Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack, Java, AWS)

Location: Vashi, Navi Mumbai

The Role:
At Morningstar, helping investors is what brings us together and drives our work. We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with robust ownership and leadership. This role is critical in driving high-quality, scalable solutions, while leading a squad to deliver business impact with speed, clarity, and accountability.

You will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and execution —owning delivery end-to-end, mentoring engineers, and ensuring we build the right solutions the right way. This role is pivotal in helping us scale our platform, improve engineering quality, and deliver business value faster. You will directly influence how we build, ship, and operate software—while shaping the next generation of engineers.

This position is based in our Mumbai office.

Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Excellence
- Enforce and evolve best engineering practices:
- Clean, maintainable, and testable code
- Strong code reviews (PR ownership and guardrails)




- CI/CD, automation, and observability
- Performance, scalability, and security best practices
- Experience with event-driven architecture
- Exposure to AI-assisted development workflows
- Prior experience working in high-scale, client-facing platforms

Technical Leadership & Delivery-
- Balance business continuity with technical evolution, reducing technical debt without impacting client delivery
- Own system architecture decisions across frontend, backend, and data layers
- Drive full-stack development with strong focus on backend (Java) and modern frontend frameworks
- Ensure systems are resilient, observable, and production-ready

Quality Ownership & Shift-Left Mindset
- Champion a shift-left engineering approach, where quality is owned by engineers from design to production
- Ensure features are built with testability, observability, and validation in mind from day one
- Drive prac

📌 Lead Software Engineer (Mumbai)
🏢 Morningstar
📍 Mumbai