Lead Software Engineer

About the Role:
We are hiring a Lead Software Engineer to architect and lead engineering efforts for our healthcare platform, covering domains like health data analytics, secure messaging, image-based diagnostics, and AI chat interfaces. You will define and drive microservice design, mentor engineers, ensure high system reliability, and collaborate across teams to deliver production-grade features at scale.

Responsibilities:
- Design and lead the implementation of distributed microservices for:- Healthcare data sharing and access control- Real-time chat/messaging and AI conversation flows- Medical image processing and analytics workflows- Establish engineering best practices around CI/CD, testing, and fault tolerance- Define API contracts and service interfaces across modules and teams- Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product to deliver scalable solutions- Apply performance tuning to Redis, PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch for real-time workloads- Handle production operations, including incident management, observability, and alerts- Provide technical leadership through mentoring, design reviews, and code quality gates

Qualifications:
- 7+ years of backend development experience in Kotlin or Java- Strong understanding of microservice architecture, REST APIs, and service orchestration- Knowledge of Redis (cluster & standalone), OpenSearch, PostgreSQL- Experience with messaging/chat systems, notification engines, or AI assistants- Familiarity with image processing pipelines- Exposure to production deployments on Kubernetes, Docker, AWS or GCP- Strong leadership, debugging, and systems thinking skills