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Role: Software Development Engineer 3 (SDE3) - LeadLocation: Chennai, India | Experience: 7 to 10+ Years | Job Type: Full-timeRamco conglomerateRamco Systems is part of the $3 billion+ diversified Ramco Group, a legacy enterprise with deep roots in industries such as cement, textiles, engineering, software, energy, and biotech. With over 75 years of heritage and innovation, the Ramco Group is a global powerhouse that blends traditional business values with modern technologies.Ramco Systems is the Group’s technology arm, delivering next-gen enterprise software across Global Payroll, HR, Aviation MRO, ERP, and Logistics. Headquartered in Chennai, India, Ramco serves over 1,000 customers across 35+ countries and is recognized for its AI/ML-based, bot-enabled, and cloud-native solutions.Our platformis designed for digital operations—trusted by governments, Fortune500 companies, and high- growth enterprises alike.If you're lookingto be part of a company that combines innovation, global exposure, and a mission to disrupt legacy systems with intelligent enterprise applications—Ramco is the place to be.Key Responsibilities:- Own product/feature development end-to-end—from design to production deployment. - Ensure features are scalable, highly available, and meet qualitystandards. - Collaborate with senior engineersand architects to refine designsand drive implementation. - Lead cloud-scale, event-driven systemsusing tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, and work with knowledge graphs (Neo4j). - Build scalable microservices and design real-timedata pipelines. - Lead APIs-based inter-service communication using RESTful, GraphQL,WebSockets, etc. - Ensure security, cloud optimization, and performance of applications by owning vulnerability fixes and cloud cost tuning. - Execute project plans and delivery commitments with a balanceof speed and stability. - Contribute to hiring, mentoring, and nurturing technicaltalent; foster a high-performance engineering culture. - Define test plans, author,automate, and executetest cases to meet qualitygates. - Take proactive ownership in production troubleshooting and system reliability improvements. - Champion best practices in software engineering—security, maintainability, CI/CD, and performance.Required Skills & Experience:- 7 to 10+ years of professional software development experience. - Minimum 3 years of experience in system design,architecture, and buildingscalable services. - Proficiency in at least1 programming language, 1 scripting language, and 1 frontendframework such as Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, or C++, Vue.js with TypeScript, Node.js, .NET Core. - Demonstrated experience in interviewing, mentoring, and building high-performing engineering teams. - Deep understanding of event-driven architectures with tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or equivalents. - Strong database experience across both SQL andNoSQL systems.- Hands-on experience with cloud-native services, containerization, and serverless deployments. - Implementation of securitybest practices anddirect ownership of vulnerability remediation. - Ownership over testing metrics, including unit test automation, integration testing, code coverage, and performance/NFR compliance. - Experience collaborating with product managers, architects, and delivery teams; should act as a trusted technical advisor to business stakeholders.Preferred Qualifications:- Proven technical leadership in guiding engineering teams and fostering excellence. - Familiarity with patterns of performance optimization, distributed systems, and fault-tolerance. - Deep understanding AI based expert systems - Experience building data-driven systems with collaboration from data science and analytics teams.