Lead Engineer
Lead a small team and own the technical calls on client and product builds, while still writing a good share of the code.
- Team
- Engineering
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Remote
- Experience
- 3–4 years
- Compensation
- ₹15L – ₹25L / year
01The brief
Lead Engineer in short
Lead a small team and own the technical calls on client and product builds, while still writing a good share of the code.
- Role
- Lead Engineer
- Team
- Engineering
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Remote
- Experience
- 3–4 years
- Compensation
- ₹15L – ₹25L / year
- Posted
- 09 Nov 2026
02The work
What you'll actually do.
- 01Own architecture and technical decisions on your projects
- 02Lead and mentor a small team through reviews, pairing and planning
- 03Ship critical features yourself and keep the codebase healthy
- 04Work with clients to scope, estimate and de-risk the build
About the role
The team
You'll lead engineering on projects across our practices, working with founders, designers and a small team of engineers.
Why this seat
You set the architecture, the bar for quality and the pace. You lead from the code, not from a slide deck.
- Real products, real users
- Your judgment, not a ticket queue
03The fit
You, in a few lines.
What you bring
- 3–4 years shipping production software, with some time leading others
- Deep in TypeScript and a modern web stack, front to back
- Sound judgment on cloud, databases and system design
Bonus points
- You've shipped AI or LLM features in production
- Mobile experience (React Native or Flutter)
- You've taken a product from zero to launch
Toolkit
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- AWS / GCP
- Docker
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- AWS / GCP
- Docker
04How we hire
Five steps. No riddles.
- 01Apply with your resume and the work you're proudest of
- 02An intro conversation about you and the role
- 03A practical round on a real-world problem
- 04Meet the people you'd work with
- 05Offer, and your first project
05The deal
Compensation and perks
Compensation
₹15L – ₹25L / year
Where
Remote
Hours
Yours
No ping-pong table. No free-snacks pitch. Just the conditions good work needs.
- 01
Remote, for real
Work from anywhere. The crew is spread across time zones and the work is built for it.
- 02
Your hours
No nine-to-five. Hit your timelines, keep people in the loop, and the rest is yours.
- 03
No micromanagement
We hired you for your judgment. We don't second-guess it, and we don't send weird late-night messages.
- 04
No layers
Work directly with the founders and the people who use what you build. It ships and gets judged on whether it holds up.
- 05
AI-native tooling
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and friends are part of how we ship, so your time goes on judgment, not boilerplate.
- 06
Range that keeps you sharp
A new domain, a new stack, a new problem before the last one goes stale. There's nothing here to coast on.
- How we work at Asymmetri →
06Apply
Take the seat.
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Lead Engineer
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