Lead Software Engineer (Remote)

Delhi, India (Remote)

INR 250,000 - 300,000 per month

12 months contract (Excellent potential for permanent/long term)

Full- time: M-F 9am-5pm India time zone

Role Overview: Lead a software engineering team to design, build, and scale cloud-native Java applications shaping the future of travel technology. You'll drive technical direction, mentor engineers, own feature delivery, and contribute hands-on within a collaborative, agile environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers.
• Own and contribute to the technical design, architecture, development, and delivery of scalable, high-quality software (Java/Spring).
• Build prototypes and translate innovative ideas into robust, scalable travel tech solutions.
• Drive full SDLC processes in an agile/lean environment, collaborating effectively with remote teams and stakeholders.
• Champion best practices in coding, testing (unit/integration), and system reliability.
• Debug complex issues and optimize application performance.
• Partner with product management to enhance and support applications.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience developing scalable, distributed applications withing the travel technology industry: TNH-Travel & Hospitality, Airline, or travel agency
• 4+ years of experience building cloud-native software (AWS)
• Must have experience in the travel technology industry: TNH-Travel & Hospitality, Airline, or travel agency
• Must have experience as a team leader
• Requires being hands on with your team and doing the work as well
• Must have experience React, Vue.js, Agular, Node.js, Ember, Vue)
• Must have advanced experience in Java Script framework.
• Must have experience in JS framework and not plain JavaScript
• Must have experience to design, build, and scale cloud-native Java applications
• Experience in Spring Boot and what are its advantages
• Must have understanding of CI/CD pipeline tool (e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD, AWS Code pipeline etc)
• Experience in foundational web tech (JQuery, HTML, CSS).
• Must have high proficiency in Java (11+), Spring Framework (Boot, MVC), and RESTful services.
• Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks with JavaSCript (Jest, Mocha, or Jasmine) Jave ( Junit)
• Proven debugging, optimization, and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially in agile/remote settings.
• Passion for building high-quality software.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) or NoSQL databases.