OverviewLead Software EngineerLocation: Hyderabad/Remote Work Arrangement: Remote/Hybrid 3 days per week in the officeAbout The RoleWere looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer with strong C fundamentals and a growing interest in applied AI for enterprise software modernization. In this role, youll build secure, reliable backend services and contribute to AI-enabled capabilities that improve automation, developer productivity, and product intelligence across Hylands enterprise platforms. You will be closely working with customers, services, support and cloud services teams to understand customer pain points, and develop solutions, utilities and contribute to product codebase where appropriate.Youll work in a collaborative engineering team writing production-quality C code, participating in design discussions, and using AI-assisted development responsibly. Python and Java or C# exposure is helpful for tooling, automation, and integration work, but the primary expectation is strong C engineering discipline and an interest in picking up C# skills.Your Role Responsibilities Heres What Youll Do.Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise software components using modern C, with focus on memory safety, performance, concurrency, reliability, and maintainability.Contribute to AI-assisted development practices using tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude while maintaining peer review, testing, security, and code-quality standards.Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and debugging sessions, applying strong object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and systems fundamentals.Troubleshoot moderate to complex production issues, analyze performance bottlenecks,



and improve system reliability in cloud and containerized environments.Use secondary languages such as Python and Java or C# where needed for scripting, automation, integration utilities, or interoperability with existing enterprise systems.Technology ToolsPrimary Language: Modern C (C17 or C20, STL, memory management, concurrency, performance profiling) Secondary Exposure: Java or C# (integration with existing enterprise services) AI Tools: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, LLM APIs & Prompt Engineering BasicsREST APIs, SQL & NoSQL DatabasesDocker, Kubernetes Fundamentals, Git, Azure DevOps & GitHubAWS or Azure Cloud Services, CI/CD & Automated Testing FrameworksRole Essentials12 years of software engineering experience, with at least 8 years of hands-on development and a strong preference for production C experience.Strong understanding of modern C concepts including object lifetimes, memory management, templates, concurrency, exception safety, debugging, and performance optimization.Experience building APIs, services, and distributed application components with secure coding practices, automated testing, and maintainable design patterns.Exposure to AI-assisted development or AI-enabled product features, including responsible use of code generation tools, basic prompt engineering, and validation of AI-generated code.What Wed Like To SeeStrong expertise in troubleshooting and resolving time-critical complex production issuesExposure to LLM APIs, embeddings, RAG concepts,



vector databases, or AI-powered search and automation use cases.Experience with Kafka, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, or similar technologies in distributed enterprise environments.Hands-on experience using GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or equivalent AI-assisted development tools with robust review discipline.Experience in Agile product development with a strong sense of ownership, collaboration, and a continuous improvement mindset.Strong expertise in performance engineeringAbout HylandHyland is the pioneer of the Content Innovation Cloud, delivering ubiquitous enterprise intelligence to organizations with solutions that unlock actionable insights and drive automation.Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, including many of the Fortune 100, Hylands solutions create the foundation for a connected, agentic enterprise, where teams harness the power of AI to redefine how they operate and engage with those they serve. For additional information on Hylands platform and services, please visit Hyland.com .Hyland. All rights reserved.About Hyland Life#HylandLifeSince 1991, it has been Hylands mission to help our employees, customers and partners exceed their potential with our industry-leading content services platform . Our employees exude a contagious energy and are passionate about what they do whether its helping customers succeed, raising up their fellow Hylanders, or engaging in the communities where they live and work.The #HylandLife hashtag encompasses our employee-centric culture. Our employees live our culture day in and day out by bringing their best self to work. Hyland supports them to do just that through career development resources, wellbeing

📌 Lead Software Engineer (C and AI-Centric Engineering Focus) (India)
🏢 Hyland
📍 India