Fullstack Developer

Lead Java Developer for Chennai based Product Company

About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Java Developer with 8 to 15 years of expertise in Java development, AWS cloud infrastructure management and product development for 3 products. There is a clear path to leadership role within the organization. If you are not from Chennai, you should be willing to relocate to Chennai.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background with hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS or other cloud infrastructure management. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive product vision, align cross-functional teams, and ensure the successful execution of cloud-based solutions, while providing the necessary support to the team in planning, coordination, and execution of various projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage product road map ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, and the stakeholders to design & develop scalable cloud solutions.
• Lead product development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and iteration.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation.
• Develop technical documentation, user guides, and best practices for cloud infrastructure management.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and best practices in cloud deployments.
• Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to balance priorities and manage expectations.
• Conduct research on technical solutions and present findings to the project team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 8 to 10 years of experience in product management, & handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• More than 5 years of hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot & related technologies.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in AWS OR Azure, OR Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and scalability best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with google play store, app store, setting up app store accounts and handling deployments.
• Experience identifying, studying documentation and integrating with third parties for various needs such as identity verification, SMS integration and many such requirements.
• Proven ability to define product strategy and execute on complex technical roadmaps.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate business requirements to user stories.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as AWS CloudWatch, or ELK stack.
• Familiarity and experience with React Native architecture and libraries.
• Prior experience in a SaaS, PaaS, or cloud-native environment.
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or PMP.

Remuneration

• Base Salary + Annual Performance Bonus (tied to KPIs, roadmap execution, team performance, delivery milestones)
• Equity/ESOPs - After 1st year of employment, Vesting: 4 years with 1-year cliff

Benefits

• Work-Life Balance & Paid time off
• Flexible working hours
• Work-from-home allowance (1–2 days a week or for emergencies)
• Company sponsored team offsites / retreats

Responsibilities and Duties

• Can work on live projects of international clients.
• Can handle multiple projects
• Error-free coding.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 Years of Experience.
• Extremely fluent in Database performance and tuning
• Knowledge in Web API
• Knowledge in Payment Gateway Integration
• Knowledge in Angular JS
• Good analytical, logic building and problem-solving skills
• Proper Reporting & Documentation
• Experience with Microsoft .NET technologies including, ASP.NET, MVC, Entity Framework
• Proven Skills with C#, SQL JavaScript/HTML, HTML-CSS, AJAX, jQuery, Web Services, etc.
• Excellent research capability.

• Creating RESTful services with Node.js (Express)
• React & React Native
• Mongoose & MongoDB.

• Hands-on experience with Ubuntu-based servers
• Hands on experience in deploying on Digital Ocean Droplets
• Hands on experience with google maps integration

You’re Awesome at:

• Excellent communication skills (Verbal & Written)
• Great understanding of JavaScript
• Excellent hands-on programming experience of NodeJS/Express/SailsJS
• Excellent hands-on programming experience of React/Angular/Meteor/VueJS
• Good understanding of RESTful API development
• Good knowledge of TDD (Test Driven Development)
• Good understanding of MongoDb/mysql/postgres
• Good understanding of AGILE - SCRUM
• Good understanding of GitHUB, SVN
• Experience with designing of overall architecture of the application
• Good understanding of Web Securities and how to implement in application
• Hand-on designing and implementing robust and scalable web service/api
• Hand-on application deployment and cloud platform such AWS/Heroku/GoogleCloud
• Understanding of the Software Development Life cycle

• 8+ years of industry work experience
• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• 3+ years of web application development with JavaScript as full stack
• Full stack experience designing and building scalable applications from end-to-end 
• Excellent JavaScript / Typescript skills
• Strong proficiency in React (hooks knowledge is plus)
• Strong proficiency in Nodejs
• Good HTML5 / CSS3 skills with expertise on responsive web design 
• Must have Design and development experience in Micro services using NodeJS and TypeScript
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, mongoose, aggregation framework and Redis 
• Experience with Web sockets and related frameworks (e.g. Socket.IO) 
• Experience in using and developing GraphQL APIs
• Experience in performance tuning
• Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial or SVN.
• Open minded to take up any challenge, research and provide solutions Great attention to detail

• Testing libraries – jest, testing-library is plus
• TDD / BDD experience is plus
• Experience with AWS, K8S, CI/CD is plus
• Familiar with SDLC methodologies like SCRUM, AGILE, Continuous Integration

• Design – Analyze, design & document the system / solution based on the business needs which is scalable, resilient and maintainable with low overhead for both client and server side
• Problem solving – Solve the challenges and problems faced by team by guiding and team with best practices
• Coordinate - Communicate system requirements to developers; explain system structure to them and provide assistance

• • Code Reviews – Perform code reviews 

• • Planning – Plan and assign tasks to team members