Java Lead

Job Role Solution Architect

Experience 15+ years

Notice period Immediate

Location - Bangalore

Note: OMS & Retail domain Experience is mandatory

Introduction

We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect with strong hands-on expertise in Java and Microservices architecture.

Responsibilities include:

- Design and define end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise applications using Java and Microservices.

- Lead architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and solution blueprints.

- Drive microservices-based application design, including service decomposition, API contracts, and integration patterns.

- Define and govern RESTful API standards and service-to-service communication.

- Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and development teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.

- Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements such as scalability, performance, availability, and security.

- Review code, architecture artifacts, and ensure adherence to best practices.

- Support DevOps, CI/CD strategy, and cloud-native adoption.

- Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies.

Primary Skills :

- 10+ years of proven experience in the industry, with at least 3 years as an Architect or similar role designing and developing enterprise-scale applications.

- Bachelors in engineering / technology (4 year) or master's in computer applications (2 year)

- Must possess at least 6+ years of Software development experience.

- Expert knowledge in at least one object-oriented programming language like Java, one backend framework like Spring Boot / Node JS, one UI framework like React JS / Angular JS and RDBMS or NoSQL database.

- Excellent knowledge of front-end programming languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AngularJS, with the ability to render server-side and client-side content.

- Helps identify newer practices and adoption of existing ones. Ensure that the code quality is maintained via own and/or peer code reviews.

- Can lead the team in delivery of backend and user interface code. Ensure that the DevOps tasks are

executed well.

- Ensure that the software has the correct level of logging & monitoring in Production and LLEs.

- Exceptional problem-solving skills.

- Excellent written and verbal communication. Must understand the client’s business requirements and translate them into software requirements. Has a view of the deliverable timeline and escalates when needed.

- Ability to articulate technical designs & develop documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts etc.

- Experience in implementing OMS products for retail customers will be an added advantage.

- Ability to do estimation for the given requirements.

- Ability to lead technical discussions with clients.

- Must be able to do quick proofs of concepts and demos based on client requirements.

- Provide timely feedback on the performance of team members.

- Conduct interviews & provide feedback to achieve hiring objectives.

- Contributes to organization building functions such as hiring, training, mentoring, team building.

Secondary Skills :

- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployments.

- Exposure to Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).

- Experience with Kafka / RabbitMQ or other messaging systems.

- Good understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.

Basic knowledge of:

- Application security (OAuth2, JWT, TLS)

- Logging & monitoring (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)

  Minimum 3+ Years of Core Java Programming with Collections Framework, Concurrent Programming, Multi-threading (Good knowledge in Executor service, Fork joins pool and other threading concepts)

·       Good knowledge of the JVM with an understanding of performance and memory optimization.

·       Extensive and expert programming experience in JAVA programming language (strong OO skills preferred).

·       Excellent knowledge on collections like, Array List, Vector, LinkedList, HashMap, Hash Table, HashSet is mandate.

·       Exercised exemplary development practices including design specification, coding standards, unit testing, and code-reviews.

·       Expert level understanding of Object-Oriented Concepts and Data Structures

·       Good experience in Database (Sybase, Oracle or SQL Server) like indexing (clustered, non-clustered), hashing, segmenting, data types like clob / blob, views (materialized), replication, constraints, functions, triggers, procedures etc.

Java, Java8, Springboot, Microservices, core java, j2ee, JAVA, Springboot

backend, core java, java8, micro services

Your Qualifications:

 7 to 12 years of experience with majority as Java engineer

 Strong hands on experience on building application using technologies Java, Spring, Hibernate, Maven/Gradle.

 Experience in building Micro Services using Spring Boot / Go.

 Strong knowledge and experience with SQL queries and databases like Postgre SQL/Oracle.

 Strong knowledge and experience on Platform components such as Docker, Kubernetes and Service Mesh (Istio).

 Good knowledge of scripting languages (preferably Python and Bash)

 Familiarity with CI/CD environment (Jenkins).

 Experience on Observability stack such as ELK Stack, Prometheus & Grafana would be added advantage.

 Should have experience on Active MQ based async queuing system design and deployment.

 Strong experience of system design and implementation of end-to-end integrated systems.

 Familiarity with Hazelcast and Zk Solution would be a plus.

 Strong skills to write technical design documentation.

 Experience of leading a team as tech lead.

 Ability to work effectively in a team environment as well as independently.

 Good communication skills with tech/non-tech people.

What You'll Do:

 Assigned to software development projects and/or system enhancements as tech lead.

 Be engaged in a whole process of development project (requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing/verification, deployment, operation/maintenance).

 Work closely with project manager and other engineers. Some of them are in different locations such as Japan and Singapore.

