Java Lead Devloper

📍 Position : Java Architect

📅 Experience : 10 to 15 Years

🧑‍💼 Open Positions : 3+

📍 Work Location : Bangalore, Pune, Chennai

💼 Work Mode : Hybrid

📅 Notice Period : Immediate joiners preferred; up to 1 month maximum

🔧 Core Responsibilities :

• Lead architecture design and development for scalable enterprise-level applications.
• Own and manage all aspects of technical development and delivery.
• Define and enforce best coding practices, architectural guidelines, and development standards.
• Plan and estimate the end-to-end technical scope of projects.
• Conduct code reviews, ensure CI/CD, and implement TDD/BDD methodologies.
• Mentor and lead individual contributors and small development teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, Product, and QA.
• Engage in high-level and low-level design (HLD/LLD), solutioning, and cloud-native transformations.

🛠️ Required Technical Skills :

• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging/event streaming platforms
• Proficiency in cloud platforms – AWS and Azure (must-have)
• Exposure to frontend technologies (nice-to-have)
• Solid understanding of HLD, system architecture, and design patterns
• Good grasp of DevOps concepts, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Agile/Lean development, Pair Programming, and Continuous Integration practices
• Polyglot mindset is a plus (Scala, Golang, Python, etc.)

🚀 Ideal Candidate Profile :

• Currently working in a product-based environment
• Already functioning as an Architect or Principal Engineer
• Proven track record as an Individual Contributor (IC)
• Strong engineering fundamentals with a passion for scalable software systems
• No compromise on code quality, craftsmanship, and best practices

🧪 Interview Process :

1. Round 1: Technical pairing round
2. Rounds 2 & 3: Technical rounds with panel (code pairing + architecture)
3. Final Round: HR and offer discussion

Strong Full stack/Backend engineer profile

Mandatory (Experience): Must have 2+ years of hands-on experience as a full stack developer (backend-heavy)

Mandatory (Backend Skills): Must have 1.5+ strong experience in Python, building REST APIs, and microservices-based architectures

Mandatory (Frontend Skills): Must have hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React or Vue) and JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Mandatory (Database Skills): Must have solid experience working with relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis

Mandatory (Cloud & Infra): Must have hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ELB, AutoScaling, S3, RDS, CloudFront, and SNS

Mandatory (DevOps & Infra): Must have working experience with Linux environments, Apache, CI/CD pipelines, and application monitoring

Mandatory (CS Fundamentals): Must have strong fundamentals in Data Structures, Algorithms, OS concepts, and system design

Mandatory (Company) : Product companies (B2B SaaS preferred)

Mandatory (Stability): Must have atleast 2 years of experience in each of the previous companies (if less exp, then proper reason)

Requirements

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field
• 5-8 years of relevant experience
• Proven track record of Team Leading/Mentoring a team successfully.
• Experience with web technologies and microservices architecture both frontend and backend.
• Java, Spring framework, hibernate
• MySQL, Mongo, Solr, Redis, 
• Kubernetes, Docker
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms.
• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Experience with API Design, ability to architect and implement an intuitive customer and third-party integration story
• Ability to think and analyze both breadth-wise (client, server, DB, control flow) and depth-wise (threads, sessions, space-time complexity) while designing and implementing services
• Exceptional design and architectural skills
• Experience of cloud providers/platforms like GCP and AWS

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features.
• Work alongside the product to understand our requirements, and design, develop and iterate, think through the complex architecture.
• Writing clean, reusable, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Encourage innovation and efficiency improvements to ensure processes are productive.
• Ensure the training and mentoring of the team members.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed.
• Research and apply new technologies, techniques, and best practices.
• Team mentorship and leadership.

Required Experience

3 - 8 Years

Skills

Java/J2EE,

Spring,

microservices

+ 1 more

• Develop unit, integration, and functional tests within Grails/Java and contribute to new architectures design for multi-tier Java EE-based products in a SOA environment.
• Interact with Business Analysts to understand software build configuration and testing processes, documenting application functionality and programming accordingly.
• Collaborate with a talented software team to work on various types of applications, ensuring the building of backend APIs using Java-based technologies.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies, conducting POCs on new technical stacks to support and maintain a portfolio of applications.
• Utilize core Java skills to define, design, develop, integrate, test, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot applications and tools written in Java and other related languages.
• Provide technical expertise in Java development, including Spring, Hibernate, and building scalable solutions for large web application deployments.
• Participate in the full SDLC, from requirements and design to development, testing, and deployment, ensuring the implementation of best practices and industry-standard procedures.
• Possess hands-on experience with Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and web services, while also demonstrating proficiency in writing enterprise-strength code and developing backend APIs.
• Work in an agile environment, supporting users by developing documentation and offering assistance with tools, while promoting established development standards and change control procedures.

• Programming Language: Java, J2EE
• Framework: Spring MVC, Spring Security, Hibernate, JMS
• Strong knowledge in any one Relational Databases (Mysql / Oracle/ SQL Server).
• Operating System: Windows & Linux.
• Configuration Management: GIT
• Tools & Utilities: STS / Eclipse / IntelliJ / NetBeans.Web/Application Server: Jboss.
• Excellent hands-on experience and knowledge of SQL.
• Strong experience in Web services (SOAP and RESTFUL).
•  Should have expertise in Design Patterns, Transactions, Multi-threading concepts.
• Experience using Maven.
•  Knowledge of data structure

• Deliver entire application life cycle - concept, design, build and test complex web applications.
•  Gather requirements around functionality and translate those requirements into elegant functional and technical solutions.
•  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including corner cases, usability, and general reliability.
•  Perform bug fixing and ensure acceptable application performance.
• Continuously upgrade knowledge on technology changes, evaluate impact to application, and implement changes to ensure minimal latency in application availability to users.
•  Work closely with project/product managers while effectively working across multiple projects and delivering to deadlines.
• Mentor the team members on the nuances of technology and implement best practices within the team.

Java Elastic Search

• Java Microservices ELK stack(Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats, X-Pack, APM),
• Build Custom Reports

Java + NodeJS

• Java with Node.js- Microservices Development,
• Using graphql with node.js,
• Backend development with Node.JS

Java Microservices

• Working experience in Java and spring boot (microservices)
• Strong understanding of OOPs concepts
• Proficient in API design and development using RESTful services
• Knowledge and understanding of design principles behind building a scalable application
• Source code management using git

Experience with Hibernate and Spring.

•   Experience with Spring-boot, spring MVC
• Experience with all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle, including system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation
• Teamwork & collaboration skills to work across organizations
• Problem solving skills to develop quick yet sound solutions to resolve complex issues
• Programming Language(s): Java, J2EE, JSON, HTML, DHTML, HTML 5, XML, EXTJS.
• Experience with XML/HTTP and Web Services
• Experience with HTML, JSP, CSS, JQuery / Ajax / JSON,
•     Experience /Knowledge of Angular, React.
• Experience building J2EE based Web Applications
• Experience with MySql.

Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.

Designs, develops, and implements web-based Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing. Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.

Additional Job Details:

Strong in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST and developing MicroServices.

Knowledge or experience , Cassandra preferred

Knowledge or experience on Kafka

Good to have but not must

Good to know:

Reporting tools like Splunk/Grafana

Protobuf

Python/Ruby