Lead, Software Engineering & DevOps

Job Description

Title: Lead, Software Engineering & DevOps

Company Name: STARDUST Telecom Limited

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

Published: 2025-11-29

Application Deadline: 2025-12-07

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Position Summary

The Lead, Software Engineering & DevOps (Sr. Manager/AGM) will oversee the entire software engineering lifecycle—from requirements analysis, architecture design, coding, testing, deployment, and support—while leading a multidisciplinary team of Software Engineers, QA Analysts, SRE/DevOps Engineers, and Business Analysts.

The ideal candidate must come from a strong hands-on coding background (Python full stack, Laravel, modern JavaScript frameworks, API and microservices architecture) with proven DevOps, CI/CD automation, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud, infrastructure-as-code, and database experience. This leader will be responsible for designing, modernizing, securing, and scaling enterprise-grade applications and distributed systems used across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Software Engineering Leadership & Full SDLC Ownership

Lead end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): requirements → design → development → QA → deployment → monitoring

• Requirements analysis
• System design & architecture
• Conduct code reviews, system design reviews, and optimize application performance.
• Testing (Functional, Automation, Regression, UAT)
• Deployment & CI/CD pipelines
• Post-production monitoring & maintenance

Responsibilities include:

• Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices.
• Guide development teams across backend, frontend, and microservice ecosystems.
• Conduct code reviews, architecture reviews, and performance optimizations.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and scalable designs.
• Mentor engineers on system design, data modeling, and distributed architecture.

2. Deep Technical Hands-on Development Expertise

Backend Development

• Full-stack Python (Django/Flask/FastAPI/Node.js, Java)
• Laravel / PHP frameworks
• RESTful APIs, GraphQL, message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka), microservices
• Authentication/Authorization (JWT/OAuth2/SSO)

Frontend Development

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, Vue.js, React, Flutter, Angular (any modern framework)
• Responsive UI/UX understanding
• WebSockets, SPAs, component-based architecture

Database & Data Engineering

• SQL Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL
• NoSQL: MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch
• Query optimization, replication, clustering, high availability
• Data modeling, indexing, partitioning

3. DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure Management

Lead the design and implementation of a modern DevOps environment:

CI/CD Pipeline Management

• GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket CI
• Jenkins, ArgoCD, CircleCI
• Automated build, test, deploy workflows
• Security scanning (SAST/DAST), unit tests, container scans

Containerization & Orchestration

• Docker, Docker Compose
• Kubernetes (Rancher, k3s, EKS, AKS, GKE)
• Helm charts, operators, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd)

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform, Ansible
• Cloud provisioning, configuration management
• Secrets management (Vault, SSM Parameter Store)

Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
• ELK/EFK stack, Datadog, Zabbix
• APM tools, tracing & logging

Security & Compliance

• Implement DevSecOps practices
• Endpoint & application-level security
• Vulnerability scanning, policy enforcement
• SSL/TLS, PKI, IAM, role-based access

4. Testing & Quality Assurance Leadership

• Lead QA team to ensure robust test coverage.
• Implement test automation frameworks (Selenium, PyTest, PHPUnit).
• Manage regression testing, performance testing, load testing, UAT.
• Enforce test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD).
• Establish QA metrics and reporting for release readiness.

5. Project Management & Delivery

• Lead multiple enterprise-level projects simultaneously.
• Prepare estimates, project plans, sprint plans, and release calendars.
• Manage cross-functional coordination between DevOps, QA, BA, Infra, and Business Units.
• Ensure timely delivery with quality and documentation.
• Implement risk identification, mitigation, and escalation mechanisms.
• Execute Agile/Scrum/Kanban practices.

6. Business Analysis & Stakeholder Management

• Communicate with stakeholders to understand requirements and constraints.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications and solution architectures.
• Coordinate with vendors, external development partners, and internal departments.
• Present release notes, business impact reports, and project status updates.

7. Operational Excellence & Team Performance

• Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and service request operations.
• Drive continuous improvement in system performance and reliability.
• Define SLAs, KPIs, and engineering metrics.
• Develop engineers through upskilling, mentoring, training, and certification paths.
• Oversee resource planning and team utilization.

• Insurance,Mobile bill,Provident fund,Gratuity
• Lunch Facilities: Partially Subsidize
• Salary Review: Yearly
• Festival Bonus: 2

Compensation & Benefits

• Leave Fare Assistance

• Yearly Increment

• Mobile Bill Allowance

• Pick & Drop Facilities

• Earned Leave Encashment

• Professional development & certification support

• Inclusive & growth-oriented work environment