Software Technical Lead

Software Technical Lead

Job title: Software
Technical Lead
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Work model: Primarily Office Based
Reporting to: Engineering Manager
Team size: Initially 4–7 software
engineers, with close collaboration across QA, DevOps/platform engineering, and
firmware/hardware-adjacent teams
Compensation: TBD

About the role

ePropelled develops intelligent propulsion and power management
systems for uncrewed vehicles. We are looking for a hands-on Software Technical
Lead to develop cloud-based software that connects our hardware products with
user applications.

Your strongest experience will be in software development, backend
services and full-stack delivery. You will bring strong production development
skills in Python or Java, experience delivering containerised services, and
practical exposure to IoT, telemetry or other connected-device systems.

You will lead technical decisions, contribute code and help other
engineers deliver reliable software. Working with firmware and hardware
colleagues, you will develop a deeper understanding of our devices, their
interfaces and the environments in which they operate.

Prior experience developing embedded firmware, motor-control
software or autonomous-vehicle software is not required.

What you will do

·         Lead the design and delivery of
backend services, APIs, telemetry processing and supporting web applications.

·         Remain directly involved in
implementation, code review, troubleshooting and technical problem-solving for
approximately 70–80% of your time.

·         Design service boundaries, data
models and interfaces, choosing an appropriate architecture for the product’s
scale and complexity.

·         Develop and deploy
containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes, working with colleagues
responsible for infrastructure and operations.

·         Build and improve automated
tests, CI/CD pipelines and release processes.

·         Use logs, metrics and traces to
diagnose problems and improve service reliability.

·         Work with firmware and hardware
engineers to define device-to-platform interfaces, data formats, version
compatibility and failure behaviour.

·         Address connected-system
concerns such as intermittent connectivity, retries, duplicate messages, device
identity and access control.

·         Contribute to web dashboards
and operational interfaces, and guide integration between frontend and backend
components.

·         Mentor engineers, explain
technical trade-offs and help translate product requirements into achievable
development work.

·         You will work with an
experienced Software Engineering Manager who will handle day-to-day line
management and scheduling. This is a technical leadership role, not a
line-management role.

Essential experience

We are looking for evidence of the following capabilities:

Hands-on technical leadership. You have
taken responsibility for substantial software delivery, made and explained
architectural decisions, reviewed code and supported other engineers. You
continue to write and debug production code.

Strong Python or Java development. You
have built and maintained production backend services in at least one of these
languages and can explain your approach to testing, performance, concurrency
and maintainability. You are willing to learn other languages where the work
requires them.

Cloud and distributed systems. You have
delivered services on a cloud platform and have practical experience with
microservices, APIs and asynchronous messaging. You understand trade-offs
involving consistency, failure handling, scalability and operational
complexity.

Containers and Kubernetes. You have
practical experience packaging, deploying and troubleshooting applications
using Docker and Kubernetes.

CI/CD and production quality. You have
worked with version control, automated builds, tests and controlled releases,
and have contributed to improving these practices.

Observability. You have used logs,
metrics and tracing to investigate production behaviour. Experience with tools
such as Prometheus, Grafana or OpenTelemetry is relevant; familiarity with
every named tool is not required.

Genuine connected-system exposure. You
have contributed to a deployed IoT, telemetry, device-management, industrial
monitoring, telematics or comparable hardware-connected system. You can explain
your own contribution, how device data reached the application, and how you
investigated integration or reliability problems.

Full-stack delivery. You understand how modern web applications
interact with backend services and have contributed to delivering user-facing
functionality. Your deepest expertise may be in backend development; direct
ownership of cloud infrastructure is not the primary focus of this role.

Data and security fundamentals. You have
practical SQL and relational database experience, together with an
understanding of authentication, authorisation, secrets handling and secure
service communication.

Collaboration and learning. You
communicate clearly, investigate unfamiliar problems systematically and work
effectively with colleagues from other engineering disciplines.

At least seven years of relevant software engineering experience,
including technical leadership responsibilities, is required.

Requirements

Useful
additional experience

Any of the following would be valuable. You do not need experience
in all of them:

·         MQTT, device provisioning,
device identity or remote software updates.

·         Edge gateways, Linux-based
devices or systems that operate with unreliable connectivity.

·         PostgreSQL, time-series data or
telemetry storage and processing.

·         Practical development
experience in both Python and Java. Proficiency in at least one is essential;
experience with both is an advantage.

·         Frontend frameworks such as
React, Angular or Vue.

·         Robotics, manufacturing,
industrial automation or uncrewed vehicles.

·         Integrating AI or
machine-learning services into a production application.

Technical
ownership and development

Your initial technical ownership will focus on software development.
You will lead the development of software deployed on cloud platforms and
integrated with connected devices and user applications. Firmware and hardware
colleagues will contribute their specialist knowledge and collaborate on
interfaces, diagnostics and system behaviour. Platform Engineering colleagues
will provide infrastructure and specialist expertise in CI/CD, deployment and
platform operations.

You will be expected to develop a broader understanding over time,
ask informed questions and recognise when specialist input is needed.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. It involves guiding
software engineers in their approach to software development and taking
responsibility for technical delivery.

Background
and qualifications

A relevant degree or equivalent practical experience is welcome.

We consider candidates from different industries. What matters is
evidence of production software development and delivery, technical leadership
and relevant connected-system experience.

If you meet the essential capabilities but have not used every
technology mentioned, we encourage you to apply. Please describe a system you
helped deliver, your personal contribution and a difficult technical problem
you resolved.

Benefits

• Salary - Best In Industry
  
• Family Medical Insurance
  
• Exposure to the latest technology
  
• Work with Global team