Senior Software Engineer at Accelerate People Ltd in Mumbai, India

Job description

• Description: We’re hiring Senior Software Engineers to lead the design and delivery of robust, scalable, and production-grade data systems across a high-growth, multi-venture environment. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives in hands-on build mode, and who can scale technical delivery without losing speed, quality, or ownership.
• If this is interesting, we would love to hear from you!
• The role
• We’re hiring Senior Software Engineers to build scalable products, tools, and systems across our portfolio companies. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in hands-on engineering, writes maintainable code, and is deeply motivated by solving real-world problems with technology.
• You’ll work closely with product and engineering colleagues in both Mumbai and London, driving delivery within a specific business. If you're passionate about engineering craft, product-led development, and delivering systems that scale, we’d love to hear from you.
• This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers looking to step up their scope and impact. You’ll join a collaborative team with exposure to modern engineering practices, GenAI-enabled systems, and business-critical data products. You'll be part of a global network, shaping real customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Working within our Engineering Centre of Excellence in Mumbai, you can expect to:
• Build and maintain scalable services, data pipelines, and backend systems.
• Write readable, efficient code and collaborate closely in code reviews.
• Automate robust test coverage (unit, integration, and/or contract tests).
• Implement data models used by analysts and ML teams; ensure schema evolution and data integrity are maintained.
• Participate in system design sessions and contribute to architectural discussions.
• Debug production issues across multiple services and layers of the stack.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-aware development practices.

Requirements

• Behaviours that we look for
• Solve problems rigorously, not reactively - breaking them down into tractable elements and considering multiple paths to resolution.
• Write clean, defensive code with clear structure and minimal complexity.
• Think about testing and observability early, automating meaningful tests and implementing relevant metrics/logging.
• Design systems for operations, not just development - considering CI/CD, resilience, cost, and scalability from day one.
• Use data to guide decisions, validating design impact, performance, and real user outcomes.
• About you
• We are seeking to onboard candidates with a proven track record in engineering, demonstrating strong technical leadership skills and a passion for building high-quality, scalable products. Excellent teamwork, adaptability, and a strategic mindset are essential to being successful in this role.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java).
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases; schema design and query optimisation.
• Comfort with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure (e.g., S3, Redshift, Glue, Synapse).
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices, automated testing, and observability.
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and their real-world trade-offs.
• A proactive mindset: ready to take ownership, iterate fast, and learn continuously.
• Great communication and teamwork skills – particularly in cross-functional settings.

Skills

Required

• Excellent teamwork
• adaptability
• strategic mindset
• proactive mindset
• great communication
• collaboration
• Python
• Java
• SQL
• NoSQL
• AWS
• Azure