Technical Lead

Role Snapshot: We are looking for a Tech Lead who can lead a team of engineers while remaining deeply hands-on with architecture, coding and technical problem-solving. You will own the engineering execution for a product or technology area, work closely with Product and other stakeholders, and ensure that the team builds systems that are scalable, reliable, maintainable and business-focused. This is a player-coach role — you will continue to write code and make critical technical decisions while managing and mentoring a team of engineers. What you’ll Champion: 1. Technical Leadership - Own the technical direction and engineering execution for a product/technology area. - Design and review scalable backend systems, APIs, services and data flows. - Make pragmatic architecture and technology decisions balancing speed, scale and maintainability. - Identify and solve complex technical problems across performance, reliability, scalability and system design. - Establish strong engineering practices around code quality, testing, observability and documentation. - Participate actively in design reviews and critical code reviews. 2. Hands-on Engineering - Remain hands-on with coding and contribute to critical parts of the system. - Build and evolve high-scale backend services and APIs. - Debug production issues and drive root-cause analysis for complex problems. - Work on performance optimisation, reliability and system scalability. - Strong experience in Golang or Python is expected. 3. Team Management & Mentorship - Manage and mentor a team of engineers. - Set clear technical and execution expectations for the team. - Conduct regular 1:1s, provide feedback and support career development. - Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, quality and execution. - Participate in hiring, onboarding and developing engineering talent. - Help engineers grow into stronger individual contributors and future technical leaders. 4. Product & Business Collaboration - Partner closely with Product, Design, Data and Business teams to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions. - Understand product and customer problems, not just technical requirements. - Influence product decisions through technical feasibility, trade-offs and data. - Balance short-term delivery with long-term engineering health. 5. Scale & Reliability - Build systems capable of supporting significant user and transaction growth. - Work on high-traffic consumer-facing products and distributed systems. - Drive improvements in system performance, availability and observability. - Contribute to engineering standards for production readiness and operational excellence. What is needed for this role - 6+ years of backend engineering experience, with strong experience in building production systems. - Strong hands-on expertise in Golang or Python. - Experience working on consumer-facing / B2C products. - Experience managing and mentoring an engineering team. - Experience building and scaling systems handling high traffic / high request volumes. - Strong understanding of backend architecture, distributed systems, databases, APIs and cloud infrastructure. - Experience with 10K+ RPM scale or comparable high-throughput systems. - Experience working with products having significant user scale (1L+ DAU preferred). - Strong product thinking and ability to understand the business impact of engineering decisions. - Strong ownership, execution and problem-solving mindset. Good to Have - Experience in a high-growth startup or product-led technology company. - Experience working with AWS and modern cloud-native infrastructure. - Exposure to data engineering, analytics, personalisation or AI/ML systems. - Experience with transactional systems such as payments, orders or commerce platforms. - Experience taking products/features from concept to production. - Experience working in environments with rapidly changing requirements and high execution velocity. What Success Looks Like In the first 6–12 months, you will: - Build a high-performing and accountable engineering team. - Own reliable engineering delivery for your product/technology area. - Improve system scalability, reliability and engineering quality. - Make strong architectural decisions while remaining hands-on. - Partner effectively with Product and Business teams to deliver customer impact. - Develop engineers and create a strong pipeline of future technical leaders.

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