Lead Software Engineer

Syndigo powers the continual flow of data and content throughout the entire commerce ecosystem— accelerating delivery of accurate and compelling information that increases sales on every shelf. We are the recognized leader in software and services for the management of master data, product information, digital assets, and content syndication and analytics across industries including grocery, foodservice, hardlines, home improvement, oil & gas, pet, health and beauty, automotive, apparel, and healthcare products.

Syndigo serves the industry’s largest two-sided network, connecting more than 50,000 global users across 12,000+ global brands with more than 1,750 global retailers.

Basically, we're the people that deliver the rich, accurate product content that helps consumers shop online with confidence, and helps brands and retailers operate efficient product supply chains. We cannot do all of this without our amazing employees who make the magic happen here at Syndigo. As we continue to grow, we’re always looking to identify talented individuals to join our team.

Lead Software Engineer
Job Summary:

Reporting directly to Director of Engineering, the Lead Engineer will guide the design and implementation of the software solutions under the User Generated Content (UGC) business division. Our teams work across the front-end (React & Elm), backend (Java/Kotlin), Data (Snowflake, dbt, Tableau), DevOps, and QA. We need a seasoned engineer who can shape the long-term design of our system. This person will guide our teams in architecting product features in a way that moves us towards that vision. We have a team-oriented culture, value collaboration, self-direction, and continuous improvement. We learn from our experiences to always improve, and we have fun and celebrate our successes.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and champion the high-level, long-term architectural strategy for the UGC division’s suite of products

• Ensure software architecture aligns with the established technical strategy by establishing and Architecture review committee

• Advocate regulatory compliance, security policies and processes in adherence to Industry standards and 1World Sync guidelines

• Drive continuous upgrades and enhancement of the various frameworks and tools used by the applications and the team.

• Assess, Identify and Mitigate common issues in the operations of the software suite preemptively

• Develop the engineering team's capability in architectural design and implementation through mentorship and enablement

• Lead the research, evaluation, and adoption of new technologies to advance and upgrade our solutions.

• Partner with product and business leadership to ensure the technical strategy effectively addresses customer requirements and business goals

• Drive enhancements in engineering-wide practices, including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, security, and developer experience tooling

Required Skills/Abilities:

• 10+ years of software development experience

• 7+ years of full-stack application development using Object oriented programming(Kotlin, Java) and modern frameworks

• 3+ years of experience designing and implementing solutions with AWS

• 3+ years of experience with event-driven development (SQS, SNS, Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub) and idempotent patterns

• 5+ years of experience developing APIs for front end applications

• 5+ years of experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and large data sets

• 3+ years of experience leveraging and maintaining CI/CD tooling (CircleCI, GitHub Actions)

• 3+ years of experience leveraging infrastructure as code using Terraform

Desired Skills and Experience

• Previous experience leveraging automated database DDL (Liquibase, Flyway)

• Previous experience with object data stores (AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, GCP Cloud Storage) and/or document data stores (AWS DynamoDb, MongoDB, NoSQL)

• Previous experience building containerized applications (Docker) and deploying them to orchestration (AWS ECS, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm)

• Experience with Data engineering and Analytics (Snowflake, dbt, Tableau)

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification (preferred but not required)

Education and Experience:

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

**This is a hybrid role, requiring 2 days per week in our Bangalore office**

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

To achieve the best version of our organization, we know it takes new ideas, new approaches, new perspectives and new ways of thinking. A purpose we are 100% committed to cultivating.

Diversity is woven into our fabric at Syndigo and it’s how we stay an industry leader, innovating technology solutions that equip our customers with everything they need to be successful!

All are welcome here and we invite you to join our team if you are ready to help us continue that growth!

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