Technical Project Lead

Technical Project Lead

Experience-5 Years

Location-Pune /Gurgaon

Mandatory-For a Technical Project Lead role, emphasizing solid exposure to Front-End, Back-End, System Design, hands-on coding (building from scratch), and expertise in System Design & Code Reviews.

✔ Real Python strength

✔ Architecture capability

✔ Leadership + hands-on balance

✔ DevOps + Cloud exposure

Role Overview

This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for driving end-to-end project delivery, system design, and engineering excellence across AI-driven platforms. The Technical Project Lead will combine strong coding expertise with team leadership, ensuring scalable architecture, high code quality, and timely execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical delivery of products and platform features

• Design scalable backend, frontend, and AI-driven system architectures

• Actively contribute to hands-on coding (Python, FastAPI) and critical feature development

• Conduct thorough code reviews and enforce engineering best practices

• Manage and mentor a team of up to 5 engineers

• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and execution plans

• Drive DevOps practices, CI/CD implementation, and cloud-native deployments

• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance optimization

• Collaborate closely with product, data, and business stakeholders

• Promote adoption of AI, LLM pipelines, and automation in engineering workflows

Required Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong hands-on backend development expertise with Python and FastAPI

• Experience in system design, distributed systems, and scalable architectures

• Proven experience managing or mentoring small engineering teams (up to 5 members)

• Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure and cloud-native development

• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment best practices

• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, LLM integrations, and data pipelines

• Strong debugging, performance optimization, and problem-solving skills

Work Culture & Expectations

• Startup-lean environment with enterprise-grade engineering standards

• High ownership role with accountability for delivery and technical quality

• Hands-on leadership — expected to code, review, and design actively

• Strong focus on execution, speed, and engineering excellence

• AI-first mindset with real-world production deployments

• Clear communication, structured thinking, and decision-making capability