Product-Led Tech Lead (Ex-Engineer)

Product-Led Tech Lead (Ex-Engineer)

Experience: 7+ years total

5 years hands-on coding

2 years Product / Technical Product role

Location: India

Type: Full-time

About the role

We're looking for a Product-Led Tech Lead who has built real systems as an engineer

and then spent 2 years in a product or technical product role.

This role sits between business and engineering — owning clarity, architecture, and delivery

This is not a pure Product Manager role. This is not a hands-off Tech Lead role.

What you'll do

Translate business needs into clear, buildable product requirements

Own system design, architecture decisions, and technical trade-offs

Review backend code and challenge weak implementations

Own sprint planning, scope definition, and delivery predictability

Manage and review work from external vendors

Build and prioritise a structured product backlog

Act as the single bridge between business, vendors, and engineers

Support hiring and mentoring as the in-house team grows

You may occasionally code, but your primary value is judgement, architecture, and clarity.

What you'll work on

Internal data & reporting platforms

CRM & automation workflows (Zoho)

Property, booking, and owner systems

API-driven integrations

Finance & revenue logic

Web and internal tools

Must-have requirements

5 years hands-on backend or full-stack engineering experience

2 years in Product / Technical PM / hybrid role

Has written:User stories, Acceptance criteria, Basic PRDs / BRDs

Comfortable reviewing backend code and data flows

Strong system thinking (dependencies, edge cases, failures)

Hospitality Accommodation experience

Data & reporting familiarity (MySQL, dashboards, metrics)

Nice to have

Experience working with offshore vendors or distributed teams

Ownership mindset — outcomes over tasks

Exposure to CRMs, automations, or integrations

What we don't want (important)

Pure Product Managers with no coding background

Scrum Masters / coordinators

People who avoid technical depth

I'll check with engineering profiles

Tool-focused but system-weak candidates

If you don't enjoy getting into technical and business details, this role is not a fit.

Why join

High ownership, real systems

Direct access to leadership

Exposure to complex, real-world business logic

Build platforms, not presentations