language Models, AI APIs, RAG systems, AI agents, vector databases, workflow automation, and model integrations.
- Design practical AI features that solve real business and user problems.
- Evaluate and integrate AI services from platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and open-source AI ecosystems.
- Ensure AI-based features are scalable, secure, reliable, cost-conscious, and production-ready.

4. AI-Assisted Development Practices

- Introduce and establish modern AI-assisted software development practices within the engineering team.
- Use and guide the team in tools such as:

Codex

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Windsurf

MCP-based development workflows

AI coding agents and automation tools

- Improve development speed, code quality, testing, debugging, documentation, and refactoring through AI-enabled workflows.




- Define best practices for human-AI collaborative software engineering.

5. Architecture, Code Quality & Engineering Standards

- Define and maintain coding standards, architecture guidelines, security practices, and development workflows.
- Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and technical audits.
- Ensure clean, maintainable, reusable, and well-documented code.
- Identify technical debt and lead efforts to reduce it.
- Establish strong engineering practices around version control, CI/CD, testing, documentation, monitoring, and deployment.

6. Team Leadership & Mentoring

- Lead, mentor, and guide developers, engineers, and technical team members.
- Assign tasks, track progress, resolve blockers, and ensure accountability.
- Support team members in improving their technical skills, problem-solving ability, and product thinking.
- Promote a culture of ownership, learning, discipline, innovation, and delivery excellence.
- Collaborate with QA, DevOps, UI/UX, product, business, and management teams.

7. Delivery Management & Stakeholder Communication

- Work closely with founders, product owners, business stakeholders, and clients to understand priorities.
- Provide clear technical direction, delivery plans, progress updates, and risk assessments.
- Ensure development timelines are realistic and delivery commitments are met.
- Balance speed of execution with quality, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
- Take responsibility for successful product releases and production stability.

Required Skills & Experience

Professional Experience

- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- 3+ years of experience in a Technical Lead, Senior Engineer, Engineering Lead, Solution Architect, or similar role.
- Proven experience building and scaling SaaS-based products.
- Experience leading development teams and managing end-to-end product delivery.
- Hands-on experience building production-grade AI-enabled products or AI-integrated applications.

SaaS & Software Engineering Skills

Strong practical understanding of:

- SaaS architecture
- Multi-tenant application design
- Cloud-native development
- API-first architecture
- Microservices or modular architecture
- Event-driven systems
- Role-based access control
- User management and authentication

- Subscription and billing workflows
- Dashboards, analytics, and reporting systems
- Enterprise integrations and third-party APIs

AI & Modern Development Skills

Hands-on exposure to:

- Large Language Models
- OpenAI APIs
- Anthropic Claude APIs
- Gemini APIs
- RAG-based applications
- AI agents
- Vector databases
- Prompt engineering




- LLM orchestration
- AI workflow automation
- MCP ecosystem
- AI-assisted software development

The candidate should understand how to build products with AI and how to build products

using AI as part of the software development process.

Technical Stack

The candidate should have strong experience in one or more of the following areas:

Backend Technologies

- Node.js
- Python
- Java
- Go
- .NET

Frontend Technologies

- React
- Next.js
- Vue.js
- Angular
- TypeScript

- Modern JavaScript

Databases

- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Chroma, or similar

Cloud & DevOps

- AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD pipelines
- Git-based development workflows
- Monitoring and logging tools
- Infrastructure as Code

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience building B2B SaaS platforms.
- Experience building AI-first or AI-native products.
- Experience working in startups or fast-growing product companies.
- Exposure to LLMOps, MLOps, and AI governance.
- Experience with security, compliance, performance optimization, and scalable cloud architecture.
- Experience integrating payment gateways, CRM systems, ERP systems, analytics platforms, or enterprise APIs.
- Strong understanding of Agile development, sprint planning, release management, and SDLC practices.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should be someone who:

- Takes full ownership of technology delivery.
- Can lead from the front and remain hands-on when required.
- Has built scalable SaaS products, not just small applications or prototypes.
- Understands both product development and engineering execution.

- Can guide teams in building AI-powered products.
- Can use AI tools to significantly improve development productivity.
- Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Brings structure, discipline, and accountability to development teams.
- Thinks deeply about scalability, security, maintainability, and product quality.
- Is comfortable working in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.

Role Impact

This role will play a critical part in strengthening our product development capability. The Senior Technical Lead will be responsible for driving SaaS and AI product initiatives, improving engineering velocity, establishing modern development practices, and ensuring that products are built with quality, scalability, and long-term vision.

The person in this role will help the organization move faster, build better products, reduce technical dependency on founders or senior management, and create a solid foundation for future product growth.

Employment Details

Position: Senior Technical Lead – SaaS & AI Product Development

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: On-site

Experience Required: 8+ years

Reporting To: Head Of Technology

Compensation: As per experience, technical capability, leadership maturity, and market standards.

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