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 (Node.js, React/Next.js), backend architecture using Domain-Driven Design (DDD), combined with proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams of 10+ people. This role is central to Softobiz's 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 Node.js 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 Next.js 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 Node.js, Express.js, Next.js (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, Next.js, 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 Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10-14 years of hands-on full stack development experience with Node.js and React/Next.js 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)
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