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

Good 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 workplace , 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 (Bangalore Urban)
🏢 AkzoNobel
📍 Bangalore Urban