Strategic Project Lead - Software Engineering

Hello,

Greetings from ZettaMine!!!

Freelancing Opportunity :- We are currently having multiple opportunities in freelancing for Strategic Project Leads-Software Engineering across India.

Role: Strategic Project Lead Software Engineering

Mode: Remote-Freelancing

Start: Immediate

Mandatory Eligibility Criteria

Technical & Professional Qualification:

• Proven experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder programs in software engineering, technical program management, consulting, finance, startups, operations, or similar environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify bottlenecks, define meaningful metrics, and improve production performance.
• Experience managing distributed teams, contributor networks, marketplaces, or large-scale technical operations.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills, including expectation management, risk communication, and client relationship management.
• Ability to read and review code, understand test suites, and independently assess technical work.
• Working knowledge of programming languages such as Python, TypeScript, Java, or Go.

What You’ll Work On:

• Own end-to-end delivery across scope, timelines, quality, throughput, contributor performance, and cost.
• Design and manage workflows for coding datasets, agentic trajectories, RL environments, benchmarks, and rubric-based evaluations.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and improve workflows, review systems, incentives, and capacity planning.
• Partner with talent teams to source, assess, onboard, train, and ramp distributed software engineers.
• Build team-lead and reviewer structures for programs involving 100–1,000+ contributors.
• Own quality-control systems, analyze datasets for trends and systematic errors, and address root causes.
• Act as the primary customer contact, communicating progress, risks, quality trends, and recovery plans.
• Translate research objectives into practical task specifications and assess whether requirements produce the intended outcomes.
• Use Python, SQL, or similar tools for quality sampling, defect analysis, throughput reporting, and operational reviews.
• Develop reusable playbooks, quality controls, evaluation assets, and contributor-management systems.
• Share operational learnings and mentor other program leads.

Availability:

• Minimum 8 hours/day and 40 hours/week.
• Minimum 4 hours overlap with PST.
• Immediate availability preferred.

Others:

• LinkedIn profile is mandatory for review. Please ensure the LinkedIn profile link is included in the resume.
• Strong communication and ability to work independently in a remote

Interested candidates: Please share your updated CV with LinkedIn profile link at: karthik.k@zettamine.com

Thanks & Regards,

Karthik K

ZettaMine