Development Lead

Responsibilities - Define and drive the long-term backend architecture strategy aligned with business goals - Oversee system design across multiple services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security - Establish architectural standards, design patterns, and engineering best practices across the organization - Lead technical due diligence, risk assessment, and trade-off analysis for major engineering decisions - Drive platform modernization initiatives and technical debt reduction - Champion observability, performance engineering, and operational excellence - Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend architects and senior engineers - Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning - Drive hiring and onboarding for the backend architecture team - Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and knowledge sharing - Coordinate cross-team technical initiatives and resolve architectural conflicts Requirements - 10+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years in a lead or principal role - Proven track record designing and scaling distributed systems in production - Strong experience leading and mentoring engineering teams - Deep expertise in backend languages (Java, Go, Python, Node.js, or similar) -Extensive knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, and API design - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure) and modern infrastructure practices - Strong understanding of database design, caching, messaging, and high-concurrency systems - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Originally posted on Himalayas