The Engineering Lead will guide a team in developing Generative AI-powered applications while ensuring Agile processes and software excellence. Responsibilities include architecture design team mentorship and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it we transform ideas into impact by bringing together data science technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Here you'll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients caregivers and consumers worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client-first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning bold ideas courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS.
Engineering Lead
We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Lead with a proven track record of delivering large-scale data-intensive products - most recently Generative AI-powered applications. You wil lguide a cross-functional squad of backend frontend data science DevOps and QA engineers setting the technical vision writing production code and ensuring that our Agile processes translate business goals into reliable secure and scalable software.
What You'll Do:
Technical & Product Leadership

• Own end-to-end architecture for Gen AI products-retrieval-augmented generation agent orchestration guardrails and responsible-AI instrumentation.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions and select frameworks libraries and SDKs (LangGraph DSPy etc.).
• Design event-driven microservices-based systems (Python + FastAPI Node/TypeScript services) deployed to AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Champion DevSecOps: IaC (Terraform) CI/CD (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps) container orchestration (Kubernetes EKS/AKS/GKE) observability (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry)
• Remain 50-60 % hands-on-writing clean test-driven code reviewing MR/PRs and tackling critical path items.

People & Process Leadership

• Lead mentor and grow a team of 3-5 engineers; set clear goals provide regular feedback and foster a culture of psychological safety and continuous learning.
• Translate OKRs and product roadmaps into quarterly technical plans and sprint-level deliverables.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (backlog refinement sprint planning demos retros) and drive empirical data-driven decision making.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers Designers and Data Scientists to shape user-centric features and measurable success criteria.
• Evangelize engineering excellence-secure coding performance optimization automated testing privacy & compliance (HIPAA GDPR).

What you'll bring:

• 6+ years of professional software development including 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Expert-level Python and solid TypeScript/JavaScript; knowledge of Rust/Go preferred; deep knowledge of REST & gRPC APIs WebSockets and JWT/OAuth2 identity flows (Azure AD preferred).
• Production experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI Anthropic AWS Bedrock Vertex AI) and vector stores (pgvector Qdrant) at scale.
• Proven success deploying cloud-native systems on AWS/Azure/GCP-networking IAM autoscaling managed databases (RDS/Redshift/) and serverless.
• Demonstrated mastery of modern DevOps toolchains: Docker Kubernetes Helm Argo CD or similar.
• Strong front-end instincts (React/Next.js Tailwind CSS) and appreciation for well-designed UX.
• Deep familiarity with Agile/Scrum CI/CD trunk-based development and trunk-based release strategies (feature flags blue-green canary).
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to convey complex technical ideas to engineers PMs and executive stakeholders alike.

Hybrid working model:
ZS is committed to a Flexible and Connected way of working. ZSers are on-site at clients or ZS offices three days a week. Combined flexibility to work remotely two days a week is also available. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.
How you'll grow:

• Cross-functional skills development & custom learning pathways
• Milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities
• Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves individual contribution and role expansions

Perks & Benefits:
At ZS your growth matters. We offer a comprehensive total rewards package that supports your health and well-being financial future time away and professional development. With robust skills-building programs multiple career progression paths internal mobility and a deeply collaborative culture you'll have the opportunity to do meaningful work expand your capabilities and thrive as part of a global community. For details on total rewards in United States visit ZS US office locations | Where we work | ZS .
Hybrid working model:
We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.
Travel:
Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed. Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships gain diverse experiences and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.
Considering applying?
At ZS we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities personal experiences and belief systems-the ones that comprise us as individuals shape who we are and make us unique. We believe your personal interests identities and desire to learn are integral to your success here. We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad variety of backgrounds perspectives and experiences. Learn more about our inclusion and belonging efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces and obtaining the resources they need to thrive.
If you're eager to grow contribute and bring your unique self to our work we encourage you to apply.
ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.
To complete your application:
Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment. An on-line application including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial) is required to be considered.
NO AGENCY CALLS PLEASE.
Find Out More At:
www.zs.com
Salary: $180000.00 - $195000.00