EJ 1465 Tech Delivery Lead

Softobiz Technologies India

Job Location:

Hyderabad - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Software Development

Job Summary

Role Basics

Job Title	Tech Delivery Lead
Department	Engineering / Delivery
Location	Mohali (Preferred); open to Kochi or Hyderabad
Reports To	Client CTO
Experience Range	10-14 years

Role Summary

Softobiz is looking for a Tech Delivery Lead to own end-to-end technical delivery for the Softobiz project. This is a hands-on leadership role: you will combine strong individual technical contribution with full ownership of a growing engineering team ensuring high-quality on-time delivery for our client.

The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience across full stack development ( React/) backend architecture using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) combined with proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams of 10 people.

This role is central to Softobizs AI-first delivery approach. You will champion AI-enabled development practices across the team - code generation spec-driven development and automated testing - while staying technically hands-on and directly contributing to critical parts of the codebase.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Delivery Leadership

Own end-to-end technical delivery for the project balancing hands-on contribution with team leadership and client accountability.
Lead mentor and grow a team of 10 engineers running sprint planning code reviews and technical governance across the team.
Act as the primary technical point of contact for client stakeholders managing expectations timelines and escalations.
Plan resourcing and capacity for the team and drive hiring/onboarding support in partnership with PMO and HR.
Identify and manage delivery risks proactively keeping leadership informed and course-correcting early.

Backend Development

Build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using and TypeScript following clean architecture DDD and SOLID principles.
Design domain models bounded contexts and aggregates using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) patterns to keep business logic cleanly separated from infrastructure concerns.
Design and build event-driven systems using Apache Kafka including topic design producers consumers and event schemas for reliable asynchronous communication.
Implement enterprise messaging and integration patterns using Azure Service Bus (or equivalent) including queues topics subscriptions and dead-letter handling.
Design RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services handling authentication data validation and error management.
Work with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL MongoDB) and implement caching and performance strategies.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions ensuring robust automated testing and reliable deployments.

Frontend Development

Build responsive scalable frontend applications using React and with TypeScript.
Implement component architecture state management (Redux or Context API) and performance optimisation best practices.
Ensure strong alignment of API contracts between frontend and backend working closely with UX and product stakeholders.
Maintain accessibility standards (WCAG) and promote a consistent high-quality user experience.

AI-First Engineering

Drive adoption of AI-enabled development tools and workflows across the team including code generation spec-driven development and automated testing.
Apply AI coding assistants (Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor) personally and coach the team to use them effectively to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
Stay current with emerging AI development practices and lead internal knowledge-sharing and upskilling for the team.

Engineering Excellence & Quality

Set and enforce engineering standards and coding guidelines across the team; write clean well-tested code by example.
Promote clean architecture SOLID principles testability and a strong culture of peer review and continuous improvement.
Identify and proactively address technical debt advocating for long-term maintainability.
Troubleshoot production issues and lead performance optimization efforts across the stack.

Required Technical Skills

Domain	Skills & Technologies	Must / Preferred
Languages	TypeScript JavaScript SQL	Must
Backend	(API routes & SSR) RESTful API design Webhook integrations	Must
Backend Architecture	Domain-Driven Design (DDD) - bounded contexts aggregates domain events	Must
Event-Driven Platform	Apache Kafka - producers consumers topic design event schemas	Must
Messaging Platform	Azure Service Bus - queues topics subscriptions dead-letter handling	Must
Frontend	React 18 TypeScript Tailwind CSS HTML5 CSS3	Must
State Management	Redux or Context API	Must
Databases	PostgreSQL MongoDB; Redis (caching)	Must
Testing	Jest React Testing Library (or similar) - unit integration and end-to-end testing	Must
DevOps / CI-CD	Git GitHub Actions Docker CI/CD pipeline management	Must
Auth & Security	OAuth JWT session management	Must
Delivery Leadership	Team leadership sprint/agile delivery management client stakeholder management resource & capacity planning	Must
AI / Dev Tools	Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor AI-assisted code review and testing workflows	Must
Cloud Platforms	AWS Azure or GCP - deployment scaling infrastructure management	Preferred
Container Orchestration	Kubernetes Docker - container orchestration at scale	Preferred
API & Architecture Patterns	Serverless architectures	Preferred
AI Agent Development	Experience building AI agents or LLM-powered features (e.g. agentic workflows RAG tool-calling)	Preferred
Observability	AppInsights ELK stack or equivalent monitoring tools	Preferred
Patterns	SAGA CQRS Event Sourcing distributed system patterns	Preferred

Qualifications & Certifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
10-14 years of hands-on full stack development experience with and React/ in production environments.
At least 3 years leading or managing engineering teams (10 engineers) in a client delivery environment - mandatory.
Demonstrable experience designing backend systems using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles.
Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka in event-driven architectures - mandatory.
Hands-on experience with Azure Service Bus or equivalent enterprise messaging platforms - mandatory.
Strong testing skills (unit integration end-to-end) using Jest React Testing Library or similar frameworks.
Experience working in agile cross-functional product teams ideally in a global or client-facing delivery context.

Preferred Certifications:

Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) or Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305)
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Any relevant cloud or messaging platform certifications (Confluent Kafka Azure Integration Services)

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Role Basics Job Title Tech Delivery Lead Department Engineering / Delivery Location Mohali (Preferred); open to Kochi or Hyderabad Reports To Client CTO Experience Range 10-14 years Role Summary Softobiz is looking for a Tech Delivery Lead to own end-to-end technical delivery for the Softobiz projec...