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Software Development Lead
Searce IncPune, Republic Of India, IN26 days ago
Job descriptionLead the Squad : Serve as the hands-on leader for a team of Modern Product Engineers, owning project execution, code quality, and delivery timelines across multiple simultaneous client engagements. Translate Architecture to Code : Partner closely with Solutions Architects (SAs) to refine high-level blueprints into modular, shippable engineering tasks, ensuring technical feasibility and excellence. Process Enforcement : Implement and enforce Searce’s 'process-first' standards, ensuring rigorous application of agile methodologies, code reviews, and quality benchmarks across the BU's portfolio. Quality Assurance : Own the quality engineering lifecycle, ensuring strong test coverage, minimised technical debt, and robust CI / CD pipeline integrity for every deployment. Elevate Talent : Actively coach, mentor, and elevate the technical skills of your squad, guiding engineers through their growth paths and driving high internal promotion rates. Culture Carrier : Champion Searce's "Always in Beta" mindset and "Happier" values within the team, fostering a high-ownership, accountable, and collaborative culture. Operational Insight : Manage the squad’s utilization and efficiency targets, balancing billable work with critical internal IP creation and capability building. Client Interface : Serve as the technical point-of-contact for operational project discussions, managing client expectations regarding timelines, scope, and technical trade-offs. IP Development : Guide the team in creating and maintaining reusable assets, shared code libraries, and specialized automation scripts that enhance the BU's offering and market differentiation Lead engaging discovery workshops using first-principles thinking to uncover core client problems amenable to AI-powered software solutions. Apply our proprietary evlos methodology—iterate fast and fearlessly in the design and development of innovative systems. Your role is to serve as the chief technical translator between a client's biggest challenges and our most intelligent, AI-powered software engineering solutions. Design AI-native, cloud-forward solutions grounded in process intelligence that drive true value. Replace “nice slides” with “pleasant surprises for clients” via working real outcomes. At Searce, leadership is an action, not a title. You are the DRI for intelligent, impactful, client outcomes driven by robust software architecture. Mentor and technically guide fellow engineers, actively contributing to the growth of top-tier solver talent. Live the “Always in Beta” mindset - build learners, not followers in our engineering practices. Model extreme ownership, radical clarity, and calm in chaos when facing complex technical challenges. Believe in truth over comfort and learning over knowing, especially in the rapidly evolving AI / Cloud landscape. Contribute to cultivating a culture of self-managed, happier do-ers through technical excellence and collaborative problem-solving. Technical Delivery & Execution Leadership : Proven track record of managing a technical team to successfully deliver complex software engineering projects (5+ years of direct project / team leadership experience preferred). Must demonstrate recent, high-level architectural design and hands-on coding ability. Engineering Standards & Governance : Deep proficiency in codifying and enforcing modern engineering best practices : clean code, test-driven development, security standards (OWASP), and CI / CD quality gates. Execution Rigor : Expert in Agile / Scrum / Kanban methodologies and skilled in managing project timelines, risks, and resource allocation to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery. Active Technical Problem Solving : Possesses the deep technical depth required to troubleshoot critical production issues, review pull requests (PRs) effectively, and make rapid, informed technical decisions under pressure. Technical Communication & Mentorship : Excellent ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineers and project stakeholders. A passion for coaching and developing junior talent. Commercial Awareness : Strong understanding of project economics, resource utilization, and the need to maintain profitability and efficiency within the BU. Sustained Coding / Architecting Experience : Must maintain current, demonstrable hands-on expertise in the core tech stack (e.G., Python, Go, Node.Js, and Cloud-Native platforms). Core Modern Engineering Mastery : Expert in managing development on Cloud-Native and API-First architectures (Microservices, Containers, Serverless), with proven personal capability to code and deploy. DevOps & MLOps Fluency : Highly proficient in managing and automating CI / CD pipelines , deployment strategies, and monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch). Technical Problem Solver : Possesses the deep technical depth required to troubleshoot critical production issues and make rapid, informed decisions under pressure. Pragmatic Tool Picker : Makes technology choices based on scalability and velocity, balancing the latest tech trends with operational stability and cost efficiency. Technical Experience : 8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in a Lead Developer or Team Lead role overseeing project delivery. Hands-on Credibility : Must have demonstrable evidence of recent architectural design work and coding contributions (e.G., in a Principal Engineer or Architect capacity) prior to or concurrent with management responsibilities. Domain Focus : Prior experience delivering projects focused on digital transformation, data intelligence, or applied AI / ML solutions. Management Credential s : Certified in Scrum / Agile practices (e.G., PSM, CSM). Cultural Fit : A demonstrable history of mentorship, ownership, and contribution to a positive, high-performance team culture. Brings CTO Energy : Brings a potent mix of technical vision, high ownership, relentless execution, and a clear bias for driving real-world impact through engineering solutions. Impactful Contributor to Transformation at Scale : Played a pivotal role in driving large-scale technical transformations for significant enterprises (e.G., within major business units of $1Bn+ organizations), delivering tangible engineering outcomes beyond mere slideware. Production-Ready Automation Engineering : Has engineered and delivered production-grade software solutions for horizontal automation across functions across diverse domains like telecom, fintech, healthcare, or retail, moving beyond theoretical concepts to real-world, operational systems. Scaling Expertise (0→1, 1→10) : You understand what it takes to build and grow software solutions, products, or engineering initiatives with speed and intent, from inception to significant scale.
Manager - Modern Product Engineering
A Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for pioneering intelligent business outcomes, leading complex AI-native software engineering initiatives .
What are we looking for
real solver?
We identify better ways of doing things.
Solver? Absolutely. But not the usual kind. We're searching for the architects of the audacious & the pioneers of the possible. If you're the type to dismantle assumptions, re-engineer ‘best practices,’ and build solutions that make the future possible NOW, then you're speaking our language.
- Improver. Solver. Futurist.
- Great sense of humor.
- ‘Possible. It is.’ Mindset.
- Compassionate collaborator. Bold experimenter. Tireless iterator.
- Natural creativity that doesn’t just challenge the norm, but solves to design what’s better.
- Thinks in systems. Solves at scale.
This Isn’t for Everyone. But if you’re the kind who questions why things are done a certain way—and then identifies 3 better ways to do it — we’d love to chat with you.
Your Mission : The Role
solving for better.
The process-first, outcome-driven leader who owns the execution, quality, and technical growth of a high-performing engineering squad, translating modern architectures into measurable client impact .
You're not just managing resources. You're driving the engine of growth.
Your Responsibilities
what you will wake up to solve.
This isn’t a ‘resource allocation’ role. You are a forward-deployed solver (FDS) , a DRI who owns the velocity and quality of solution delivery. Your mission is to foster a team of expert engineers, lead execution rigor, and ensure that every project we ship is a benchmark for AI-driven modernization and real business outcome .
Here’s how you’ll make your mark :
Own Delivery Execution & Engineering Excellence.
Drive Team Growth & Operational Health.
Bridge Clients & Outcome.
Lead by example & impact, Not control.
Welcome to Searce
The ‘process-first’, AI-native modern tech consultancy that's rewriting the rules.
We don’t do traditional.
As an engineering-led consultancy, we are dedicated to relentlessly improving the real business outcomes. Our solvers co-innovate with clients to futurify operations and make processes smarter, faster & better. We build alongside our clients. Not for the vanity metrics. But for the transformation to embed lasting competitive advantage for our clients.
The result? Modern business reinvention, built on math, tech, and clarity of purpose.
Functional Skills
Tech Superpowers
Experience & Relevance
Bonus Points (you will thrive if you have)
Join the ‘real solvers’
ready to futurify?
If you are excited by the possibilities of what an AI-native engineering-led, modern tech consultancy can do to futurify businesses, apply here and experience the ‘ Art of the possible ’.
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