Job Description: Lead Full-Stack Developer
Location: Pune Shift timings: 2-11 p.m. (Hybrid working model)
Job Overview: We are looking for two highly skilled Lead Developers based in India to join U.S.-driven Agile teams as key contributors. These roles will be pivotal in driving the end-to-end technical delivery of essential features across customer-facing and associate-facing platforms. This position requires a hands-on engineering approach, with at least half of the time dedicated to coding and core technical execution, while also leading and supporting the broader team in achieving project goals.
Primary Responsibilities:
Act as the senior technical lead within a globally distributed team, focusing on domains such as Loyalty, Mobile Applications, CRM, and Customer Pickup solutions.
Take ownership of design, development, testing, and deployment of cloud-native microservices and modular web components.
Guide and oversee code reviews, ensure adherence to coding guidelines, and promote engineering best practices.
Collaborate closely with U.S.-based product owners, architects, and delivery managers to define requirements, decompose epics, refine user stories, and estimate effort.
Mentor and coach junior developers in India, fostering technical excellence within a remote-first, collaborative work culture.
Provide transparent updates on risks, blockers, architectural choices, and delivery progress across international teams.
Deliver high-quality, maintainable, and testable code following scalability, observability, and resiliency standards.
Build and maintain integrations with Salesforce, internal/external APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and customer data platforms.
Required Skills & Experience:
Minimum 10 years of progressive software development experience with proven leadership in technical delivery.
Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL (PostgreSQL, SQL Server), and front-end frameworks such as React or Angular.
Hands-on experience working in Agile teams, partnering directly with U.S.-based product and engineering stakeholders.
Advanced skills in debugging, performance optimization, and unit/integration test automation.
Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, containerization (Docker), and modern deployment strategies.
Exceptional communication skills with a proactive and solution-oriented approach in a distributed team environment.
Prior exposure to offshore-onshore collaboration models is highly desirable.