Strategic Project Lead – Software Engineering

Role : Strategic Project Lead – Software Engineering

Location : India (Remote)

Type of Role : Short-term contract

Engagement Type : Short Term Contract (3 months)

Start Date : Immediate

Availability Commitments Required: At least 8 hours per day and minimum 40 hours per

week with overlap of 4 hours with PST

Role Overview

As a Senior Program Lead, you will own the production systems behind Clients software-engineering data

programs. You will turn complex research requirements into predictable delivery across quality, throughput,

contributor performance, timelines, and cost.

These programs may include supervised coding demonstrations, repository-level tasks, agentic trajectories,

reinforcement-learning environments, benchmarks, code review, and rubric-based evaluations. You may

coordinate hundreds of distributed software engineers while adapting quickly to evolving research

requirements.

This is an operations leadership role with a strong technical bar. You should be comfortable inspecting code,

understanding tests, analyzing quality signals, and challenging workflows or rubrics when they do not

produce the intended outcomes. Your primary responsibility will be to build and operate a reliable system

that consistently produces high-quality technical work at scale.

Requirements

Proven experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder programs in software engineering, technical program

management, consulting, finance, startups, operations, or a similar environment.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify bottlenecks, define meaningful

metrics, and improve production performance.

Experience managing distributed teams, contributor networks, marketplaces, or large-scale technical

operations.

Strong customer-facing communication skills, including the ability to manage expectations, communicate

risks, and build long-term client relationships.

Ability to read and review code, understand test suites, and independently assess technical work in languages

such as Python, TypeScript, Java, or Go.

Skills Required

• Proven experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder programs in software engineering, technical program management, consulting, finance, startups, operations, or a similar environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify bottlenecks, define meaningful metrics, and improve production performance.
• Experience managing distributed teams, contributor networks, marketplaces, or large-scale technical operations.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills, including the ability to manage expectations, communicate risks, and build long-term client relationships.
• Ability to read and review code, understand test suites, and independently assess technical work in languages such as Python, TypeScript, Java, or G