Lead Software Engineer (7+ yrs in backend, data structures, Algos, designing & Cloud)

About Gartner IT:
Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation an outcome-driven approach to success and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About the role:
Gartner is seeking a talented and passionate Lead Software Engineer to join our growing this role you will be responsible for building the foundational data and services our AI Products and Insights Team. You will closely collaborate with Product Managers Data Scientists and Cloud teams to expand the reach and accuracy of our Agentic and Search Solutions.

You are someone who doesnt just write code but understands the why behind every architectural decisionfrom choosing the right storage engine to optimizing search indexing and scaling machine learning solutions.

What youll do:

• Technical Vision: Define and communicate a clear technical vision for the engineering function ensuring it aligns with organizational goals and scales with the business.
• Team Leadership: Lead and develop a team of engineers with moderate effectiveness providing the mentorship and technical oversight needed to deliver high-quality web services.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders across the business to ensure engineering efforts are prioritized and understood.
• Architecture & Strategy: Drive the design of complex customer-facing web services using Java or Python ensuring sound architectural decisions across storage search and data processing.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee the implementation of ETL/ELT pipelines and ML Engineering workflows ensuring the team delivers reliable production-ready solutions.
• Culture & Values: Actively promote core organizational values within the team and across functions fostering a collaborative and ethical engineering environment.
  

What youll need:

Must have:

• Experience: 7 years of professional experience in the IT industry.
• Core Engineering: Expert-level understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) and SOLID design principles.
• Backend Mastery: Proven track record and knowledge about REST APIs API performance / scaling and best practices
• Data & ML: Practical experience with ETL/ELT processes and rolling out solutions with integrated ML
• Cloud & DevOps: Familiarity with AWS environments and a working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Storage: Hands-on exposure and solid understanding of different storage engines (SQL and NoSQL Search Engines).
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to see the big picture and align team deliverables with the business roadmap.
• Conflict Resolution: Effectively navigating technical disagreements and stakeholder requirements to reach the best outcome for the product.
• Mentorship: A proven ability to grow the technical and professional skills of mid-level and senior engineers.
  

Nice to have/opportunity to learn:

• Experience with Machine Learning or Agentic Workflows or AI-driven automation.

Dont meet every single requirement We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

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