Software Technical Lead

Be part of the solution at The team and embark on a one-of-a-kind journey. You will be helping to develop cutting-edge solutions to solve real-world energy problems.

We are currently seeking a **Lead full Stack Developer** , to join our Chennai Team, and this position will be directly reporting to Head of the Department.

**About us:**

The team is a global technology and engineering powerhouse. With leadership positions in LNG, hydrogen, ethylene, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management, we are contributing to the development of critical markets such as energy, energy derivatives, decarbonization, and circularity. Our complementary business segments, Technology, Products and Services (TPS) and Project Delivery, turn innovation into scalable and industrial reality.

Through collaboration and excellence in execution, our 17,000+ employees across 34 countries are fully committed to bridging prosperity with sustainability for a world designed to last.

**About the mission we offer you:**

As a Lead Full Stack Developer, the candidate will be responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of a scalable and high-performance application. They will work in collaboration with a team of full-stack developers in a Scrum-based environment, under the guidance of a Business Application Owner.

The Lead Developer will play a critical role in ensuring the technical quality of the application by promoting best practices, ensuring secure coding standards, and optimizing performance. The candidate is expected to mentor team members, provide technical leadership, and act as the primary point of contact for technical challenges. A deep understanding of the business domain and the ability to translate complex functional requirements into scalable technical solutions are essential for success in this role.

This role also requires hands-on technical expertise to address challenges in system design, database architecture, integration with microservices, and cloud deployment. The ideal candidate will be proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering high-quality software solutions that align with business needs.

**Qualifications / Skills:**

• **Software Development** : 8 to 12 years of experience in web software development with demonstrated leadership capabilities.
• **Database Expertise** : 6+ years of hands-on experience with SQL Server, database optimization, and writing complex queries.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to work independently.

***Starting Date: Immediately***

**About you:**

We love to hear from you and how you match with this position. To be successful in this mission you should consider the following requirements:

**Assignment, Context, Job Main Challenges & Key Expectations:**

• **Learning Curve** : The candidate is expected to quickly acquire deep knowledge of the application’s technical and business context.
• **Team Leadership** : The candidate will mentor and guide the development team, ensuring they follow best practices in coding, design, and testing.
• **Stakeholder Collaboration** : Close collaboration with Product Owners (POs), test leads, and business stakeholders to refine user stories, resolve ambiguities, and ensure technical feasibility.
• **Technical Ownership** : The candidate will own the design, development, and delivery of complex modules, ensuring the application is secure, maintainable, and scalable.
• **Code Quality and Security** : The candidate is expected to champion DevSecOps practices, embedding security throughout the CI/CD pipeline and software development lifecycle. This
• includes advocating secure coding practices and leveraging tools such as **SonarQube** and **Snyk** to improve code quality and detect vulnerabilities.

+ **Continuous Improvement** : Staying updated with emerging technologies and proactively identifying opportunities to enhance the application and development processes.

**Job Scope:**

• Analyze user stories and oversee the translation of functional requirements into technical tasks.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture solutions.
• Optimize database schema design, queries, and application performance.
• Ensure robust documentation, comprehensive unit testing, and effective resolution of issues.
• Act as a mentor and guide to the development team, ensuring adherence to coding standards and promoting a culture of technical excellence.

**Responsibilities:**

• Actively participate in and lead all Agile ceremonies daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, demos, and refinements.
• Collaborate with Product Owners (POs), developers, and other stakeholders to refine user stories and provide technical insights.
• Estimate user stories, allocate tasks, and guide team members during refinement and sprint planning.
• Implement user stories with clean, maintainable, and secure code.
• Design scalable and reliable architecture while ensuring adherence to security and performance benchmarks.
• Utilize tools such as SonarQube and Snyk to identify and resolve code vulnerabilities, technical debt, and code smells.
• Conduct and oversee thorough code reviews to maintain quality and enforce secure coding practices.
• Integrate DevSecOps practices into the CI/CD pipeline, including automated security scanning using SonarQube (SAST) and Snyk (dependency/container vulnerability checks), secrets management, DAST, and compliance-as-code, ensuring security is a shared responsibility across the development lifecycle.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude) to accelerate coding, automate code review feedback, enforce code quality standards, and generate documentation; evaluate and responsibly adopt AI/ML capabilities within the application where they deliver measurable business value.
• Ensure responsible use of AI tools in line with company AI policy: review all AI-generat