Team Lead – Software Technology

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

As a Team Lead - Software Technology, you will provide hands-on technical leadership for teams designing, developing, testing, and delivering scalable enterprise software solutions. You will guide architecture and engineering practices, mentor software engineers, and drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering, including agentic AI and Microsoft Copilot capabilities. You will report to the Engineering Manager and work on a hybrid schedule in Pune/Noida, India.

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, including solution design, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, and support.

• Lead architectural and technical design discussions to deliver scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable enterprise software solutions.

• Drive practical adoption of AI-assisted software engineering, including Microsoft Copilot and agentic AI solutions, to improve development productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and engineering workflows.

• Identify, prototype, and scale AI use cases using Python, APIs, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and autonomous or multi-agent workflow patterns while applying appropriate security, privacy, human oversight, and responsible AI controls.

• Guide Agile execution through PI Planning, Sprint Planning, backlog refinement, task breakdown, effort estimation, risk identification, and delivery commitments.

• Review requirements, technical designs, code, test cases, and user documentation to ensure adherence to engineering standards and quality practices.

• Mentor engineers on modern software practices and effective, responsible use of AI coding assistants and automation tools.

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Architects, Engineering Managers, QA, UX, DevOps, data, AI, and global development teams to achieve product and program objectives.

• Lead troubleshooting, debugging, integration, and resolution of complex technical issues across systems and subsystems.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 10+ years of experience in software development, software design, and enterprise application development.

• 3+ years of experience in a Technical Lead, Team Lead, or comparable technical leadership role.

• 5+ years of experience conducting design reviews, code reviews, and technical assessments.

• Mandatory hands-on Python experience for automation, data processing, API integration, prototyping, or AI-enabled application development.

• Mandatory practical experience using enterprise generative AI and coding-assistant tools such as Microsoft Copilot or GitHub Copilot in software engineering workflows.

• Demonstrated understanding of agentic AI concepts, including tool use, orchestration, planning, memory, human-in-the-loop controls, evaluation, and safe deployment of AI agents.

• Working knowledge of large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings or vector search, and integration of AI services through APIs.

• Ability to apply responsible AI, cybersecurity, data privacy, intellectual-property, and model-risk controls when using AI-generated code or AI-enabled solutions.

• Strong experience in software architecture, object-oriented design, system integration, debugging, and enterprise application development.

• Experience leading Agile software development teams and participating in SAFe or a similar scaled Agile framework.

• The ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Experience designing or implementing agentic or multi-agent solutions using frameworks such as Microsoft Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Foundry Agent Service, LangChain, or AutoGen.

• Experience building AI-enabled applications on Microsoft Azure, including Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Microsoft Fabric, or related data and AI services.

• Experience defining AI evaluation criteria, guardrails, observability, cost controls, and adoption metrics for enterprise use cases.

• Strong expertise in Java, object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and enterprise application design patterns.

• Experience with modern UI/UX technologies and enterprise user interface development.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, containerization, virtualization, and modern software delivery approaches.

• Knowledge of test automation strategies and development practices such as TDD and BDD.

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, MES, or consumer products industries.

• Demonstrated success influencing technical direction, driving engineering excellence, and developing high-performing engineering teams.

What We Offer:

Our benefits package includes ...

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm.

• Volunteer Paid Time Off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees.

• Company volunteer and donation matching program.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program.

• On-demand digital course library for professional development.

... and other local benefits!

At Rockwell Automation, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right person for this or another role.

Rockwell Automation's hybrid policy expects employees to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation outside the office.

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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.