Lead Engineer - API/Platform

Job details

Lead and mentor a team of engineers
Work closely with product managers to translate product requirements into design
Work with the architects and the engineering team on the implementation of these features and participate in design and code reviews
Work with program management to track day to day project status and run daily scrums.
Communicate project status to stakeholders

The ideal candidate will ..

have experience designing and building large scalable web services.
be proficient in at-least one server side language such as Java or Node.js.
have thorough knowledge of cloud infrastructure, monitoring and orchestration tools.
have an in-depth understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) as well as API cache design and caching technologies.
have experience building RESTful APIs and have good knowledge of RESTful design patterns.
be able to communicate and work well within a geographically distributed team

We usually look for ..

6+ years of software engineering experience building SaaS or consumer web applications.
3+ years of designing and architecting scalable web applications
thorough knowledge of network and communication protocols
strong communication skills
BE/B.Tech in Computer Science or related field

You get bonus points for ..