Who you’ll be working with

We build the solutions dreamed up by the product and design teams. Our goal is to deliver working software every two weeks. We are a large team that spans across three global offices, but we collaborate and integrate front- and back-end components and interfaces to provide a user-centered experience through web and mobile platforms.

What you’ll be doing

• Work across both new feature development and production issues, ensuring system reliability and continuous improvement.
• Actively contribute to and approve code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards.
• Apply knowledge of architecture and design patterns in solution design.
• Write expert-level unit tests and own integration test completeness at the epic level.
• Develop code with a security-centric architecture
• Be proactive in pointing out release dependencies to mitigate risks.
• Actively identify refactoring opportunities to improve code maintainability and performance.
• Confidently provide engineering estimates during sprint planning.
• Own documentation for features developed and contribute to project onboarding documentation.
• Contribute to retrospectives and own action items to improve team performance.
• Present features and progress in client demos.

What you’ll need to be successful (Requirements)

Must have skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• 5+ years experience as a Python Developer or similar role, with a strong portfolio of Python projects.
• Proficiency in Python programming language and its libraries/frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI).
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL), including schema design and query optimization. 
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Github, Gitlab).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and adapt to changing project requirements.

Nice to have skills:

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure or GCP is a plus.
• Familiarity and  knowledge of NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB) is a plus.
• Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins) is a plus.

Need another reason to hit the “apply” button?

• Codal is a global agency with over 250 employees, and offices in the US, UK, Canada and India 
• We are a BigCommerce Partner and have won the Partner of the year award twice (most recently this past year).
• We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work.
• Company sponsored lunch every Wednesday.
• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical coverage for employees and their dependents
• Maternity/Paternity Leave: Additional time off and support for new parents
• Professional Development: Opportunities for training, workshops, conferences to enhance employees' skills and knowledge
• Accidental Insurance.

The Role:

We’re seeking a skilled Lead Software Engineer to join our India-based engineering team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance software solutions, while ensuring smooth collaboration and overlap with US-based teams. This role combines hands-on engineering responsibilities with opportunities to mentor junior engineers, contribute to architecture discussions, and support enterprise-grade systems. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys problem-solving, clean code, and working across modern tech stacks.
Experience: 7+ Years 
On-site role

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the analysis, design, development and delivery of software solutions.
• Be able to articulate implementation at all levels.
• Ensure quality of one or more application codebases and alignment with development standards.
• Applies technical capabilities within his own discipline to coach and develop junior employees.
• Designs highly complex applications, interfaces and integration with a modest number of systems.
• Responsible for performance engineering of the enterprise software architecture, and providing functional guidance, advice, and/or training to other application developers.
• Modest advanced code development, code review and day-to-day support duties.
• Researching and evaluating tools to support domain-specific needs.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience in software development.
• Strong proficiency with Javascript, React, Node.js, Python or similar languages.
• Solid understanding of asynchronous programming.
• Should have good hands on experience with any cloud service.
• Ability to create database schemas that represent and support business needs.
• Familiarity with databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Dynamo, PostgreSQL or MSSQL.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications.
• Good understanding of code versioning tools such as git.
• Experience with container technology such as Docker and container orchestration tools.
• Automate CI / CD workflow for each of the projects that have been onboarded.
• Knowledge of API specifications like GraphQL and REST standards.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies.
• Ability to utilize AI Assisted coding tools.

Work Schedule:

• Must be available for ~2 hours of evening work to overlap with US teams (until approximately 11:30 PM IST)

What we offer:

• A culture that values flexibility, work-life balance, and employee well-being - including Work From Home Fridays
• Competitive compensation packages and comprehensive health benefits
• Work with a collaborative, global team of engineers who thrive on solving complex challenges
• Exposure to multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and modern DevOps tooling at scale
• Professional growth through continuous learning, mentorship, and access to new technologies
• Leadership that recognizes contributions and supports career advancement
• The chance to shape DevOps best practices and directly influence company-wide engineering culture
• A people-first environment where your ideas matter and innovation is encouraged