Project Role : Custom Software Engineering Lead
Project Role Description : Own the technical direction and architecture of custom software solutions, leading teams through design and delivery. Set development standards and ensure code quality, scalability, and performance aligned to business objectives.
Must have skills : Business Requirements Analysis
Good to have skills : NA
Minimum
7.5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education
Summary:
As a Custom Software Engineering Lead, a typical day involves overseeing the technical vision and architectural framework of bespoke software projects. This role requires guiding teams through the entire lifecycle of software design and implementation, ensuring that development practices meet high standards. The position demands active involvement in aligning software solutions with organizational goals, fostering collaboration among team members, and maintaining a focus on delivering scalable and efficient systems that support business needs.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Expected to be an SME, collaborate and manage the team to perform.
- Responsible for team decisions.
- Engage with multiple teams and contribute on key decisions.
- Provide solutions to problems for their immediate team and across multiple teams.
- Lead the establishment and enforcement of development standards to ensure consistency and quality across projects.
- Facilitate effective communication between technical teams and business stakeholders to align project objectives.
- Mentor and support junior team members to foster professional growth and enhance team capabilities.
Role requirements -
Co-develop and maintain a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap for work management solutions
Define and maintain Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) aligned to product and business strategy
Collaborate with other Crews and Pods to build a roadmap for data products, aggregated data products to be developed, and support the State teams with expertise and frameworks to drive broad adoption across Operations
Maintain backlog for Federal Book of Work and related artefacts
Assess potential use cases objectively and understand business value vs cost of solution, looking to reuse or extend existing capabilities where feasible
Influence the design of new solutions to deliver benefit for multiple stakeholders where possible
Maintain pod and iteration backlogs in Gitlab to a high standard
Assist with relevant data sourcing, ensuring compliance with the firm s policies
Obtain necessary governance approvals for new use cases / solutions
Keep current with industry trends and emerging technologies in Data stream / event-based architecture, and apply external perspectives and insights to improve our offering
Mitigate impediments to the team s goals, align across pods and with other crews where needed and act as your pod s ambassadors towards internal stakeholders and clients
Your team
In our agile operating model, crews are aligned to larger products and services fulfilling client needs and encompass multiple autonomous pods. You ll be working in our Data & Analytics PODs in Hyderabad, Pune and Poland which is part of our Digital Capabilities & Core Platforms Crew within the IB Operations Stream. Your pod operates in a Federal / State construct and as the Federal team is responsible driving and delivery data products , working with State teams to drive the build of data products & aggregated data products
Your expertise working in agile environments with strong understanding of agile delivery frameworks and product ownership (such as performing product owner role in a scrum team) experience in researching user pain points, and translating these into requirements comfortable analyzing data and making data driven decisions setting and delivering outcome-focused goals, such as using OKRs (Objectives and Key results) team player with high personal standards, enthusiastic and proactive personality, a true agile mindset and strong analytical and problem-solving skills strong active listening and communication skills to build networks and partnerships at all levels
Ideally knowledgeable data governance, compliance, and operational workflows
Ability to translate complex business needs into functional specifications
Familiarity with data platforms (e.g., Azure Databricks), CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools
Data Product Lifecycle Management
Define metadata, lineage, and quality standards for functional data products.
Monitor usage and performance metrics to drive continuous improvement.
focus on value creation from adoption and usage beyond the technical delivery
Professional & Technical Skills:
- Must To Have Skills: Proficiency in Business Requirements Analysis.
- Strong analytical skills to interpret and translate business needs into technical specifications.
- Experience in designing scalable software architectures that meet performance and reliability criteria.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and coordinate efforts across multiple projects.
- Excellent problem-solving skills to address complex technical challenges and provide innovative solutions.
- Familiarity with software development lifecycle methodologies and best practices.
Additional Information:
- The candidate should have minimum 7.5 years of experience in Business Requirements Analysis.
- This position is based at our Pune office.
- A 15 years full time education is required.
15 years full time education
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