About Persistent:

We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.5M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 17.4% Y-o-Y growth.

Our 26,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We won the 2025 ISG Star of Excellence™ Award for AI and Data Excellence and were named a Leader in the Everest Group Talent Readiness for Next-generation Data, Analytics and AI Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead to join our growing engineering team. This role is primarily focused on backend engineering, leading the design and development of scalable, high-performance microservices that power our Customer Social product. While backend expertise is essential, experience with frontend technologies is highly desirable as our platform continues to evolve.

As a Tech Lead, you will provide technical leadership across the team, drive architectural decisions, establish engineering best practices, mentor developers, and ensure successful delivery of business-critical initiatives. You will be expected to balance strategic thinking with hands-on development while collaborating closely with Product, Engineering Management, and cross-functional teams to shape the future of our SaaS platform.

Role: Tech Lead (Java, Kubernetes, Kafka)

Location: Mexico

Mode of Work: Remote (Hybrid if based in Guadalajara)

Experience: 8-12 Years of Experience

Job Type: Full Time Employee

What You'll Do:

- Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, reliable, and high-performing software solutions.




- Define and drive the technical roadmap, architecture, and engineering standards for the team.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, fostering growth, collaboration, and engineering excellence.
- Review designs, code, and technical solutions to ensure scalability, maintainability, and quality.
- Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business objectives.
- Own end-to-end delivery for key initiatives, ensuring successful execution and operational excellence.
- Identify technical risks, system bottlenecks, and process improvements, and drive mitigation strategies.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex production issues, conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventative solutions.
- Champion best practices in software development, CI/CD, testing, observability, and cloud-native development.
- Serve as the technical subject matter expert for one or more critical platform components.
- Participate in on-call rotations and support production systems when required.

Expertise You'll Bring:

Minimum Qualifications

- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience in technical leadership roles.
- Proven experience designing and building enterprise-grade applications within distributed microservices architectures.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Java development and modern backend frameworks.
- Experience leading technical design discussions and architectural decision-making.
- Demonstrated experience working with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, design patterns, and system design principles.
- Experience with SQL databases and data modeling.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
- Experience working with Node.js.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- English proficiency, both written and verbal.




- Ability to influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders.
- Proven mentoring and coaching skills.
- Strong decision-making and prioritization capabilities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Passion for building high-performing engineering teams and scalable software solutions.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with Java 17+ and Spring Boot 3.
- Experience building and maintaining React (TypeScript) applications.
- Proficiency with Gradle for build and dependency management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives across teams.
- Ownership mindset with a strong focus on quality, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Experience with functional programming concepts.
- AWS cloud experience and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience working in Agile environments with globally distributed teams.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar platforms.

Benefits:

- 30 days Christmas bonus (Aguinaldo)
- 13% Saving fund, capped to the law limit.
- 12% Grocery coupons, capped to the law limit.
- 12 vacation days first year + 6 floating days – number of vacation days increase according to seniority.
- Annual performance evaluation with rewards and recognitions.
- Up to USD 200 pre-approved annually for certifications relevant to the employee’s role.
- Free courses available at internal platforms.
- Major medical insurance (Spouse and children Included)
- Minor medical insurance (Spouse and children Included)
- Dental Insurance (Spouse and children Included)
- Visual Insurance (Spouse and children Included)
- Life insurance.
- Preferential price on car insurance (car fleet).

Our company fosters a values-driven and people-centric work environment that enables our employees to:

- Accelerate growth, both professionally and personally.
- Impact the world in powerful, positive ways, using the latest technologies.
- Enjoy collaborative innovation, with diversity and work-life wellbeing at the core.
- Unlock integral opportunities to work and learn with the industry’s best.

Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers

📌 Lead Software Engineer (México)
🏢 Persistent Systems
📍 México