Naukri Mitra is hiring a Lead CAD Software Developer for an on-site role in Connaught Place, Delhi, with a salary up to ₹159,000 per month. The position is within the software development team of a company that builds CAD authoring tools and reports to the engineering manager overseeing the geometry and modeling stack.
A bachelor's degree is the baseline expectation here, most commonly in computer science or IT, though a comparable engineering background works as well if it includes real programming coursework. Beyond the degree itself, employers filling a lead-level seat like this one want to see practical, hands-on project work behind it, not just coursework. Twelve years of relevant experience is expected for this role, and most of that time should have been spent writing production code that other engineers and, eventually, end users depend on. Recruiters here are less interested in a résumé that lists twelve years of general software work than in twelve years that show a progression toward increasingly senior, technically demanding problems, since that trajectory is what actually predicts success in a lead seat.
What you'll be doing
- Design and build core software components for the CAD platform, spanning geometry processing modules and the modeling tools built on top of them
- Partner with product managers and QA engineers across each release cycle, turning feature requirements into working code and catching edge cases before they reach customers
- Sit in on the team's code reviews and flag anything that would hurt correctness, performance, or maintainability before it merges
- Trace and resolve issues reported by users of the CAD software, following bugs back through geometry algorithms or API integrations to find the actual root cause rather than just patching symptoms
- Set technical direction for a small group of developers sharing the same codebase, and weigh in on architectural decisions before implementation begins
A typical week mixes deep, heads-down coding time with meetings that actually matter, including design reviews, sprint planning, and the occasional escalation call when a customer hits a modeling bug that's blocking their work. Lead-level developers here are expected to unblock others as often as they write their own code, and that shift in emphasis, from personal output to team output, tends to be the biggest adjustment for engineers stepping into this level for the first time. It's also where the twelve years of experience actually gets used: junior engineers on the team will bring you a geometry bug they've been stuck on for two days, and you're expected to have seen something similar before, or at least know how to break the problem down fast enough to point them in the right direction.
What you'll need
This role calls for strong command of CAD software APIs, since most feature work happens against an existing modeling engine rather than from a blank slate. C++ or C# proficiency is required for production-grade application development, and candidates should have a solid grounding in geometric algorithms, including mesh generation, boundary representation, and constraint solving, since these topics arise frequently in CAD tooling. Attention to detail matters more here than in most software roles; a small error in a geometric computation can quietly cascade into a visible modeling defect that a customer only notices weeks later. Working against a mature CAD API also means reading a lot of existing code before writing new code, so comfort navigating a large, sometimes inconsistent codebase built up over years by different teams is as important as raw algorithmic skill.
None of the following are required, but they'll strengthen an application:
- Prior work with a parametric modeling kernel such as Parasolid or ACIS
- Familiarity with CAD exchange formats like STEP and IGES, particularly around import/export edge cases
- Exposure to GPU-accelerated rendering pipelines, whether through OpenGL, DirectX, or a similar API
- A patent, publication, or open-source contribution related to computational geometry
Compensation and benefits
The role pays up to ₹159,000 per month, which sits toward the upper end for a CAD software developer salary in Delhi, given the seniority and years of experience this position expects. Beyond base pay, the package includes:
- Health insurance coverage
- Paid time off
- Performance-linked bonuses tied to both individual and project outcomes
- On-site cafeteria access at the Connaught Place office
- Cab or commute support for the daily trip in and out of central Delhi
This is one of several CAD software developer jobs in Delhi currently open at lead level, but the on-site requirement and the geometry-heavy skill set narrow the pool considerably. Anyone coming from a general application development background without direct CAD or geometry experience will find the ramp-up steep, and that's worth weighing honestly before applying.
Where you'd be working
The office sits in Connaught Place, one of Delhi's more central and well-connected commercial areas, which is part of why cab support is built into the package rather than treated as an afterthought. This is a fully on-site position, so remote or hybrid arrangements aren't available for this particular listing. Engineers on this team tend to have backgrounds either in CAD vendors or in adjacent fields like computer graphics and simulation software, and the day-to-day work reflects that mix.
The team itself is small enough that a new lead developer will know everyone's name within the first couple of weeks, but large enough to have real specialization: someone who focuses almost entirely on rendering performance, someone else who owns the file import and export pipeline, and so on. That structure matters when you're troubleshooting, since it usually means there's already an expert on the team for whatever part of the system is causing trouble. Onboarding runs about three weeks, most of it spent reading through the geometry kernel's internals with a senior engineer before touching anything customer-facing.
For developers who've spent years in general backend or application work and are now looking specifically at CAD software developer jobs for experienced professionals in Delhi, this is a chance to specialize in a narrower but deeper technical domain. The trade-off is that the skills built here, geometry algorithms and CAD API depth in particular, are genuinely transferable to only a handful of other companies in the country. That's either a strong argument for the move or a reason to stay generalist, depending on what someone's optimizing for over the next stretch of their career.
How to apply
To apply, send through your resume plus a few lines on any CAD, geometry, or graphics work you've shipped, at a previous job or on your own. Shortlisted applicants will go through a technical screen focused on geometry algorithms and C++ or C# fundamentals, followed by a conversation with the hiring manager about the team's current roadmap. Given the seniority of the role, expect the process to run three to four weeks from first screen to offer.
