Technical Leader – Engineering/ Gurugram

Experience: 10–15 Years

Location: Gurugram, India

About Practice by Numbers

• Practice by Numbers (PbN) is a fast-growing SaaS platform helping healthcare organizations
• leverage data, automation, patient engagement, and operational intelligence to improve
• business performance and patient outcomes. We build highly scalable cloud-native products
• serving thousands of customers across North America.
• We are looking for an exceptional Technical Leader who can drive architecture, technical
• excellence, and platform scalability while remaining deeply involved in solving complex
• engineering challenges.

Role Overview

• As a Technical Leader, you will be responsible for driving the technical direction of critical
• products and platform services. You will lead architectural decisions, influence engineering
• standards, solve complex technical problems, and guide teams in building scalable, reliable,
• and high-performance systems.
• This is a highly technical role requiring strong expertise in distributed systems, cloud
• architecture, software design, performance optimization, and modern engineering practices. The
• ideal candidate is passionate about building great software, enjoys working on challenging
• technical problems, and leads through technical depth and execution excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & System Design

• Design and evolve highly scalable, resilient, and secure SaaS platforms.
• Define architecture standards, design principles, and engineering best practices.
• Lead technical design reviews and architecture discussions across teams.
• Drive modernization initiatives and platform evolution.
• Design distributed systems capable of handling large-scale workloads and future growth.
• Ensure systems are built for performance, observability, reliability, and maintainability.

Technical Leadership

• Act as the technical authority for key business-critical systems and services.
• Drive engineering excellence through high standards for design, code quality, testing,

and operational readiness.

• Review complex designs and critical code paths.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and technical leads.
• Identify technical risks early and develop pragmatic solutions.
• Influence technology decisions across multiple teams and products.

Software Engineering

• Contribute hands-on to architecture, design, and implementation of critical platform

components.

• Build scalable APIs, backend services, and cloud-native applications.
• Improve system performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Drive adoption of reusable frameworks, shared services, and engineering accelerators.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Architect and optimize solutions on AWS.
• Drive containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure automation initiatives.
• Implement scalable deployment strategies and resilient cloud architectures.
• Improve observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing.
• Partner with DevOps teams to continuously improve deployment reliability and platform

stability.

AI-Enabled Engineering

• Leverage modern AI capabilities to improve engineering productivity, software quality,

and development efficiency.

• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices across teams.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify practical opportunities to accelerate

engineering outcomes.

• Promote effective use of AI while maintaining strong engineering standards, security,

and code quality.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 10–15 years of software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale SaaS products.
• Strong experience working in high-growth product engineering environments.
• Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and cloud-native

development.

• Track record of solving complex scalability, performance, and reliability challenges.

Technical Expertise

Backend Technologies

• Python
• Django / Django REST Framework
• Node.js
• REST APIs
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Systems
• Asynchronous Processing

Frontend Technologies

• React.js
• TypeScript
• Modern JavaScript
• Frontend Architecture Patterns
• State Management Frameworks

Data & Storage

• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Elasticsearch / OpenSearch
• Database Design
• Query Optimization
• Caching Strategies
• Data Modeling

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS
• ECS / EKS
• Lambda
• API Gateway
• S3
• RDS
• CloudWatch
• IAM
• Networking Fundamentals

DevOps & Reliability

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code
• Monitoring & Observability
• Distributed Tracing
• Performance Engineering
• Incident Management

Software Design

• Object-Oriented Design
• Design Patterns
• SOLID Principles
• Domain-Driven Design
• System Design
• Secure Coding Practices
• Test Automation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Experience handling large-scale transactional and analytical workloads.
• Exposure to healthcare technology or data-intensive applications.
• Experience driving platform architecture across multiple engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of scalability, resiliency, and performance engineering.
• Passion for emerging technologies and continuous learning.

What We Look For

• Strong hands-on technical depth.
• Exceptional system design and architectural thinking.
• Ability to solve ambiguous and complex technical problems.
• Bias toward execution and ownership.
• Strong engineering judgment and decision-making capability.
• Ability to influence through technical expertise rather than hierarchy.
• Passion for building high-quality software and scalable platforms.