Lead Software Engineer

Overview

Hatio Innovations Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of IndiaIdeas.com Limited (“BillDesk”), India’s largest payment processor. Founded in 2017, we are an engineering-first company building highly scalable, real-time systems that handle large volumes of financial transactions and time-critical, sensitive data.

Role Overview

A Lead Software Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for driving technical excellence, ensuring high-quality project delivery, and mentoring engineers at scale. This role owns project-level technical design, enforces engineering standards, ensures process adherence, and serves as the bridge between engineering teams and leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and review 100% of technical designs for assigned projects.
• Ensure complete technical solutioning is prepared before sprint execution.
• Drive adherence to architecture, coding, and review standards across the project.
• Ensure high-quality deliverables with minimal production defects.
• Ensure good test coverage across the project.
• Review merge requests in a timely manner and maintain high review quality standards.
• Propose and implement technical improvements across the project.
• Mentor engineers and drive measurable growth in technical and professional capability.
• Conduct regular 1-1 meetings with team members.
• Ensure sprint delivery commitments are met with minimal variance.
• Resolve escalations within agreed timelines.
• Ensure timely communication of project updates to stakeholders.
• Drive adoption of engineering processes and address gaps identified in retrospectives.
• Lead technical discussions and clearly communicate project-level risks, trade-offs, and progress to stakeholders.
  
  

• 10–15 years of software development experience.
• Strong expertise in Java and SpringBoot for backend systems.
• Solid understanding of React.js and modern frontend architecture.
• Proven experience designing scalable RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of RDBMS (Oracle/PostgreSQL) performance optimization.
• Experience working with Kafka or event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., AeroSpike).
• Strong grasp of system design principles, scalability patterns, and performance engineering.
• Experience driving architecture reviews and enforcing design standards.
• Hands-on experience with Git-based workflows and structured code review practices.
• Strong debugging capability across complex, multi-layer systems.
  
  

• Full technical ownership of project architecture and execution.
• Accountability for delivery timelines and resource utilization.
• Zero major production defects attributable to design gaps.
• Strong process governance and continuous improvement mindset.
• Clear stakeholder communication and risk management.
• Active mentorship and team capability development.
• Measurable improvement in team velocity and engineering quality.
  
  

• ₹5,00,000 health insurance coverage.
• 13 holidays in a year.
• 24 days of annual leave.
• 6 days of menstrual leave for female employees.
• Provident Fund and gratuity benefits.
• Monthly budget allocated for learning, training, and courses for every employee.
• Access to a well-stocked office library to support your learning and growth.
• Weekly product and engineering sessions for learning and improvement.
• Access to professionally curated mental health and wellness programs, co-sponsored by the company.
• Monthly town hall along with office lunch for interactions with management and team.
• Stocked pantry with tea, coffee, bread, snacks, fruits, and more.
• Games and recreation facilities in the office for relaxation.
• Regular sports activities like Football, Cricket, and Badminton.
• Participation in festival celebrations and team outings.
• Benefits are subject to the company policy.