Senior Development Lead

Role Overview TechioSoft Systems is seeking a highly capable and driven Senior Development Lead , designed for seasoned professionals who bring a strong blend of technical depth, leadership capability, and delivery ownership .

As a Senior Development Lead, you will operate as a hands-on technical leader , responsible for guiding development teams, shaping solution architecture, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, high-performance enterprise applications. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced Agile environment, driving both engineering excellence and team productivity .

This is an ideal opportunity for individuals who thrive in leadership roles while remaining deeply engaged in modern engineering practices, including cloud-native development, microservices architecture, and enterprise-scale system design .

Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Delivery Ownership

• Lead a team of developers, providing technical direction, mentorship, and delivery accountability
• Own end-to-end delivery of solutions, ensuring alignment with architecture, timelines, and quality standards
• Act as the primary point of contact for technical decisions, design trade-offs, and implementation strategy

Design, Development & AI-Enabled Engineering

• Design and build scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise applications
• Architect and develop RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, code generation, automated testing tools) to improve developer productivity and code quality
• Contribute hands-on to complex components, ensuring clean, maintainable, and extensible codebases
• Drive adoption of modern design patterns, domain-driven design (DDD), and API-first approaches

Engineering Excellence & Modern Dev Practices

• Establish and enforce best practices across code quality, testing, observability, and performance optimization
• Lead implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (unit, integration, contract), and DevSecOps practices
• Promote shift-left testing, test automation, and continuous quality engineering
• Enable strong developer experience (DevEx) through tooling, templates, and streamlined workflows
• Ensure systems are built with resilience, scalability, and production observability (logging, tracing, monitoring) in mind

Cloud, Platform & Automation Focus

• Drive development aligned with cloud-native principles, containerization, and microservices architecture
• Work with DevOps and platform teams to implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC), environment automation, and deployment pipelines
• Support adoption of container orchestration (Kubernetes), serverless patterns, and managed cloud services
• Champion platform engineering practices to improve reusability and reduce delivery friction

Agile Delivery & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Lead Agile execution including planning, estimation, backlog refinement, and sprint delivery
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless delivery
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and delivery plans
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks proactively

Quality, Support & Governance

• Oversee defect management and ensure adherence to SLA, quality, and release standards
• Guide UAT, production readiness, and post-deployment support
• Ensure compliance with SDLC governance, security standards, and audit requirements

Continuous Improvement & Team Growth

• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and accountability
• Drive adoption of emerging technologies, AI-assisted workflows, and modern engineering practices
• Encourage knowledge sharing, reusable assets, and internal accelerators
• Contribute to technical documentation, architecture artifacts, and playbooks

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership role
• Strong programming expertise in .NET, or Node.js
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as React or Angular (preferred)
• Proven experience in microservices, APIs, and distributed system design
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern DevOps practices
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering workflows
• Strong understanding of software design principles, data structures, and system architecture
• Experience leading Agile teams and delivering in iterative environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platform(s) and cloud-native development patterns
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and container-based deployments
• Exposure to event-driven architectures and messaging systems
• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., App Insights, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience in enterprise modernization or digital transformation initiatives
• Exposure to AI/ML integration, LLM-based solutions, or intelligent automation