Senior Lead Engineer - Airtel Digital

About the Role

To contribute and lead a team of enthusiastic individuals to the building and maintenance of high quality software applications and cater superior experience to our customers on a scale.

Responsibilities
Build Internet-Scale Systems Design and develop backend services that support millions of daily users with high throughput and low latency.
Microservices & APIs Own secure, modular, and reusable APIs that integrate seamlessly across app, web, and partner channels.
Distributed Data Engineering Work with event-driven systems, caching strategies, and real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Redis, etc.).
Performance & Reliability Ensure fault tolerance, auto-scaling, and five-nines availability through strong observability and incident management.
Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with product managers and frontend engineers to design scalable solutions aligned to customer journeys.
Code Quality & CI/CD Write clean, testable code, and drive DevOps practices with automated testing and continuous delivery pipelines.
Security by Design – Embed encryption, identity access management, and compliance into all backend systems.




Innovation at Scale – Experiment with contemporary frameworks, AI/ML integrations, streaming, and graph databases to push product capabilities forward.
End-to-End Ownership – Deliver features from design to production rollout, measuring real customer and business impact.

Skills & Experience
Solid coding skills in Java, Go, Scala, or Node.js with solid understanding of object oriented and functional programming.
Experience with distributed systems, high-volume APIs, and real-time data pipelines.
Hands-on with databases (SQL + NoSQL), caching layers (Redis/Memcached), and messaging queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
Strong grasp of system design, scalability, and performance optimization.
Mindset of ownership, problem-solving, and impact delivery rather than just coding tasks.

Why Airtel Digital?
Build systems that millions use daily — your code is never invisible.
Work with cutting-edge cloud and AI tech in real business scenarios.
Join a quick, metrics-driven team where engineers influence product strategy.

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computers Engineering or comparable experience.

📌 Senior Lead Engineer Airtel Digital Gurugram
🏢 Airtel
📍 Gurugram