 Always improve the design quality, code quality, testing quality and system quality spontaneously. In addition, create such a culture in our team.

 Understand business needs and user behavior and develop solutions to those needs.

 Develop and maintain a deep understanding of our systems and propose system improvements.

 Guide and support less-experienced members as mentor and role model to improve the team productivity and achieve team’s goals together.

Better to Have:

 Familiarity with Telecom Service Provider’s Billing Ecosystem/BSS Systems.

 Familiarity with and experience on Cloud Native Technologies.

 Familiarity with Agile Software development process.

 Familiarity with and experience on Linux/Unix environment

 Work experience with a remote team

 Familiarity with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, HipChat)

 Familiarity with source control system (Gitlab, SVN, etc.)

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU:

You'll benefit from our network of global communities and collaborative culture that will help you build technical and functional skills and capabilities. And because we serve more than 28 countries industries globally, you'll have the opportunity to develop valuable industry-specific expertise.

The scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the unique way we innovate, operate and deliver value will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest technology trends. You'll have access to leading-edge technology.

Responsibilities

• Use your skills in OOP, OOAD, and testing to design and develop robust and scalable software.
• Work in a fast-paced environment with a focus on writing production-quality code and tests.
• Maintain minimal yet essential engineering documentation to complement the product.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams as part of Agile delivery.
• Participate in code reviews and release cycles with an ownership attitude.

Requirements

• Strong at problem-solving using Java 8 and above.
• General understanding of SDLC using agile methodologies iterative development.
• Basic skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are desired.
• Hands-on knowledge of using Spring Boot or Quarkus for building Microservices or API driven solutions.
• Knowledge of SQL and experience in using any RDBMS like MySQL, PostgreSQL.
• Understanding or exposure to Cloud-Native development using AWS is an added advantage.

Brief Overview:

Through your work at Vauld, you will have the opportunity to change money for the 21st century. We’re a leading cryptocurrency platform and are passionate about increasing economic freedom around the world. 

We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer who has hands-on experience working with and leading Product teams and has solved for and built complex backend solutions. You'll be involved with bringing features and products from idea to completion and mentoring an incredibly talented group of peers.

If you are looking for a challenging work environment where you can grow and deepen your technical skills as a backend engineer and architect, we’d love to chat with you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with CXO’s, product managers, devops, and frontend engineers to collaboratively own the backend-end layer for Vauld’s application.
• Architect and build highly scalable, secure features keeping the long term vision of the product.

Requirements:

• You have 7 years or more of backend development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance applications.
• Worked with and built high performance products using Node Js/GoLang/ Python and have seen the product evolution cycle from PoC to Production 
• You have a deep understanding of design principles and can rightly judge/implement solutions to complex problems
• You are capable of writing high-quality code that conforms to the standards and best practices in a particular language/framework.
• You have experience building a product using a mainstream library or framework.
• You love to own end to end responsibility, starting from defining the problem statement (either yourself or alongside your peers), development (PoC if needed), testing, releasing in staging & then production environment, and finally monitoring.

Preferred:

• Previous work experience in product-based startups
• Experience building for products that have scaled and have seen the product evolution
• Understands the cryptocurrency landscape

Working at Vauld:

You will join a fun and intellectually stimulating work environment. If you’re excited by the idea of making a real impact and joining a team where we pride ourselves on being disruptive and ambitious, a career with Vauld is perfect for you.

General Accountabilities/Job Responsibilities

• Participation in the requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• The candidate is expected to write code himself/herself.
• The candidate is expected to write high level code, code review, unit testing and deployment.
• Practical application of design principles with a focus on the user experience, usability, template
• designs, cross browser issues and client server concepts.
• Contributes to the development of project estimates, scheduling, and deliverables.
• Works closely with QA team to determine testing requirements to ensure full coverage and best
• quality of product.
• There is also the opportunity to mentor and guide junior team members in excelling their jobs.

Job Specifications

• BE/B. Tech. Computer Science or MCA from a reputed University.
• 3 -12 Years of experience in software development, with emphasis on JAVA/J2EE Server side programming.
• Hands on experience in Core Java, Multithreading, RMI, Socket programing,
• JDBC, NIO, webservices and Design patterns.
• Should have Knowledge of distributed system, distributed caching, messaging frameworks,
• ESB etc.
• Knowledge of Linux operating system and PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB/Cassandra database is essential.
• Additionally, knowledge of HBase, Hadoop and Hive are desirable.
• Familiarity with message queue systems and AMQP and Kafka is desirable.
• Should have experience as a participant in Agile methodologies.
• Should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• This is not a Fullstack requirement, we are purely looking out for Backend resources.