# Tech Lead

> Weekday AI · India (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-07-16

**Salary:** INR 500,000–20,000,000

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Weekday's Client via platform

## Description

**This role is for one of the Weekday's clients**

**Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 20000000 (ie INR 5- 200 LPA)**

Min Experience: 6+ years

Location: India  
JobType: full-time

We are looking for an experienced **Tech Lead** to architect and build a next-generation internal technology platform from the ground up. This is not a conventional product ownership role—the ideal candidate combines deep software engineering expertise, database architecture knowledge, product thinking, and technical leadership to create scalable systems that will support long-term business growth.

In this role, you will define the technical vision, establish engineering best practices, and lead the development of mission-critical platforms spanning customer management, operational workflows, data infrastructure, and AI-ready systems. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into robust technical solutions while building and mentoring a high-performing engineering team.

## Requirements

### Key Responsibilities

-   Design and own the long-term system architecture and technology roadmap for internal platforms.
-   Build scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure designed for future growth.
-   Translate business requirements into well-architected technical solutions.
-   Collaborate with product and business teams during product requirement definition and technical validation.
-   Lead the engineering team by defining development standards, code quality practices, and hiring strategies.
-   Design and implement modern data platforms capable of supporting analytics, AI, and machine learning workloads.
-   Develop scalable APIs, backend services, and platform components that enable seamless integration across systems.
-   Establish security best practices, access controls, compliance standards, and disaster recovery mechanisms.
-   Drive engineering excellence through architecture reviews, mentoring, and continuous process improvements.
-   Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that improve scalability, productivity, and platform reliability.

### Required Qualifications

-   8–15 years of experience in Software Engineering, Technical Architecture, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, or related fields.
-   Prior experience as a Technical Lead, Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Engineering Lead, Database Architect, or a similar leadership role.
-   Proven experience building enterprise platforms or internal systems from the ground up (0→1).
-   Strong experience leading engineering teams and driving technical decision-making.
-   Experience working in fast-paced startup or high-growth environments.
-   Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

### Technical Skills

### Database & Data Architecture

-   Strong expertise in relational and NoSQL databases.
-   Deep understanding of data modeling, schema design, and query optimization.
-   Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or equivalent database technologies.

### System Architecture

-   Strong knowledge of distributed systems and scalable application architecture.
-   Experience designing secure APIs and service-oriented platforms.
-   Expertise in scalability, resiliency, backup strategies, and disaster recovery planning.
-   Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and modern engineering tools.

### Preferred Qualifications

-   Experience building platforms in regulated or data-intensive industries.
-   Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, deployment pipelines, or analytics platforms.
-   Strong understanding of operational workflows and enterprise platform engineering.
-   Ability to think strategically about long-term architecture while balancing immediate business priorities.
-   Passion for designing highly scalable systems and mentoring engineering teams.
-   Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts.

### Must-have Skills

-   Database Architecture

### Good-to-have Skills

-   Platform Engineering
-   Healthcare Domain Experience

## Apply

[Apply at Weekday AI](https://apply.workable.com/weekday-1/j/13407FC242/apply)

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