Tech Lead

Job Description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 20000000 (ie INR 5- 200 LPA)

Min Experience: 6+ years

Location: India
JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced Tech Lead to architect and build a next-generation internal technology platform from the ground up. This is not a conventional product ownership role—the ideal candidate combines deep software engineering expertise, database architecture knowledge, product thinking, and technical leadership to create scalable systems that will support long-term business growth.

In this role, you will define the technical vision, establish engineering best practices, and lead the development of mission-critical platforms spanning customer management, operational workflows, data infrastructure, and AI-ready systems. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into robust technical solutions while building and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own the long-term system architecture and technology roadmap for internal platforms.
• Build scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure designed for future growth.
• Translate business requirements into well-architected technical solutions.
• Collaborate with product and business teams during product requirement definition and technical validation.
• Lead the engineering team by defining development standards, code quality practices, and hiring strategies.
• Design and implement modern data platforms capable of supporting analytics, AI, and machine learning workloads.
• Develop scalable APIs, backend services, and platform components that enable seamless integration across systems.
• Establish security best practices, access controls, compliance standards, and disaster recovery mechanisms.
• Drive engineering excellence through architecture reviews, mentoring, and continuous process improvements.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that improve scalability, productivity, and platform reliability.

Required Qualifications

• 8–15 years of experience in Software Engineering, Technical Architecture, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, or related fields.
• Prior experience as a Technical Lead, Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Engineering Lead, Database Architect, or a similar leadership role.
• Proven experience building enterprise platforms or internal systems from the ground up (0→1).
• Strong experience leading engineering teams and driving technical decision-making.
• Experience working in fast-paced startup or high-growth environments.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Technical Skills

Database & Data Architecture

• Strong expertise in relational and NoSQL databases.
• Deep understanding of data modeling, schema design, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or equivalent database technologies.

System Architecture

• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and scalable application architecture.
• Experience designing secure APIs and service-oriented platforms.
• Expertise in scalability, resiliency, backup strategies, and disaster recovery planning.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and modern engineering tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building platforms in regulated or data-intensive industries.
• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, deployment pipelines, or analytics platforms.
• Strong understanding of operational workflows and enterprise platform engineering.
• Ability to think strategically about long-term architecture while balancing immediate business priorities.
• Passion for designing highly scalable systems and mentoring engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts.

Must-have Skills

• Database Architecture

Good-to-have Skills

• Platform Engineering
• Healthcare Domain Experience