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Tech Lead Manager - Autonomous Connectors

Hevo DataPune, MaharashtraBackend
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Salary
Not listed
Job type
Full time
Experience
Senior · 8+ yrs
Posted
21 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 8d ago

About this role

Hevo Data seeks a Tech Lead Manager for Autonomous Connectors in Pune, Maharashtra, to build and maintain trustworthy AI systems that autonomously create and manage data connectors. This position suits a hands-on technical leader with deep backend and LLM production experience who wants to guide a small team without abandoning coding.

Role Overview

Hevo Data is hiring a Tech Lead Manager for Autonomous Connectors based in Pune, Maharashtra. The person in this position will spend roughly sixty percent of their time on hands-on engineering, covering system architecture, design, coding, debugging, and production issues. The role focuses on making autonomous data connectors reliable enough to run independently for months without silent failures.

Key Responsibilities

Lead a team of four to six engineers while remaining deeply hands-on with coding and architecture.
Own a major part of the Connector Builder Agent, alongside existing connector platforms and database connector infrastructure.
Define measurable correctness criteria, build automated evaluations, and establish clear confidence thresholds for autonomous actions.
Hire two to three engineers over the coming year and mentor team members to improve their technical capabilities.
Collaborate closely with other engineering teams to ensure system reliability and handle production incidents.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of experience building backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
At least 1 year of technical leadership experience, with or without a formal management title.
Experience operating production systems, managing incidents, reliability, and SLAs.
Hands-on experience building and operating LLM-powered systems in production where correctness, reliability, latency, or cost mattered.
Practical knowledge of agents, evaluations, retrieval, tool use, model failure modes, multi-tenant systems, high availability, or large data volumes.

Nice to Have

Experience with data infrastructure, Change Data Capture, ETL, database internals, or open source systems.
Strength in Java, other JVM languages, or similar systems languages.

Skills and Tools

Java
Kubernetes
LLM systems and agents
Distributed systems
Data infrastructure and ETL

About the Company

Hevo Data is a Series B data infrastructure company that has raised $42 million. Over 2,000 companies across more than 40 countries utilize Hevo to move data from over 150 sources into platforms like Snowflake and BigQuery. Well-known customers include DoorDash, Shopify, Pinterest, Postman, and Icelandair.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply directly on the official Hevo Data careers page.

Skills and tech stack

Questions candidates ask

How much time is spent on management versus coding in this role?

Roughly 60 percent of the time remains hands-on, including architecture, design, coding, debugging, evaluations, code reviews, and production issues.

What is the primary focus of the Autonomous Connectors team?

The team builds AI systems that create data connectors autonomously, handle API changes, repair failures, and maintain reliability without silent data errors.

What programming languages and technical stack does Hevo Data use?

The primary stack relies on Java and Kubernetes, though experience in other JVM languages or similar systems languages is acceptable.

What leadership responsibilities are included?

The lead manages a team of four to six engineers, plans to hire two to three additional engineers within a year, and actively mentors team members.

Is remote work available for this position?

The location listed for this role is Pune, Maharashtra.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Hevo Data careers page.

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