Lead Software Development Engineer

Location Details: India, Remote 

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.  

Join our team

GoDaddy powers the world's largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, and handle their work. It is our goal to provide our clients with the resources, knowledge, and vital support to turn their visions and individual drive into achievements.

Our domain search team is looking for an Engineering Lead to join us in building and improving Domain Search at GoDaddy. Domain Search is one of the key strategic pillars of GoDaddy, with a meaningful contribution to the company's revenue, customer growth and innovation. As an Engineering Manager, you will be independently contributing about 50% of your time (so this is a very hands-on role) and you would play a major role in improving the domain search experience, architecture, and analytics across the 42 markets we support worldwide, and the add-on products and advertising we offer when the user searches for a domain:

We are searching for an enthusiastic and hard working Engineering Manager to join us on our mission for success. If you are looking for a dynamic and flexible working environment, GoDaddy is the place for you.

What you'll get to do...

• Strive to develop, enhance, and optimise exceptional services that empower our internal customers to achieve success
• Own developing tactical execution plans, technology innovation, and selection of the right tools and frameworks, build Sprint backlog and roadmap along with Product & Program Managers, Architects, and leaders
• Drive engineering & operational excellence including automation, quality, efficiency, and productivity. Provide technical mentorship to the team including architecture, design, and code reviews
• Mainly establish a team in India, while also working together with various partners in different time zones
• Owning end-to-end performance of the squad to deliver working, quality code, and artifacts
• Provide inputs to resource requirement plans, skill assessments, and Learning/Development plans for your team members

Your experience should include...

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping customer and/or developer-facing products & services at the Internet scale
• 3+ years of leadership or mentorship  in Engineering
• Strong leadership on both the technology & people sides with rich experience in large-scale data platforms
• You need to have a strong understanding of what constitutes Good, Clean, Testable, and Reliable code and CI/CD artifacts
• Experience in an Agile development environment is helpful
• Experience building and being responsible for the development of highly available distributed systems using cloud technologies is a plus.
• Strong experience in a programming language in Java, Python, Go Lang etc.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, software designs, micro services, and cloud computing

You might also have...

• Familiarity with search technology is beneficial
• Bachelor’s degree/Master’s degree in a computer science, information system or related discipline
• Ensuring business value while maintaining quality is at the core of your mission
• Passion to develop sophisticated and cutting-edge solutions for real-world business problems

We've got your back...  We offer a range of benefits that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in an employee stock purchase plan, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.   

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to myrecruiter@godaddy.com. 

GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.