Software Engineer Team Lead

What You'll Do:

You’ll join Criteo’s Global Automation team, leading a cross-functional engineering team to build scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions. You’ll partner with internal stakeholders to develop applications, APIs, ETL pipelines, and frameworks that improve operational efficiency and enable data-driven business decisions.

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers, driving delivery of high-impact solutions.
• Implement and promote Agile practices, ensuring effective planning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and hands-on development in Python.
• Build scalable, reusable, testable, and secure software applications, APIs, and ETL pipelines.
• Coach and mentor engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, and career development.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Participate in hiring and foster a culture of technical excellence and ownership.
  
  
  

This role is based in Gurgaon, India, supporting the EMEA region. Work hours will be 12:30 PM IST to 9:30 PM IST.

Who You Are:

• Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Have proven experience leading and managing Agile software engineering teams.
• Have strong experience developing scalable, reliable, and secure software products using Python.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of software architecture, clean code, development best practices, and software quality.
• Possess strong problem-solving, analytical, and technical decision-making skills.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Take ownership, encourage accountability, and lead by example while balancing hands-on development with people management.
• Are passionate about coaching and mentoring engineers, supporting career growth, and fostering continuous improvement.
• Adapt to changing business priorities and promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence.
• Have knowledge of security best practices and secure software development.
  
  
  

Additional experience that would be beneficial:

• Experience with data science or machine learning.
• Experience designing, developing, or maintaining ETL pipelines.
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus.
• Experience with additional programming languages such as PHP, Ruby, or C#.
  
  
  

We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we’d love to see your application!

Who We Are:

We’re Criteo, the Commerce Intelligence Platform. Criteo helps businesses turn shopper signals into commerce outcomes while delivering more relevant experiences for shoppers. We use proprietary commerce intelligence and AI decisioning to drive relevance for shoppers and performance for businesses.

At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices across the globe or from the comfort of home, our 3,600 Criteos collaborate together to build an open, impactful, and forward-thinking environment.

We foster a workplace where everyone is valued, and employment decisions are based solely on skills, qualifications, and business needs—never on non-job-related factors or legally protected characteristics.

What We Offer:

🏢 Ways of working – Our hybrid model blends home with in-office experiences, making space for both.

📈 Grow with us – Learning, mentorship & career development programs.

💪 Your wellbeing matters – Health benefits, wellness perks & mental health support.

🤝 A team that cares – Diverse, inclusive, and globally connected.

💸 Fair pay & perks – Attractive salary, with performance-based rewards and family-friendly policies, plus the potential for equity depending on role and level.

Additional benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo.

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