Java Developer

Position: Lead Software Engineer (Java)

Experience: 8+ Years (including 1–2 Years as Team Lead)

Role Overview

The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for driving the architecture, design, and development of high-performance applications. This role combines technical expertise with leadership, ensuring delivery of scalable, secure, and business-driven solutions. The candidate must bring strong Java development experience, hands-on exposure to modern frameworks, and proven leadership in product-based environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Java developers, fostering technical excellence and collaboration.

• Take ownership of system architecture and design decisions, ensuring scalability and robustness.

• Drive end-to-end software development: requirement analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and support.

• Conduct thorough code reviews and enforce best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams—QA, DevOps, Product, and Project Management.

• Troubleshoot and resolve development and production issues with minimal turnaround time.

• Manage project priorities, timelines, and ensure high-quality, timely deliverables.

• Evaluate and adopt emerging tools, frameworks, and practices to improve efficiency and system quality.

Required Technical Skills

• Java (8+) – Strong proficiency with Core Java and advanced features.

• Spring Framework – Expertise in Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Boot.

• Microservices – Practical experience in designing and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices.

• Hibernate / JPA – Strong ORM and database interaction skills.

• OOP & Design Patterns – Solid understanding and application in enterprise-grade projects.

• Build & Versioning Tools – Proficiency with Maven/Gradle, Git, JIRA.

• Testing Frameworks – Hands-on experience with JUnit, Mockito.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, or containerized environments is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Proven track record of 1–2 years in a team lead or senior developer role.

• Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to manage priorities independently with minimal supervision.

• Prior experience in a product-based organization is mandatory; exposure to IoT or Telematics products will be an added advantage.

We are looking for:

• 2+ years of expertise in software development with one or more of the general programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, C/C++, Go). Experience in Python and Django is recommended.

• Deep understanding of how to build an application with optimized RESTful APIs.

• Knowledge of a web framework like Django or similar with ORM or multi-tier, multi-DB-based data-heavy web application development will help your profile stand out.

• Knowledge of Gen AI tools and technologies is a plus.

• Sound knowledge of SQL queries & DB like PostgreSQL(must) or MySQL. Working knowledge of NoSQL DBs (Elasticsearch, Mongo, Redis, etc.) is a plus.

• Knowledge of graph DB like Neo4j or AWS Neptune adds extra credits to your profile.

• Knowing queue-based messaging frameworks like Celery, RQ, Kafka, etc., and distributed system understanding will be advantageous.

• Understands a programming language's limitations to exploit the language behavior to the fullest potential.

• Understanding of accessibility and security compliances

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non- technical audiences with ease

• Diversity in skills like version control tools, CI/CD, cloud basics, good debugging skills, and test-driven development will help your profile stand out. 

Role & Responsibilities :

- Individuals are responsible for all traditional development activities analysis, design, coding, testing, and documentation.

- Add new features to existing Windows and Web-based applications in Visual Studio 2019. Interacting with internal team.

- Transform business and design needs into innovative products.

- Drive all projects to completion within deadlines.

- Perform thorough testing to find issues ahead of time.

- Engineering software needs more precise analysis & coding skillset.

- Enhance skillset by working with fortune 500 clients.

- Interacting with internal team.

Qualifications :

- B.E in computer science or related fields.

- Excellent programming & communication skills Strong problem solving, judgmental, and decision-making skills.

- Ability to work at the tactical and strategic levels of IT initiatives.

- Impressive hands-on experience in Java, database(Oracle), OOPS, Java Swing, Javafx

- Self-Motivated, flexible & Innovative.

Job Description:
We are looking for a Software Engineer with solid development experience in Java and related frameworks. We are looking for a self-motivated, go-getter, out-of-the-box thinker who is ready to work in a high-energy start-up environment. He/she must demonstrate a high level of ownership, integrity, and creativity.
Required Skills:
• Core Java (Proficient)
• Spring, Spring MVC OR Spring boot
• Hibernate – Good to have
• Oracle/MySQL DB - Hands-on (Intermediate)
• REST API and AWS– Good to have
• Hands-on experience of working on Spring boot based Microservices (Intermediate)
• Good to have knowledge of Microservice DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, JUnits, deployment, monitoring, tracing)
• Sound understanding of core Java, SOAP Services, REST Services, Spring & maven, having expertized to work on Unix platform
• Should have working knowledge on web servers (e.g. Apache HTTP) and application servers (e.g. Tomcat, WebLogic)
• Should have a working knowledge of any relational database. Preferred will be Oracle and MySQL.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• You will design, develop, modify, debug and/or maintain software code according to functional, non-functional and technical design specifications.
• You will follow software engineering standards, applicable software development
methodology and release processes, to ensure code is maintainable, scalable,
supportable and demo the software products to stakeholders
• You will investigate issues by reviewing/debugging code, providing fixes and workarounds, and reviewing changes for operability to maintain existing software solutions.
• You will work within a team, collaborate and add value through participation in peer code reviews, provide comments and suggestions, work with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.

Why should you join Opcito?
We are a dynamic company that believes in designing transformation solutions for our customers with our ability to unify quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness at any scale. Our core work culture focuses on adding material value to client products by leveraging best practices in DevOps like continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automation, coupled with disruptive technologies like cloud, containers, serverless computing, and microservice-based architectures.
Here are some of the perks of working with Opcito:
• Outstanding career development and learning opportunities
• Competitive compensation depending on experience and skill
• Friendly team and enjoyable work environment
• Flexible working schedule
• Corporate and social events.

Technical specifications/Skill Set:

• Minimum of 5+ years of significant experience in application development.
• Proficient with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies like Agile, Test- driven development
• Knowledge of system architecture, object-oriented design, and design patterns.
• Required technical skills: Strong Core Java, J2EE, Spring boot, Akka, API development & distributed application development experience.
• Desirable technical skills: Micro-services pattern, Kafka, Knative Eventing, Camel-K, Container Technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, NoSql preferably Cassandra.
• Experience working with high volume data and computationally intensive system.
• Domain knowledge in Financial Industry and Capital Markets is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, with strong verbal and writing proficiencies.

Must skills:

Hands- on in the following:

• Java 8/J2EE
• Spring boot
• Gradle/Maven
• REST API
• ORM- hibernate/ JPA
• Unit Testing and Integration Testing- Junit/ TestNG

Good to have:

Hands-on in the following:

• CI/CD pipeline deployment
• Messaging- ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ/MQ
• DB2
• Kafka
• NoSQL framework exposure

• Development & maintenance of Cleartrip’s product lines
• Involved in entire lifecycle including analysis, development, fixing, and monitoring of issues on the assigned Cleartrip product lines
• Unit test cases – Review and writing

• 2+ years of Product Development experience
• Java, Spring Framework preferred
• Solid experience with databases (Oracle/MySQL) – a must
• Excellent OO and design skills
• Experience with Test Driven Development within a continuous Integration environment (Lunt, CruiseControl, etc)

• BE/B.Tech Computer Science Personality Traits/Attributes:
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills – team player & desires to works closely with teammates, QA & product teams
• Problem-solving skills – Ability to research, analyze & find solutions independently.