Custom Software Engineer

Custom Software Engineer

Project Role : Custom Software Engineer
Project Role Description : Develop and configure software systems either end-to-end or for a specific stage of product lifecycle. Apply knowledge of technologies, applications, methodologies, processes and tools to support a client, project or entity.
Must have skills : Python (Programming Language)
Good to have skills : React.js
Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : BTECH

Summary

As a Lead Software Engineer on the Productivity Engineering team, you will be responsible for the design, development, and deployment of DevOps infrastructure, services, and tools that enable teams to move fast confidently and securely. You will infuse cutting edge AI tools into the SDLC and developer workflows.
What is the Productivity Engineering team, Our goal is to unleash innovation and bring operational excellence to software development with insights, tools, and infrastructure that enables frictionless delivery of features with high bars for quality, security, and reliability.


Roles and Responsibilities:

Lead development of shared, secure CI/CD pipeline platform components for delivery of leading SaaS tax solutions. This includes service development, related infrastructure-as-code, monitoring and alerting
Identify problem areas of software delivery, identify requirements to solve, then design and architect solutions include tooling options that can be 3rd party, open source, and home grown
Create cloud and application environment automation (infrastructure-as-code)
Develop, integrate, and roll out AI Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) tools to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of engineering services.
Data-driven analysis and monitoring for triage of failures of services/applications, pipelines, and tests
Write and structure documentation, representing architectures and user flows visually
Available for on-call support of critical software delivery infrastructure
Model the DevOps culture demonstrating collaboration, streamlining processes, and integrating best practices across engineering teams.
Lead team in development of services and tools. Provide guidance on code quality and DevOps routines for the development and release of these services and tools.
Identify inefficiencies in the flow of value through the DevOps pipeline and design improvements to accelerate and optimize
Collaborate across value streams in an agile manner to coordinate dependencies and the release of platform capabilities


Technical experience and Professional attributes:

(MUST HAVE) Development of applications/services in a cloud environment.
(MUST HAVE) Experience with running infrastructure on AWS or Azure
(MUST HAVE) CI/CD pipeline experience with cloud-centric applications across a variety of stacks
(MUST HAVE) Familiarity with AI tooling to accelerate software development including prompting, MCP, A2A, and Copilots
Proven ability to manage and optimize cloud infrastructure to support engineering services, ensuring adherence to Service Level Objectives (SLOs) through effective monitoring and automation. Skilled in implementing and maintaining configuration-as-code practices to enhance scalability, reliability, and efficiency in cloud environments.
Development of CI/CD pipelines built for security, speed, reliability, and developer experience that meet strict compliance standards.
Deep understanding of security aspects in development and software delivery, including DevSecOps best practices, secure coding principles, and early integration of security measures.
Experience with Kubernetes and CNCF technologies, docker
Administration of Windows and Linux instances and environments
Development of DevOps tooling used for production code, including both creation of new services as well as integration and operation of 3rd party.
Infrastructure-as-code development including Terraform and Ansible
High proficiency to code in multiple languages with experience using Java, .NET, Python, Go
Collaborate with teams and individuals across the organization to understand their challenges, discuss solutions, and support their use of tooling
Practitioner of agile practices and play lead roles including Product Owner
Display empathy towards engineers and their friction, work with them to develop common solution.
Must possess strong interpersonal, organizational, presentation and facilitation skills.
Must be results oriented and customer focused.
Data-driven with working history of capturing and improving engineering metrics such as DORA, SPACE framework, or various quality and productivity metrics.
Data analysis and engineering business intelligence background developing back-end data storing and front-end visuals for metrics and insights a huge plus
Agile role certifications a plus, including value stream mapping practices to identify and eliminate waste in software delivery processes


Educational Qualification:

Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent combination of education/experience. Master s degree is a plus.

10 years or more experience of software development with 5 or more in a lead or architect type role


Additional information:

On this agile team focused on continuous improvement, you ll connect the pathway for applications to be tested in a modern, scalable model that reduces cycle times and increases innovation. With a comprehensive understanding of software development, you ll contribute to a common platform, but also have the knowledge of systems and testing for this to fit into the SDLC of cloud service development.
You will be working with a Trusted Tax Technology Leader, committed to delivering reliable and innovative solutions