Lead Engineer

Title: Lead Engineer 

Location: Navi Mumbai, India 

Division: Technology & Engineering

• Are you torn between the excitement of start-ups and the stability of corporate life?
• Do you have a passion for helping clients harness the power of technology to solve complex challenges and improve experiences?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

This portfolio business is at the forefront of digital transformation and innovation, empowering clients across various sectors to achieve their strategic goals. With a strong focus on leveraging cutting-edge technology and data, we are dedicated to building scalable, impactful solutions that drive efficiency and enhance user experiences. Our mission is to harness the full potential of technology and data to deliver exceptional services and drive innovation.

About Blenheim Chalcot

As part of the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio, we benefit from the expertise, infrastructure, and scale of the leading global venture builder. With over 25 years of experience creating and growing SaaS businesses powered by Generative AI, Blenheim Chalcot has built 60+ ventures across sectors such as financial services, education, health, and marketing. Their global ecosystem—including Scale Space in London, the Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai, and a go-to-market base in Austin—enables us to access world-class talent, tools, and support to accelerate our growth and build a market-leading business.

Our Values

• Partnership: We become one team and family with organisations, helping them to navigate change and stay agile.

• Integrity: Our people really care, going beyond the brief to make change happen for organisations and citizens.

• Innovation: We bring together the right technologies and services to design solutions that work.

• Passion: We are passionate about — and dedicated to — building impactful technology and improving people’s lives.

The Role

This is an exceptional opportunity for a Senior Engineer to significantly contribute to our growth by helping us scale our delivery demands. As a key member of our Technology & Engineering team, you will be instrumental in leading, designing, developing, and deploying robust and scalable data solutions. You will work in close collaboration with various teams in Mumbai and London, taking ownership of outputs and thriving in a high-autonomy environment focused on product delivery and data excellence.

Key Responsibilities

The successful Lead Engineer will play a vital role in:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Oversee the planning and execution of projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.

• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team, promoting best practices in engineering.

• Implement and maintain ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) processes using scalable pipelines and data architecture.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.

• Ensure data integrity and quality across various data sources.

• Support data-driven decision-making by providing clean, reliable, and timely data.

• Design, develop, and maintain the data models used by ML Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists to access data.

• Conduct exploratory data analysis to uncover patterns and trends.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and drive continuous improvement in operations.

• Stay updated on industry trends, technologies, and best practices in engineering.

Opportunity

This role offers an excellent platform for experienced engineers to take their career to the next level. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our product roadmap, contribute to scaling our technical capabilities, and work in a dynamic environment that values innovation and continuous learning.

About You

The ideal candidate will have 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.

The Ideal Candidate

• 5+ years of professional experience in engineering or full-stack software engineering with a strong data focus.

• Proven experience in leading or mentoring junior engineers.

• Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable ELT processes and pipelines.

• Strong proficiency in programming languages commonly used in engineering, such as Python or Java.

• Extensive experience with database systems, including SQL and NoSQL databases.

• In-depth knowledge of cloud data platforms like AWS or Azure (e.g., S3, Redshift, Glue, Data Factory, Azure Synapse, etc.).

• Experience with CI/CD practices for data solutions.

• Strong understanding of Data Structures & Algorithms (DS&A) applied to large datasets.

• Proven ability to take ownership over outputs and drive complex data projects to completion.

• Highly adaptable and comfortable working in ambiguous, problem-solving environments.

• Strong evidence of teamwork and successful cross-functional delivery, particularly with Data Science, Analytics, and ML teams.

• Exposure to high-autonomy environments and a clear understanding of product delivery cycles for data products.

• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.

Process

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent. Please note we are office-based which requires our colleagues to be together in the office 5 days a week with flexibility around personal commitments, interests, and obligations. This ensures we have the opportunity to continuously collaborate with the whole portfolio to stay connected and grow our community.