Lead Software Engineer
Smiths Group plc12 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to multiple platform and application development teams.
- Design, review, test, and implement architecture and design patterns aligned with business requirements.
- Contribute hands-on to software development and deliver scalable, flexible, loosely coupled, and high-performing systems.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through reviews, best practices, learning events, and skill development.
- Support Agile and DevOps practices, including automated development processes, continuous integration, deployment, and operational monitoring.
- Embed security, reliability, scalability, and performance into team practices, development processes, and architecture.
- Measure operational and product metrics to validate solution effectiveness and alignment with customer needs.
- Engage business partners, senior leaders, and cross-functional teams to influence priorities, gather feedback, and secure alignment.
- Participate in estimation, delivery governance, architecture discussions, and continuous improvement across diverse international teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of software development experience.
- Proficiency with Angular 10+, Java, Spring Boot, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern UI frameworks or libraries.
- Expertise in API design, gRPC, RESTful services, scalable web applications, web components, micro front-end architecture, and responsive UI development.
- Experience with Python and/or Golang, microservices, domain-driven design, and distributed systems.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or similar SQL databases, Redis, automated unit and integration testing, Git, Linux, networking, scripting, debugging, and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of application security, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, OWASP guidelines, and secure coding practices.
- Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, build and release pipelines, and public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and JIRA, plus an understanding of software quality assurance and modern data architectures.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, mentoring, decision-making, collaboration, influencing, and matrix-team skills in international and multicultural environments.
- Working experience with UX is an added advantage.
- Fluent spoken and written English, in addition to any local language required at the work location.
Benefits
- The role requires presence in the office four days per week.
- Training and career-growth opportunities are available locally and globally.
- Inclusive work environment with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing.
- Flexible benefits supporting health, wellbeing, financial, lifestyle, and family needs.
- Equal-opportunity workplace committed to diversity, inclusion, equality, and ethics.
Tech Stack
AngularAWSAzureCSSDockerGitGoGoogle Cloud PlatformgRPCHTMLJasmineJavaJavaScriptJestJUnitKarmaKubernetesLinuxPostgreSQLpytestPythonRedisSpring BootSQLTypeScript
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About Smiths Group plc
Smiths Group plc designs, manufactures, and services engineered products for industrial, energy, aerospace, security, and medical markets through businesses including John Crane, Smiths Detection, Flex‑Tek, and Smiths Interconnect. It sells equipment and aftermarket services to governments and commercial customers worldwide, generating recurring service revenue alongside product sales. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in London, it is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange.