Fullstack Developer (Technical Lead)

Role overview

Fullstack Developer (Technical Lead) at Burns & McDonnell

We are looking for a Technical Lead who will operate at a cross-team level, driving architecture, engineering standards, and technical governance across multiple projects.

The ideal candidate is a strong full-stack engineer (Python React) with deep architectural expertise and the ability to guide teams hands-on.

Required qualifications

• *Required Skills & Experience:**

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Strong hands-on experience with GCP is preferred; equivalent experience with Azure or AWS may be considered

Employment details

• *Primary Location** India-Maharashtra-Mumbai
• *Schedule:** Full-time
• Location: Mumbai [IND]

Application details

• + Strong understanding of application security, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization
• + Knowledge of secure coding practices and common application security standards

Additional role details

• *Description**
• This role goes beyond a typical team-level Tech Lead and focuses on enabling other Tech Leads, ensuring consistency, and improving overall engineering maturity.
• *Key Responsibilities:**
• 1.
• *Architecture & Design Governance:**
• + Define and standardize architecture patterns and design principles
• + Review and guide critical technical designs across teams
• + Ensure systems are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term vision
• + Drive technology selection and standardization
• *2.
• Engineering Standards & Best Practices:**
• *Establish and enforce:**
• + Coding standards
• + Code review practices
• + Testing strategies
• + Drive adoption of:
• *CI/CD pipelines:**
• + Code quality tools (e.g., SonarQube)
• + DevOps best practices
• + Ensure consistency across all teams
• *3.
• Tech Lead Enablement:**
• + Mentor and support team-level Tech Leads
• + Help resolve complex technical challenges
• *Conduct:**
• + Design reviews
• + Knowledge-sharing sessions
• + Technical workshops
• + Act as a technical escalation point
• *4.
• Full Stack Technical Leadership:**
• *Provide hands-on guidance in:**
• + Backend development using Python
• + Frontend development using React
• *Ensure best practices in:**
• + API design and integration
• + UI architecture and performance
• + End-to-end system design
• + Support teams in building scalable full-stack applications
• *5.
• Cross-Team Alignment:**
• Break silos and promote reusable components and shared services
• *Ensure alignment across projects on:**
• + Architecture
• + Tools
• + Frameworks
• + Collaborate with Engineering Managers and Product teams
• *6.
• Innovation & Productivity:**
• + Drive initiatives around:
• + AI adoption
• + Developer productivity
• + Automation
• + Improve developer experience and delivery efficiency
• + Strong full-stack development experience using Python and React
• + Hands-on experience with Python backend frameworks, including:
• + Django
• + Django REST Framework
• + FastAPI
• + Flask
• + Strong experience in designing and developing REST APIs and third-party system integrations
• + Hands-on experience with React, including:
• + Modern frontend architecture
• + State management
• + Component design and reusability
• + Frontend performance optimization
• + Experience with PostgreSQL, including:
• + Relational database design
• + Query optimization
• + Indexing and performance tuning
• *Deep understanding of:**
• + System design and distributed systems
• + Microservices and service-oriented architecture
• + API design, authentication, and integrations
• + Scalable and high-performance application architecture
• *Cloud & DevOps:**
• *Experience with GCP services such as:**
• + Cloud Run
• + Cloud SQL
• + BigQuery
• + Secret Manager
• + Cloud Scheduler
• + Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• *Knowledge and hands-on experience with:**
• + CI/CD pipelines
• + Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• + Docker and containerized deployments
• + Cloud Run or Kubernetes
• + Git-based development and branching workflows
• + Redis or equivalent caching solutions
• *Engineering Practices:**
• + Experience with application monitoring, logging, observability, and troubleshooting
• + Experience with code quality and static analysis tools such as SonarQube
• *Strong understanding of testing strategies, including:**
• + Unit testing
• + Integration testing
• + API testing
• + End-to-end testing
• + Experience with code reviews, coding standards, and engineering best practices
• + AI & Modern Stack (Good to Have):
• + Exposure to AI/ML or LLM-based solutions
• + Familiarity with agentic development / automation frameworks
• *Soft Skills:**
• + Strong technical leadership and mentoring ability
• + Excellent communication and collaboration
• + Ability to influence without authority
• + Strong problem-solving mindset
• *Qualifications**
• + 10–12 years of experience in software engineering
• + B.Tech/B.E, BCA, B.Sc degree in Information Technology.
• + Proven full-stack development experience (Python React) in production systems
• + Experience in leading multiple projects or mentoring Tech Leads
• + Strong exposure to architecture and system design
• This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
• *Job** Information Technology
• *Travel:** No
• *Req ID:** 263328
• *Job Hire Type** Experienced Not Applicable #BMI N/A