Development Lead

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities We are seeking a highly capable and technically grounded Technical Delivery Lead to guide and coordinate a cross-functional software engineering team building advanced digital solutions for the oilfield domain. This role combines technical leadership, solution architecture, and delivery oversight across backend, frontend, DevOps, QA, and datacentric development. Strong experience in backend development (Java, Spring Boot preferred) and solid understanding of microservice architectures. Strong Experience with frontend architectures (Angular, modular SPAs, TypeScript) and integration points. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience in software engineering (especially backend or systems design) and is skilled at mentoring senior developers, setting standards, and delivering high-quality, enterprise-grade applications in cloud-native and domain-heavy environments. Experience in the oil & gas digital space is a strong advantage. Key Responsibilities: Own the technical delivery of complex software products that integrate backend services, frontend interfaces, testing, and cloud infrastructure. Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across backend, frontend, QA, and DevOps workstreams. Facilitate collaboration between developers, testers, DevOps engineers, and domain SMEs to ensure cohesive, end-to-end solutions. Work with product managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical plans, stories, and release roadmaps. Ensure adherence to best practices in code quality, security, performance, observability, and maintainability. Guide architectural decisions related to scalability, modularity, cloud cost optimization, and data flow. Review code and architecture contributions and mentor team members to elevate technical capabilities across the board. Drive continuous integration, deployment, and automation efforts alongside DevOps to streamline release pipelines. Help resolve technical blockers and maintain momentum across active sprints and project phases. Champion quality engineering practices, including unit/integration testing and automated test coverage. Required Skills and Experience: 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a technical or team leadership role. Strong experience in backend development (Java, Spring Boot preferred) and solid understanding of microservice architectures. Familiarity with frontend architectures (Angular, modular SPAs, TypeScript) and integration points. Deep understanding of CI/CD, DevOps tooling (GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform). Hands-on experience leading cross-functional agile teams and delivering enterprise-scale softwareproducts. Strong knowledge of cloud-native development, preferably on Azure. Proficient in system and application architecture, integration design, and service scalability patterns. Understanding of QA methodologies, test automation, and performance testing frameworks. Nice to Have: Background in Digital Oilfield (DOF), upstream workflows, or related oil & gas engineering software Domains. Experience integrating or supporting ML/AI features or intelligent automation in software systems. Familiarity with event-driven systems and real-time data integration. Exposure to agentic AI design or AI augmentation of engineering workflows is a plus. Company Industry IT - Software Services Department / Functional Area IT Software Keywords Development Lead Get real-time job updates only on our App