Lead Software Engineer

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Hyderabad, Telangana, IND
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Software • Consulting • Financial Services
The Role
Lead design and deliver end-to-end AI-enabled solutions focused on NLP and Document AI (OCR, parsing, extraction). Build scalable data pipelines (batch/streaming), integrate LLMs/RAG and Vertex AI, implement production-quality software (Python/Java), containerize services (Docker/Kubernetes), and own CI/CD, observability, and system-level trade-offs while collaborating with product, data science, and platform teams.
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End Date

Sunday 23 August 2026

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Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary

Minimum 10 years of Strong expertise in NLP, Document AI, and AI-driven data processing systems, Solid software engineering skills with focus on clean, scalable, and production-grade solutions, Hands-on experience with data pipelines and cloud-native platforms (GCP), Ability to design and deliver end-to-end AI-enabled solutions within team scope

Job Description

Experience: 9- 15 years
Location: Hyderabad
Job Type: Full Time

AI, NLP & Document AI (Primary Differentiator)

  • NLP fundamentals:
    • Text extraction, classification, entity recognition
  • Document AI:
    • OCR, document parsing, structured/unstructured data extraction
  • LLMs / GenAI:
    • Prompt engineering
    • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Knowledge of document workflows:
    • Input → processing → enrichment → output

Data Engineering & Processing (Tech & Data Arch)

  • Data pipelines (ETL/ELT)
  • Batch and streaming data processing
  • Handling large document datasets
  • SQL, BigQuery / data platforms
  • Data transformation and enrichment

Software Engineering Excellence (Core Expectation)

  • Strong programming skills (Python/Java)
  • Writing clean, efficient, maintainable code
  • Use of design patterns (API design, modularisation)
  • Code reviews and engineering best practices
  • Unit + integration testing

 Cloud & Platform Engineering

  • Cloud platforms (GCP preferred):
    • BigQuery, Vertex AI, storage, compute
  • Containerisation (Docker)
  • Kubernetes basics
  • API-based services

DevOps & CI/CD

  • CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
  • Source control (Git)
  • Automated builds and deployments
  • Environment management

Reliability, Performance & Observability (Important)

  • Logging and monitoring basics
  • Performance tuning (latency of AI APIs, pipelines)
  • Understanding system failures and debugging
  • Awareness of scalability constraints

System & Solution Design (Team-Level)

  • Design small-to-medium systems
  • API-first design thinking
  • Integration of AI + data + services
  • Understanding trade-offs (performance vs cost vs complexity)

Collaboration & Delivery

  • Work with:
    • Product owners
    • Data scientists
    • Platform teams
  • Agile practices (stories, sprints, backlog)
  • Communicate technical solutions clearly

Skills Required

  • 10+ years experience in NLP, Document AI, or AI-driven data processing systems
  • Hands-on experience with OCR, document parsing, and structured/unstructured data extraction
  • Practical experience with LLMs / Generative AI, prompt engineering, and RAG
  • Experience designing and building data pipelines (ETL/ELT), batch and streaming processing
  • Strong programming skills in Python and Java
  • Experience with SQL and BigQuery or similar data platforms
  • Experience with GCP services (preferred components: BigQuery, Vertex AI, storage, compute)
  • Containerization experience (Docker) and basic Kubernetes knowledge
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and source control (Git)
  • Unit and integration testing, code reviews, and software engineering best practices
  • System and solution design skills for small-to-medium systems and API-first design
  • Experience with logging, monitoring, performance tuning, and debugging production systems
  • Ability to collaborate with product owners, data scientists, and platform teams in Agile workflows
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The Company
65,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Lloyds Technology Centre is the Global Capability Centre of Lloyds Banking Group, based in Hyderabad, India. It functions as a tech and data company providing engineering expertise in cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity. The centre supports the digital transformation of Lloyds Banking Group, a leading UK financial services provider, and operates primarily in the IT services and consulting sector.

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