Company:
Mercer
Description:
We are seeking a talented individual to join our OV4 Team in Mercer Tech, a Marsh business. This role will be based in Gurugram/Noida/Mumbai/Pune. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.
Lead Software Engineer (MEAN Stack)
Last date to apply: 29 Apr 2026
The Lead Software Engineer is part of the strategic group of engineers within the organization that helps to embody best practice, quality and the engineering strategic vision. They are leaders of an engineering organization and are seen as well respected members of the engineering community and make natural role models for other engineers to look up to. You will be a hands-on product builder who leads by example and embodies the principles of the organization and helps ensure the delivery of its goals. You will enable the delivery of Solutions that incorporate practices founded in Qualitative Engineering, which include the following high-level pillars:
Security
Scalability
Reliability
Maintainability
Testability
We are an organization in the state of transformation. You will need to be a role model and a catalyst for your teams and help bring about the change required. You should look to advocate a style of servant leadership that ensures you put the needs of your team first; your prime goal should be to bring out the best of other talented engineers on the team and help grow the future engineering organization.
Eligibility Criteria:
Minimum 12 months experience as Manager / Senior Manager
Should have at least “On track” or above in last appraisal
Should not be under any Performance Continuity Plan, or had any official Disciplinary action within the last 3 months
Should not have applied for any other IJP within Marsh in the last 3 months
We will count on you to:
Manage an engineering organisation which will include one or more development managers and their direct reports
Build, support and mentor effective teams
Hands-on abilities; write code, peer review and test alongside your teams
Be an active member of the MMC Technology community – contribute, collaborate, and learn
To have strong problem-solving skills and embody the principles of reuse both across your teams and the organisation
Advocate best practices and principles within your organisation
Work closely with a Lead Test Engineer on Test Engineering Strategy
Champion good agile practices that are foundational to product delivery
Facilitate a diverse, inclusive and collaborative working environment where everyone’s ideas and opinions and equally valued
Build strong relationships with product owners, solutions architects, analysts and pod leadership
Work with state-of-the-art technologies to solve genuine, real-world problems
Contribute to thought leadership and strategy for the Software Engineering organisation
What you need to have:
For the Lead Engineer role, we are looking for a Senior Engineer with proven experience of working on mulitple products
The ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical colleagues in a cross-functional environment
Proven track record of successfully delivering software with a broad mix of languages, technologies and platforms
Strong people management skills with ability to build collaborative and innovative teams
Provide opportunities, training and mentorship to software engineers to help create and traverse career pathways
Experience working with Agile at Scale, Lean and Continuous Delivery approaches such as Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development and Infrastructure as Code
Experience with cloud native software architectures
Proven experience in Security driven design practices and the remediation of SAST/DAST findings
Experience in CI/CD and Devops practices including the use of Quality Gates to maintain high levels of code
Technical Skills or Qualifications Required:
Broad experience across multiple programming languages and frameworks with in-depth skills in at least one of the following: JavaScript, Typescript, C#
Strong experience in one or more of the following frameworks Angular, NodeJS, Express.JS, .NET, Less(Sass)
Experience with Unit Testing and Integration Testing is also essential
Experience of the following middleware is desirable Kafka, NServiceBus, Camunda, Dremio, RabbitMQ
Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Practiced experience refactoring, implementing design patterns, design driven development, continuous integration, system and application design, application security
Strong experience working with an ORM Framework including the use of TSQL and NOSQL databases such as MSSQL and Mongodb
Strong Knowledge of SDLC processes and practices and experience with some or all of Confluence, JIRA, ADO, Github etc.
Experience designing and deploying applications on cloud infrastructure with providers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure
Experience working with the MEAN or MERN stack
Values and Culture:
A genuine passion for technology
A clear commitment to creating brilliant products that will give our clients the edge
A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our incredibly talented team
Why join our team:
We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.
Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.