Lead - Forward Deployed Engineer
Description
- Lead and mentor junior engineers; break requirements into technical tasks and guide implementation.
• Design, review and build production applications across frontend, backend, APIs and databases.
• Use AI coding tools, LLMs and agentic development to improve engineering productivity while maintaining code quality.
• Establish practical standards for AI-generated code, testing, security and production quality.
• Work with existing/legacy applications and contribute to modernization, migration and integration.
• Contribute to CI/CD, testing, security and production deployments; troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Make practical architecture decisions for scalable, high-performance and maintainable applications.
• Understand business logic and existing codebases and translate requirements into sensible technical solutions.
Mandatory Skills Set
- TypeScript / JavaScript, React / Next.js, Node.js / NestJS
• PostgreSQL or similar databases; APIs and system design
• Production application development end-to-end
• LLMs, AI coding assistants and AI-assisted development
• Software architecture, code review, testing and CI/CD
• Security, deployments, troubleshooting and Git
Desirable Skill Set
• Python / Java
• Legacy application modernization, migration and integration
• Strong mentoring and technical leadership experience
• Agentic AI / AI-native engineering practices
• Ability to understand existing codebases, business logic, dependencies and data flows
Interested Candidates Share your CV to: nvallika@surgevector.com