Senior Technical Lead
India
Job Description
Senior Technical Lead
| Chennai, Tamil NaduBengaluru, Karnataka

Job Summary


Roles and Responsibilities:
Have demonstrable experience leading and building scalable microservices and event-driven applications
Can solve complex technical challenges from design through to production
Address tech debt with a pragmatic, commercially focused approach
Translate requirements into solid engineering deliverables
Deliver reusable solutions used across teams and products
Collaborate across teams and align technical decisions with business goals
xpertise in observability and reliability practices, leveraging tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana and CloudWatch
A solid understanding of security best practices, including Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and certificate management
Experience with testing methodologies (TDD, BDD) and automation frameworks
Ability to design and implement data-intensive applications and scalable architectures (API, microservices, event-driven, serverless)
Knowledge of deployment strategies and SRE principles
Interest or experience in AI/ML technologies and emerging tools
Your Skills and Experience
Programming:  Java, TypeScript and JavaScript (Node.js) ,Springboot building scalable, high-performance services.
Frameworks & Platforms: . Java,React (TypeScript), Springboot  EE for RESTful APIs and enterprise applications.
Architecture: Microservices, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), event-driven systems using RabbitMQ and/or Apache Kafka.
Databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or other relational/NoSQL databases – e.g., PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
Cloud (AWS): EC2, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, CDK, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CloudWatch.
CI/CD: TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, GitHub & GitHub Actions.
Containers: Kubernetes and Docker.
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.
Quality Engineering: Strong advocate for automated testing and quality-driven delivery.
You also bring (or are keen to grow) front-end engineering capability, with skills in TypeScript, React, and Next.js, highly regarded across our full-stack engineering practice and a key differentiator for delivering seamless end-to-end customer and developer experiences.
AI & Chatbot Integration: Exposure to building AI-driven support tools, such as integrating with LLMs/ChatGPT for developer support. Knowledge of the Model Context

Protocol (MCP) server concept or similar ChatGPT plugin development is a plus, as this squad owns an AI ChatBot for developer enablement.

Key Responsibilities


Roles and Responsibilities:
Have demonstrable experience leading and building scalable microservices and event-driven applications
Can solve complex technical challenges from design through to production
Address tech debt with a pragmatic, commercially focused approach
Translate requirements into solid engineering deliverables
Deliver reusable solutions used across teams and products
Collaborate across teams and align technical decisions with business goals
xpertise in observability and reliability practices, leveraging tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana and CloudWatch
A solid understanding of security best practices, including Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and certificate management
Experience with testing methodologies (TDD, BDD) and automation frameworks
Ability to design and implement data-intensive applications and scalable architectures (API, microservices, event-driven, serverless)
Knowledge of deployment strategies and SRE principles
Interest or experience in AI/ML technologies and emerging tools

Skill Requirements

Other Requirements

Information at a Glance

Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.