Java Lead

Key Responsibilities:

● Work closely with product managers, designers, frontend developers, and other

cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless integration and alignment of frontend and

backend technologies, driving cohesive and high-quality product delivery.

● Develop and implement coding standards and best practices for the backend team.

● Document technical specifications and procedures.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest backend technologies, trends, and best practices.

● Collaborate with other departments to identify and address backend-related issues.

● Conduct code reviews and ensure code quality and consistency across the backend team.

● Create technical documentation, ensuring clarity for future development and

maintenance.

Requirements;

● Experience: 4-6 years of hands-on experience in backend development, with a strong

background in product-based companies or startups.

● Education: Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or a related field.

● Programming skills: Proficient in Python and software development principles, with a

focus on clean, maintainable code, and industry best practices. Experienced in unit

testing, AI-driven code reviews, version control with Git, CI/CD pipelines using GitHub

Actions, and integrating New Relic for logging and APM into backend systems.

● Database Development: Proficiency in developing and optimizing backend systems in

both relational and non-relational database environments, such as MySQL and NoSQL

databases.

● GraphQL: Proven experience in developing and managing robust GraphQL APIs,

preferably using Apollo Server. Ability to design type-safe GraphQL schemas and

resolvers, ensuring seamless integration and high performance.

● Cloud Platforms: Familiar with AWS and experienced in Docker containerization and

orchestrating containerized systems.

● System Architecture: Proficient in system design and architecture with experience in

developing multi-tenant platforms, including security implementation, user onboarding,

payment integration, and scalable architecture.

● Linux Systems: Familiarity with Linux systems is mandatory, including deployment and

management.

● Continuous Learning: Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to

influence architectural decisions and drive continuous improvement.

Benefits:

● Competitive salary.

● Health insurance.

● Casual dress code.

● Dynamic & Collaboration friendly office.

● Hybrid work schedule.

Industry

• IT Services and IT Consulting

Employment Type

Full-time

Lean provides developers with a universal API to access their customers' financial accounts across the Middle East. We recognized that infrastructure barriers were hindering fintech growth in our home markets and set out to build a solution. With Lean, developers at any level can now create advanced financial solutions without grappling with infrastructure complexities, allowing them to focus squarely on customer needs.

Why Join Us?

Our products have garnered enthusiastic feedback from both developers and customers. With Sequoia leading our $33 million Series A round, our debut in the GCC marks just the beginning. We're committed to expanding regionally and enhancing stakeholder value. If you thrive on solving challenges and making a lasting impact, Lean is the place for you.

We offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and ensure every team member holds meaningful equity. Join us on our journey of enabling the next wave of financial innovation!

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing the infrastructure that supports the future of the financial ecosystem. We seek a motivated problem-solver who thrives on challenges and delivers compelling solutions. You'll lead knowledge sharing across our engineering team, mentor individuals, and contribute to complex feature design and development.

Requirements

- 8+ years of professional experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices

- Proficiency in PostgreSQL, Kafka, Scripting, and REST

- Experience as a Squad/Tech Lead, adept at designing and developing complex features

- Worked in distributed teams and with open-source APIs

- Eagerness to learn and implement new technologies

- Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps systems and processes

- Self-motivated with a preference for autonomy and ownership

- Startup experience and interest in the fintech industry, particularly Open Banking

Bonus

- Experience in developing payment solutions (p2p, B2C, B2B)

- Previous work in the financial sector

Join us and shape the future of fintech with Lean!

About Client : Our client is an American company that develops, manufactures and sells solar micro-inverters, energy generation monitoring software and battery energy storage products

The Back-End engineer will develop, maintain, architect & expand cloud microservices. Codebase uses Java, Spring Boot, Mongo, REST APIs, MySQL. Applications are dockerized and hosted in AWS using plethora of AWS services.

Key Responsibilities and Outcomes

• Programming in Java + Spring Boot
• REST API with JSON, XML etc. for data transfer
• Multiple database proficiency including SQL and NoSQL (Cassandra, MongoDB)
• Ability to develop both internal facing and external facing APIs using JWT and OAuth2.0
• Familiar with HA/DR, scalability, performance, code optimizations
• Experience with working with highly performance and throughput systems
• Ability to define, track and deliver items to ones own schedule
• Good organizational skills and the ability to work on more than one project at a time
• Exceptional attention to detail and good communication skills

Minimum Qualifications

• B.E/B.Tech in Computer Science from top tier college and >70% marks
• 70% or 7 CGPA throughout in education.
• Top 100 Engineering colleges only (NIRF ranking)
• Stability in job.
• Experience with SQL + NoSQL (Preferably MongoDB)
• Experience with Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket
• Ability to work independently and as part of a project team
• Strong organizational skills, proactive, and accountable.
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical problem-solving skills
• Ability to establish priorities and proceed with objectives without supervision
• Ability to communicate effectively and accurately
• Clear concise written project status update throughout the project lifecycle
• Highly skilled at facilitating and documenting requirements

Collaborate with clients and internal teams to develop appropriate solutions

• Brainstorm with team members and prove the ability to think on the fly.

Requirements

• Core Java

• Spring Boot, Spring Rest, Spring Data

• Testing framework - Junit, Mockito

• Experience in deploying applications on one of public cloud preferably Microsoft Azure. (Other

- AWS or Google Cloud)

• Experience in one of messaging platform preferably Kafka (Other - Rabbitmq or Active MQ)

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• Others – Linux, Git, Maven, CI/CD pipeline

• Experience in working with Agile teams

Good To Have

• Git (6+ years of experience)

• Develop test cases, conduct SIT, load test, and tune the performance of systems to meet

acceptance criteria.

• Perform and manage stages of the SCRUM and participate in the systems review with Project

Lead/Manager.

• Experience in the development of cloud-native applications is an added advantage.

• Experience working in Agile teams

What We Offer

• National and International Business Trips (if there is an opportunity)

• Culture of Knowledge Sharing and Training

• Modern & lively working environment

• Opportunity to write books, participate in conferences

• International assignment

We are looking for Product Developers-Java Technology with hands-on experience in Core java and socket programming with the flair for working on cutting-edge solutions.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Responsible for the development and unit testing of various modules in JAVA and other related technologies. 
• Need to do requirement understanding, preparing initial concept and possible architecture design. 
• Responsible for feasibility analysis and POC development. 
• Ability to understand the product architecture and end-to-end system flow. 
• Ability to relate and analyze tasks as per overall product architecture and philosophy. 
• Work in Agile SCRUM development model and be able to plan, estimate, execute and deliver quality work as per committed timeline. 
• Ability to continuously analyze and contribute to lean processes, quality improvements, product growth, and productivity improvements within the team.

Required Skills: 

• JAVA - Core JAVA Concepts, Socket Communication, Multithreading, Exception Handling, Collections Framework, Reflections, I/O, XML, HTML, JSON, YML
• Database version management tools like Liquibase etc.
• Version control system like GIT. Hands-on experience with strong knowledge of branching, merging,
• Build systems like Maven, Gradle, Ant etc.
• Hands-on experience in running development environment on Unix/Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS).
• Cloud computing experience, Integration with third-party devices, experience in writing REST APIs, shell scripting knowledge will be an added advantage.

  We are looking for Product Developers-Java Technology with hands-on experience in Core java and socket programming with the flair for working on cutting-edge solutions.