Role Overview

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to drive design and development of complex, highly available, distributed systems on AWS using Go, Python, and Node.js, running on Kubernetes-based platforms such as EKS and OpenShift. You will set technical direction for a team, drive an automation-first engineering culture, and act as a hands-on technical leader who partners with product and client stakeholders to turn requirements into resilient, well-tested systems.

Key Responsibilities
Lead design and development of complex, distributed, high-availability systems in Go, Python, and Node.js
Define technical approach and engineering best practices for the team
Own key AWS infrastructure decisions covering scalability, cost, security, and resilience across container orchestration platforms (EKS, OpenShift) and serverless/compute services
Drive automation strategy across CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, testing, and operations
Lead technical design reviews and set coding and architecture standards
Mentor engineers and guide their technical growth
Collaborating with senior leads to drive delivery efficiency and technology excellence
Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
Lead incident response,



root-cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements
Evaluate and introduce recent tools and technologies where they add explicit value

Required Qualifications
Bachelors or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
8–10 years of software engineering experience, with significant depth in distributed systems
Expert-level proficiency in Go and Python, with strong working proficiency in Node.js for polyglot service environments
Deep hands-on expertise with AWS architecture and services, including container orchestration on EKS
Hands-on experience running and operating workloads on Red Hat OpenShift as an enterprise Kubernetes platform
Proven experience designing and scaling automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible)
Strong grasp of distributed systems fundamentals: consistency models, fault tolerance, service mesh, messaging systems (Kafka, SQS/SNS), and data partitioning
Experience leading technical projects or small teams
Robust written and verbal communication skills for working with cross-functional and client stakeholders

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