Lead Software Engineer – Assurant, GCC India

We are seeking a Full Stack Tech Lead who will provide technical and delivery leadership for enterprise-grade applications across frontend, backend, and cloud platforms. This role involves owning architecture and design decisions, guiding implementation standards, mentoring engineers, and ensuring scalable, secure, and high-quality software delivery. The Tech Lead will work closely with product owners, architects, and DevOps teams within Agile or SAFe environments, while actively leveraging AI-assisted engineering practices to improve productivity, quality, and consistency.

This position will be in Bengaluru & Hyderabad at our India location.

Work Time: 3:30 PM IST -12:30 AM IST

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

• Lead end-to-end technical design and architecture for complex full-stack systems, collaborating with product, architecture, and cross-functional teams to define scalable and resilient solutions.
• Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers by setting development standards, reviewing critical code paths, and guiding implementation approaches aligned with architectural runway and organizational standards.
• Break down complex features into well-defined technical tasks, estimates, and sprint deliverables, supporting predictable execution and release planning.
• Architect and develop secure, versioned, and well-documented APIs and backend services using modern .NET or equivalent platforms, applying microservices, event-driven, and domain-driven design patterns where appropriate.
• Drive frontend architecture using modern SPA frameworks, ensuring modular design, effective state management, performance optimization, accessibility, and consistent user experience.
• Establish and enforce built-in quality practices including automated testing strategies, code quality gates, CI/CD standards, and Definition of Done across teams.
• Lead cloud architecture and deployment strategies utilizing Azure or AWS services, including serverless components, container orchestration, monitoring, telemetry, and cost-aware design.
• Champion application security by driving secure SDLC practices, threat modeling, authentication and authorization patterns, secrets management, and compliance with industry standards.
• Mentor and coach engineers through code reviews, design discussions, pairing, and knowledge-sharing forums, fostering continuous improvement and engineering excellence. Leverage AI-enabled software engineering tools responsibly for architecture exploration, code generation, refactoring, documentation, and test creation, validating outputs for correctness, security, and maintainability.

What are the requirements needed for this position?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience

• Typically, 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with progressive responsibility, including technical leadership of full-stack or .NET-based enterprise solutions within Agile or SAFe delivery models.

Technology Requirements

• Expert-level full-stack development experience using React with TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and moder UI architecture patterns including performance optimization and accessibility.

• Deep expertise in C# and .NET 6/7/8, ASP.NET Core, NodeJS background services, and distributed system design including microservices, messaging, resiliency patterns, and API governance.
• Strong data architecture and integration skills with SQL Server and other relational databases, Entity Framework Core, performance tuning, and experience with NoSQL platforms.
• Advanced experience designing and governing APIs including REST standards, versioning strategies, documentation, backward compatibility, and API security.

• Proven leadership in CI/CD pipeline design and governance, source control strategies, automated testing, containerization using Docker, and deployment patterns such as blue/green and canary releases.
• Extensive cloud architecture experience using Azure or AWS services including App Services, Functions, Service Bus or event platforms, Key Vault, identity, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Strong security leadership with hands-on experience in OWASP practices, OAuth2/OIDC, threat modeling, secure coding standards, and regulated environment considerations.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement AI-assisted engineering workflows using tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude, including prompt engineering, AI output validation, and responsible AI usage.
• Excellent problem-solving, performance engineering, debugging, and stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to balance delivery speed and risk management.

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Assurant is a leading global business services company that supports, protects, and connects major consumer purchases. A Fortune 500 company with a presence in 21 countries, Assurant supports the advancement of the connected world by partnering with the world’s leading brands to develop innovative solutions and deliver an enhanced customer experience through mobile device solutions, extended service contracts, vehicle protection services, renters insurance, lender-placed insurance products, and other specialty products.

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