Technical Lead

Job Title/Role: Technical Lead Mode of hire: Full-Time Base Location: Guindy, Chennai Mode of work: Hybrid Shift Timing: General Shift ( US time-zone overlap) Experience: 8+ Yrs Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days About The Role We are seeking a Technical Lead to guide Carta sustainment delivery and act as the day-to-day manager for the development team. This role co-leads the team alongside the Scrum Master / Business Analyst and combines hands-on technical leadership with people leadership for developers, release safety, architecture guidance, and technical risk reduction. Carta is Access's enterprise document and workflow platform family, including CartaHR, CartaDC, and CartaAP. CartaHR is a cloud-based HR document management system that centralizes employee records for fast, secure, and compliant access from anywhere. The broader Carta codebase also powers document retrieval, scheduled processing, integrations, workflow automation, retention controls, and customer-specific deployments across the Carta product suite. This team is focused on maintaining, stabilizing, and modernizing the existing codebase. No net-new product functionality is expected as part of this staffing model. Key Responsibilities Lead technical planning for defect, maintenance, and modernization work across web, API, scheduled processing, integration, and data layers. Act as the direct manager for developers, including work coordination, coaching, feedback, and day-to-day team leadership. Partner closely with the Scrum Master / Business Analyst to co-lead delivery, clarify priorities, and maintain execution discipline. Provide hands-on guidance across .NET Framework, VB.NET, C#, IIS, Angular, SQL Server, and integration-heavy workflows. Review code and database changes for security, performance, maintainability, and regression risk. Own technical release readiness and deployment risk assessment for maintenance releases. Drive root cause analysis quality and preventive actions for recurring production issues. Partner with QA, the separate DevOps and platform team, and the shared database team to keep delivery aligned, testable, and supportable. Required Skills & Experience 8+ years in enterprise software engineering with strong .NET, IIS, and SQL Server depth. Proven technical leadership in support-heavy, sustainment, or modernization-focused environments. Experience leading developers directly or serving as the de facto delivery lead for an engineering team. Strong debugging and release governance experience across application, data, and environment layers. Experience working with hybrid legacy and modern stacks, including Web Forms and SPA applications. Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD, and Agile or Scrum delivery. Qualifications Prior ownership of production stability and post-release quality outcomes. Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Ability to balance people leadership, technical depth, and active customer support obligations. Core Competencies Technical leadership People leadership Risk management Coaching and mentorship Delivery accountability