The Lead Product Engineer provides technical direction and leadership across multiple teams and initiatives
You’ll guide architectural decisions, influence engineering strategy, and ensure alignment between technology solutions and Hyatt’s digital vision
This role combines deep hands-on technical expertise with mentorship and strategic oversight
Lead Engineers help shape the roadmap, define technology standards, and foster an engineering culture centered on innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.
Define and communicate technical vision, architecture, and standards for critical systems
Lead design and delivery of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives
Partner with engineering management to plan and prioritize team objectives
Mentor and develop engineers at all levels through coaching and feedback
Evaluate and implement emerging technologies that drive innovation and efficiency
Establish best practices for scalability, security, and DevOps automation
Represent Product Engineering in strategic planning and technical governance forums
Serves as a key technical authority within the organization, influencing product strategy and engineering excellence across teams.

Requirements

8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, architecture, and technical operations
4+ years of experience leading small project teams (2–5 engineers) in an Agile environment
Proven ability to design, build, and deploy scalable, reliable, and secure applications
Hands-on experience with front-end and back-end development using modern frameworks
Services decomposition and Framework Upgrade experience
Strong proficiency in Java, JavaScript, and associated frameworks including Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, MyBatis, AngularJS, and Node.js
Solid experience with SQL and relational database design
Solid experience around Data Caching Techniques using Redis
Expertise in RESTful services, API development, and integrations using APIGEE, nginx, and JSON
Working knowledge of Apache Kafka for building event-driven architectures and integrating microservices
Experience with automated testing using frameworks such as Karma, Selenium, Protractor, WebDriver, and Jasmine
Skilled in continuous integration and deployment using Jenkins, Git, Bash scripts, Maven, Gradle, Webpack, and WildFly application/web servers
Proficient in using Jira and Confluence for documentation, collaboration, and project tracking
Strong understanding of requirements analysis, system design, and DevOps best practices
Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Skilled in Planning how applications connect with databases, data warehouses, data lakes, and external APIs
Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL, relational databases (RDBMS) concepts and dimensional modeling
Experience with designing and building scalable and robust data pipelines to enable data-driven decisions for the business
Analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly those that apply to Operation Data source and Data Migration.

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaJavaScriptSpring BootHibernateJPAMyBatisAngularJSNode.jsSQLRESTful services

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipstrategic oversightcollaborationinnovationcommunicationcoachingproblem-solvinganalytical skillsrequirements analysis