Technical Lead – Color Components Job Summary / Purpose
- AkzoNobel’s Technology Integration Team is looking for a Technical Lead – Color Components to lead the technical delivery and lifecycle management of reusable technology components such as .
NET libraries, NuGet packages, APIs and services. The role combines hands-on software engineering leadership, people management, architecture, component lifecycle management and Agile/Scrum delivery. The person will lead and coach Component Engineers while ensuring that components are scalable, reusable, well-documented, secure and production-ready.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead and coach a team of Component Engineers and manage their performance and development.
• Own the lifecycle of reusable software components, APIs, services and NuGet packages.
• Define standards for versioning, backward compatibility, release management and documentation.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture, API/service design and integration patterns.
• Drive code quality, automated testing, CI/CD and security practices.
• Work closely with Product Owners to convert requirements into technically executable backlog items.
• Plan capacity, allocate work and manage technical delivery commitments.
• Coordinate release readiness and ensure operational readiness of services.
• Collaborate with R&D; teams to translate scientific requirements into engineering specifications.
• Work with internal/external engineering teams and technology partners.
• Drive technical debt remediation, dependency upgrades and continuous improvement.



Required Skills Must Have:
• C# / .
NET
• .
NET Core
• API / Service Design
• NuGet Packaging
• Software Component Engineering
• Microservices / Service-oriented architecture
• CI/CD
• Automated Testing
• Unit / Integration / Regression Testing
• Agile / Scrum
• Code Reviews & Technical Mentoring
• Software Architecture
• Versioning & Backward Compatibility
• Release Management
• Dependency Management
• Technical Debt Management Positive to Have:
• Azure
• SQL
• Logging / Monitoring / Tracing
• Health checks & Runbooks
• Security / Dependency Scanning
• Color Science / Scientific Applications Experience 6–8+ years of production-grade software engineering experience in a .
NET/service-oriented environment, including:
• Experience leading and coaching software engineers.
• Experience with people/line management.
• Experience establishing engineering standards.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience managing reusable software components and their lifecycle.
• Experience with versioning, backward compatibility and release management. Education Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in:
• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Applied Physics / Mathematics
• Related technical discipline Ideal Candidate Profile Look for someone who is essentially a Senior .
NET Technical Lead / Engineering Lead who has moved beyond pure feature development and has experience owning reusable platforms/components and leading engineers.

📌 Technical Lead – Color Components (India)
🏢 AkzoNobel
📍 India