This position is intended for engineering leaders with strong software development and architecture experience. Candidates whose primary background is program or project management, without significant hands-on engineering experience, are not the target profile.

The Candidate Should Demonstrate The Following Capabilities

Leadership & Engineering Expectations

Robust Engineering Mindset - Hands-on software engineering experience with the ability to lead by example and make sound technical decisions.
Solution Architecture & Design - Ability to design scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performing engineering solutions, supported by a strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and distributed systems.
Technical Strategy & Execution - Ability to define the engineering roadmap, translate strategy into execution, and consistently deliver business outcomes.
People Leadership - Proven experience in hiring, coaching, mentoring, performance management, succession planning, and building high-performing engineering teams.




Stakeholder Management - Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, build strong partnerships, and effectively manage executive expectations.
Engineering Excellence - Strong focus on code quality, CI/CD, testing strategy, DevSecOps, operational excellence, technical debt reduction, and continuous improvement.
Operational & Production Excellence - Experience driving reliability, observability, performance optimization, incident management, root cause analysis, and production stability.
Engineering Productivity & AI - Experience leveraging AI-assisted development, automation, and modern engineering practices to improve developer productivity, quality, and delivery efficiency.

Technical Expectations

The Candidate Should Have Strong Experience In

Spring Boot and Node.js ; RESTful APIs and GraphQL; Microservices and distributed systems architecture
API strategy, governance, lifecycle manag

📌 Lead Software Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Hyderabad