Lead Software Engineer Strategic Projects

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer – Strategic Projects
Experience: 8+ years
Location: Chennai [Hybrid]

About the Company:
Our Client is a German-based global data technology organization specializing in high-performance analytics solutions, enabling enterprises to process and analyze large-scale data with speed and efficiency. The company focuses on delivering advanced data infrastructure platforms used across industries for real-time insights and decision-making. With a strong engineering-driven culture, it emphasizes innovation in scalable systems and cloud-based data environments. It operates with an international presence, supporting clients across multiple regions.

Role Overview:
We are hiring a Lead Software Engineer (Strategic Projects) to lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives across core database systems, data ingestion and integrations, platform capabilities, and emerging innovation areas.This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy tackling complex, performance-sensitive problems and can effectively navigate ambiguity. You will contribute across the spectrum—from conducting technical research and building rapid prototypes to delivering scalable, production-ready solutions.Working closely with engineers, architects, and product stakeholders, you will help define and execute key strategic initiatives that shape the broader technology landscape. This is also an opportunity to be a key early contributor to a growing strategic engineering team in Chennai, where you will help build strong local expertise while influencing global technical direction.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and contribute to strategic engineering initiatives across core database functionality, data ingestion, connectors, integrations, and platform components
  

• Perform technical research, evaluation, and prototyping to explore new ideas, architectures, and technologies, and assess their feasibility, performance, and impact
  

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable software, taking exploratory work through to production readiness
  

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering teams to align on architecture, manage product development dependencies, and drive cross-team execution
  

• Take ownership of complex problem areas and translate high-level goals into clear technical designs and deliverables
  

• Contribute to initiatives that may span on-prem, cloud, or hybrid environments, considering performance, scalability, and operational constraints
  

• Stay updated with the latest advancements in database technologies and development methodologies, and actively contribute to building a strong product and platform competency knowledge base within the Chennai development center
  

Required Skills:
Must-Have:

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer working on complex, backend, or system-level software
  

• Strong proficiency in C++ or Python, with solid expertise in multithreading, data structures, performance optimization techniques, and algorithmic optimization; experience with Rust or other modern systems programming languages is a plus
  

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining high-performance, scalable systems, preferably in data-intensive or platform-oriented environments
  

• Good understanding of software architecture, system design, and engineering trade-offs
  

• Prior exposure to database internals, such as SQL compilers, query optimizers, execution engines, or storage subsystems, is highly desirable
  

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and an understanding of how large-scale systems behave in cloud or hybrid environments is a plus
  

• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and work on problems that span multiple components and technical domains
  

Good To Have:

• Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals, including POSIX concepts (processes, memory, sockets, IPC), and experience debugging or optimizing system-level behavior in performance-sensitive environments
  

• Proven ability to design, debug, and optimize concurrent and performancecritical systems
  

• Solid problem-solving skills with a structured and analytical approach
  

• Ability to balance engineering rigor with pragmatism, especially when working on strategic or exploratory initiatives
  

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  

• Fluency in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills
  

Other Details:

• Education: Any Undergraduate (or) Postgraduate
  

• Notice Period: Immediate/ 30 days
  

• Work Type: Full Time and Permanent