Lead Software Engineer

Momentum

Lead Software Engineer managing backend services for AWS integration platform at Momentum Financial Services. Collaborating on API development, operational readiness, and vendor transition.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeHyderabad • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaScriptJestKafkaNode.jsPostgresPythonRedisTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve backend API services built with Node.js / NestJS running on AWS ECS.
Design and implement event-driven patterns using Kafka (AWS MSK) and caching with Redis.
Support and enhance file ingestion pipelines using S3, Lambda, schedulers, and Python/Node.js components.
Maintain and improve data sync workloads (e.g., AWS Batch/Lambda, scheduled jobs), ensuring correctness and recoverability.
Lead/participate in on-call and incident response, including post-incident RCAs and preventive improvements.
Improve CI/CD and engineering quality: GitHub Actions, Jest, performance testing (e.g., k6), static analysis/security scanning (e.g., SonarQube, Veracode).
Manage infrastructure changes via Terraform, including networking (e.g., NLB), observability, and runtime configuration.
Collaborate with Business stakeholders and partner teams on requirements, SLAs, and release planning.
Partner with the vendor team to drive structured knowledge transfer (architecture deep dives, incident walkthroughs, deployment procedures).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent amount of experience.
10+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend development expertise.
Strong Node.js experience.
Solid experience operating production systems in AWS (ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Postgres, CloudWatch).
Comfortable with DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, containerization, observability, incident response.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred).
Proficiency with relational databases (Postgres) including performance troubleshooting and data integrity.
Strong communication skills and ownership mindset; able to lead technical decisions and mentor others.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive Employee Benefits
Comprehensive Medical Coverage
Provident Fund Contribution
Performance-Based Incentives
Bucketlist Rewards Platform
Culture of Appreciation
Flexible Work Model
Paid Leave Entitlements
Continuous Learning Culture
Career Growth Opportunities
Collaborative Knowledge Sharing

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsNestJSAWS ECSKafkaRedisPythonAWS BatchTerraformPostgresCI/CD

Soft Skills

communication skillsownership mindsetleadershipmentoringcollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science