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About this Senior Lead Engineer role at Adtran

Adtran · Onsite · Bangalore, India

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Our Growth is Creating Great Opportunities!

Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can.   Continued success depends on it!  Once you've had a chance to explore our current open positions, apply to the ones you feel suit you best and keep track of both your progress in the selection process, and new postings that might interest you!

Thanks for your interest in working on our team!

We're looking for a passionate Senior Lead Engineer to help build and evolve our cloud-native SaaS platform. If you enjoy solving complex engineering problems, designing scalable systems, mentoring developers, and leveraging AI to build better software, we'd love to hear from you.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll influence architecture, drive engineering excellence, and own product delivery from design through production.

Principle Tasks:

  • Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services and platform capabilities.

  • Drive architecture and technical decisions with focus on scalability, reliability, security, performance, and cost optimization.

  • Build cloud-native solutions on AWS using modern software engineering practices.

  • Design and develop REST APIs and distributed microservices.

  • Evaluate new technologies, conduct technical feasibility studies, and build PoCs.

  • Champion clean code, automated testing, secure development, CI/CD, and engineering best practices.

  • Lead production issue resolution, RCA, and continuous platform improvements.

  • Collaborate with Product, Architects, QA, DevOps, and Support teams to deliver high-quality software.

  • Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and technical guidance.

  • Leverage AI-powered engineering tools to improve productivity, quality, and delivery.

Primary Skills

  • Java 17+

  • Python

  • AWS

Preferred Skills & Experience

  • TypeScript and/or Node.js

  • REST APIs, Microservices, Event-Driven & Distributed Systems

  • AWS Serverless: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Step Functions

  • MySQL, MongoDB, ActiveMQ, Apache Solr or similar technologies

  • Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)

  • Observability & Monitoring: CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry

  • Secure Software Development & Cloud Security best practices

  • Knowledge of TR-069, TR-369 and TR-181 device management standards is a plus

What Success Looks Like

  • 12–14 years of experience building scalable enterprise or SaaS products using modern software engineering practices.

  • Strong expertise in Java, cloud-native application development on AWS, system design, and backend engineering.

  • Experience building microservices, event-driven architectures, REST APIs, and distributed systems.

  • Hands-on experience with AWS serverless technologies and modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD, containerization, observability, and Infrastructure as Code.

  • Experience leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering excellence.

  • Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills with a passion for continuous learning and AI-assisted software development.

  • AWS Certification (Associate or above) or equivalent cloud experience is preferred.

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About Adtran

Adtran is a leading global provider of fiber-based networking solutions and SaaS applications, focused on the broadband access market. Our comprehensive portfolio spans from the metro core to the customer premises, enabling network providers to deliver Gigabit broadband to every home and business. Our vision is to enable a fully connected world where the power to communicate is available to everyone, everywhere. At Adtran, we believe in our people. With a diverse and inclusive team spread across the globe, our culture embraces creativity and seeks innovation and quality in everything we do. Built on a foundation of communication, trust, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit enables us

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