Technical Lead

Job Description

Technical Lead

Location: Pune, India

Shift: 1 PM - 10 PM IST

Experience: 8+ years

Position Overview

We are looking for a Technical Lead to drive a scrum team for all necessary deliverables and serve as the technical face of the team for major decisions. This position will be based in our Pune office and work closely with product, engineering leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver on the Momentive Careers roadmap.

Position Summary

As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for driving a scrum team to deliver project commitments and orchestrating complex application development across the full lifecycle - from concept through post-production support and maintenance of server, OS, web applications, and services. You will oversee application code development, contribute to and manage version-controlled source code repositories, and lead assigned tasks to create measurable value using industry-recognized agile methodologies and best practices. You will advocate the architecture standards and guidelines set by engineering leadership, and must demonstrate quality, brevity, and timeliness in all deliverables.

About Us:

Momentive Software is a 40+ year leader in technology for mission-driven organizations. We serve over 37,000 nonprofits, associations, and professional communities - helping them fundraise, manage members, run events, deliver learning, and connect their industries with talent. Trusted by organizations like Girl Scouts, Habitat for Humanity, and ASAE, our unified platform replaces the patchwork of disconnected tools that hold mission-driven organizations back.

Our purpose: power the future of mission-driven organizations by unifying the tools they need into one intelligent software system. That includes MomentiveIQ - our AI-powered workflow automation layer - across a portfolio of 10+ integrated solutions.

About Product - Momentive Careers:

Momentive Careers is the industry's most trusted career center platform, with over 20 years of continuous innovation in the association job board market. We power the largest association network job board in the world. Associations use Momentive Careers to deliver a high-value member service, acquire and engage new members, and generate non-dues revenue by connecting their industries' employers with qualified talent.

A Day in the Life

In this role, you will:

· Manage a scrum team to deliver project deliverables on time and serve as the primary technical decision-maker for the team

· Successfully run Agile ceremonies and work closely with Product Owners to keep the roadmap and team capacity in balance

· Educate and mentor engineers across the team; participate in on-call duties for production issues as required

· Develop application code according to requirements - hands-on across PHP, Lucee, and React layers

· Contribute to lifecycle flow and value streams by prescribing and following engineering methodologies and best practices

· Solve the most difficult software development challenges across backend, frontend, and data layers

· Maintain a balance of business and technical acumen in all decision-making

· Contribute to source-code management and work item tracking best practices

· Drive estimation during sprint planning and PI planning exercises

· Provide technical consultation to the engineering management team

· Contribute across all SDLC phases: design reviews, writing user stories, code reviews, and automated testing

· Champion architecture standards and engineering guidelines set by technical leadership

We Are Looking for Someone Who Brings

Experience

· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience

· 8+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 4 years on PHP-based SaaS applications

· 2-4 years of experience leading and managing a scrum team

Must-Have Skills

· Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), SOLID principles, and SOA design

· Deep PHP proficiency - Zend / Laminas Framework required

· Hands-on experience with Lucee (CFML) for server-side rendering

· 3+ years working with React, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, and Redux Saga

· Strong command of REST API design, development, and integration

· Solid SQL skills - MS SQL and MySQL (query optimization, schema design)

· Experience with caching and queuing: Redis, RabbitMQ

· TDD experience - PHPUnit, Jest, or Selenium; able to write and enforce unit and integration test standards

· Agile / SAFe development experience; proficient with Jira for sprint and backlog management

· Strong Git and version control practices - Bitbucket or GitHub

· A self-starter who can work independently within a globally distributed team

· Understanding of emerging AI tools in support of engineering best practices - GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, etc.

Good-to-Have Skills

· AWS experience - deploying and managing cloud infrastructure

· Experience building and operating microservices architectures

· Elasticsearch or Solr - query tuning and index management

· GraphQL API design and consumption

· Docker, Kubernetes - container-based deployment

· Python (Celery) for background task processing

· Enterprise-level APM experience - New Relic preferred

· MongoDB experience

Tech Stacker

Backend: PHP 8, Zend / Laminas Framework, Python, Celery, Lucee (CFML), REST APIs

Frontend: Lucee (CFML), React, TypeScript, Redux Toolkit, Redux Saga, HTML5, CSS3

Data & Search: MS SQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Solr / SolrCloud, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ

Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, New Relic, Git, Linux

Good People, Doing Good Things:

At Momentive Software we are engineers, problem-solvers, and people who genuinely care about the organizations we serve. We dream big, invest in each other's growth, and build technology that makes a measurable difference. We look forward to you being part of our story.

· Planned Paid Time Off

· Remote Flexibility

· Company-Paid Parental Leave

· Purpose-Driven Culture

· Work-Life Balance

· Great Place to Work Certified

· Clear Path to Growth

· Collaborative Team Culture

About Us

Momentive Software amplifies the impact of over 20,000 purpose-driven organizations in over 30 countries, with over $11 billion raised and 55 million members served to date. Mission-driven nonprofits and associations rely on Momentive’s cloud-based software and services to address their most pressing challenges - from engaging their communities to simplifying operations and growing revenue. Designed to help organizations connect more, manage more, and ultimately expect more, Momentive's solutions are built with reliability at the core and strategically focus on fundraising, learning, events, careers, volunteering, accounting, and association management. Momentive partners with organizations that believe "good enough" is never enough - so they can bring on better outcomes for everyone they serve. Learn more at momentivesoftware.com.

Why Work Here?

At Momentive Software, we’re a team of passionate problem-solvers, innovators, and volunteers who believe in using technology to make a real difference. We dream big, support each other, and take pride in creating solutions that help our customers drive meaningful change. If you’re looking for a place where your work matters and your ideas are valued, you’ll find it here.

Planned Paid Time Off - Earned Leave and Casual Leave in Each Calendar Year

Company Holidays as Per Policy

Employer-Paid Parental Leave

Purpose-Driven Culture

Work-Life Balance

Passionate About Community Involvement

Group Mediclaim Policy

Group Accident Policy

Group Term Life Policy

Gratuity as Per Payment of Gratuity Act

Momentive Software actively embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a meaningful way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, which is why we do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

All persons hired will be required to verify identity, minimum age of 18, eligibility to work in India (without sponsorship), and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.