This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Min Experience: 7+ years
Location: Chennai
JobType: full-time
We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead to drive technical direction, solve complex engineering problems, and help
build scalable, reliable, high-quality software for our AI + IoT platform.
Requirements
Responsibilities
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to software engineers.
• Design and review scalable software architectures and system designs.
• Stay hands-on with coding and solve complex technical problems.
• Drive technical decisions across APIs, databases, cloud, and application architecture.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain high standards for code quality, testing, and performance.
• Identify and resolve technical risks, bottlenecks, and architectural challenges.
• Mentor engineers and help raise the team's technical capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, observability, and engineering practices.
Requirements
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.• Strong hands-on programming and system design experience.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, databases, and cloud technologies.
• Experience making and owning technical architecture decisions.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with code reviews, testing, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
Nice to Have
• Experience with SaaS, AI/ML, or data-driven products.
• Experience with Python and modern backend technologies.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Experience working in a fast-growing startup environment.
Must-have skillsSystem Design, Distributed Systems, Backend Engineering
Good-to-have skillsPython, RAG, LLM
Skills Required
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong hands-on programming and system design experience
- Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, databases, and cloud technologies
- Experience making and owning technical architecture decisions
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Experience with code reviews, testing, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills
- Experience with SaaS, AI/ML, or data-driven products
- Experience with Python and modern backend technologies
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD
- Experience working in a fast-growing startup environment
- System design experience
- Distributed systems experience
- Backend engineering experience
- Experience with Python, RAG, or LLM technologies
What We Do
Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform that helps startups hire top-tier engineering and product talent. By leveraging a massive database of white-collar professionals and advanced outreach tools, the company streamlines the hiring process through automated sourcing, AI-driven resume screening, and white-glove contingency services. Their mission is to modernize recruitment by enabling companies to discover and engage passive candidates efficiently, ensuring high-quality hires for critical roles.
