EJ 1465 Tech Delivery Lead

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

Employment Type : Full Time
Department / Functional Area: Software Development
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1