Lead Software Engineer
New Relic (company site, opens in a new tab)10+ yrsHyderabadOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 30–55 LPA
Posted 2h ago
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About This Role
- Lead technical direction and architecture of the Integrations Platform to integrate third-party data (GitHub, ServiceNow) for AI and Service Architecture Intelligence features.
- Build and maintain scalable, highly available, event-driven Java services using Kafka and Kubernetes that process data from thousands of customers without loss.
- Own end-to-end delivery of large multi-engineer projects including design, coding, code reviews, operational health (monitoring, alerts, SLOs), incident response, and team mentorship.
Minimum Requirements
- 10+ years software engineering experience with at least 2 years in technical lead role for large-scale distributed systems.
- Expert proficiency in Java and backend frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot) including concurrency, REST API design, and JVM performance.
- Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka or similar event-driven systems, plus cloud services preferably AWS and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
- Work Experience Required: 10+ years; Notice Period: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced leader who can define technical vision, mentor engineers, and lead delivery of mission-critical backend systems in a cloud-native environment.
- Strong background building event-driven microservices for integrations with third-party APIs and handling operational concerns like rate limiting, retries, and data synchronization.
- Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally to translate complex business needs into scalable technical strategies and operational excellence.