
Lead Backend Engineer - Java
at Leading HealthTech, a U.S.-based product company

š We're Hiring: Technical Lead ā Java Backend & Integration
š Bangalore | Hybrid | Full-Time
šØāš» 9+ Years Experience | Enterprise Product Development
š„ Healthcare Tech | U.S. Health Insurance Domain
Join Leading HealthTech, a U.S.-based product company driving innovation in the $1.1 trillion health insurance industry. We power over 81 million lives, with 130+ customers and 100+ third-party integrations. At our growing Bangalore tech hub, youāll solve real-world, large-scale problems and help modernize one of the most stable and impactful industries in the world.
š§ What You'll Work On:
- Architect and build backend & integration solutions using Java, J2EE, WebLogic, Spring, Apache Camel
- Transition monolith systems to microservices-based architecture
- Lead design reviews, customer discussions, code quality, UAT & production readiness
- Work with high-volume transactional systems processing millions of health claims daily
- Coach & mentor engineers, contribute to platform modernization
š§ What You Bring:
- 9+ years in backend Java development and enterprise system integration
- Hands-on with REST, SOAP, JMS, SQL, stored procedures, XML, ESBs
- Solid understanding of SOA, data structures, system design, and performance tuning
- Experience with Agile, CI/CD, unit testing, and code quality tools
- Healthcare/payor domain experience is a huge plus!
š” Why this opportunity?
- Global product impact from our India technology center
- Work on mission-critical systems in a stable and recession-resilient sector
- Be part of a journey to modernize healthcare through tech
- Solve complex challenges at scale that few companies offer
šÆ Ready to drive change at the intersection of tech and healthcare?

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Roles & Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Symfony PHP framework. What you create is also what you own.
- Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
- Collaborate with scanner teams to orchestrate scans, ingest vulnerabilities, configure scanners etc.
- Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
- Optimize and refactor existing code to improve performance and reliability.
- Implement security and data protection measures.
- Triage, troubleshoot and upgrade existing systems.
- Ship code to production multiple times a day/week.
- Ensure timely delivery of the features.
- Test your own features, and write test cases for continuous automated testing.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and standards.
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- 3 years experience in a similar role or similar working experience.
- Strong background in PHP backend programming. Symfony preferred, or Laravel.
- Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
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- Experience with PostgreSQL database and data modeling.
- Understanding of concepts such as Dependency Injection, ORM, data validation, error handling etc.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions (good to have).
- Experience with Agile methodologies.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
- Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
- Knowledge of industry best practices in software development, security, and compliance.
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What We offer:
- Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company, and working on hard problems that matter.
- Fully remote, agile working environment.
- Good engineering culture with full ownership in design, development, release lifecycle.
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- Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
- Experience with the security side of things.
- Annual trips to beaches or mountains (next one is to Wayanad).
- Open and supportive culture.
- Health insurance & other benefits for you and your spouse. Maternity benefits included.
ā Complete ownership of the components that one works on - starting from
architecture design to monitoring metrics post deployment
Strong bias for action with a problem solving mindset. Meeting current
requirements or resolving issues while keeping bigger picture in mind.
ā Thinking big while designing components. Keeping in mind that if we build our
current version for x users, it will be 10x within a year & 100x within 1.5 years
hands on experience in software development with excellent
problem-solving skills.
ā Hands on experience on building highly-available, scalable systems.
ā Expertise in Java with data structures, algorithms, spring, hibernate skills.
ā Knowledge of NoSQL, MongoDB, caching data stores, queuing and search.
ā Proficiency in computer science fundamentals: Object oriented design, data
structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
ā Good with the design patterns and architecture solution to large scale
applications.
ā Nice to have: Cassandra, Kafka, Aerospike development experience with highly
scalable and performant software systems.


Around 4 years of experience in creating and implementing Web-based applications using
C#, ASP.net, Web API, MVC, Micro Services, JavaScript and SQL Server.
Familiarity or exposure to CI / CD, Dev Ops such as Dockers, containers, Azure, Pipeline is
highly recommended
Ability to work in an Agile, fast-paced environment, and learn rapidly.
Bachelor degree in computer science, computer engineering or similar.
Familiar with object-oriented development, design patterns and specifically in .NET
Framework (C#) with a strong background in web-based development and service-oriented
Architecture.
Expert in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, JSON.
Writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code.
Must have knowledge of project/task management tools like Jira,
Familiarity with Version Control like Bitbucket, Git etc.
Understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility and web standards.
Build features and applications with responsive design
Good English communication skills, written and spoken.
Able to work with minimum supervision as well as perform under pressure and meet
Deadlines.
Roles and Responsibilities;-
- Include managing Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
- Designing, developing and delivering high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems
Framework required ā spring boot, Hibernate
Skills - Should have knowledge of JPA, js, Ajax

1.Ā Ā Ā Ā Strong knowledge in Front end scripting like EJS, JavaScript, Jquery.
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2.Ā Ā Ā Ā Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS.
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3.Ā Ā Ā Ā Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, and Amber.
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4.Ā Ā Ā Ā Proficiency with server-side languages such as Python / Ruby / Java / PHP/ .Net.
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5.Ā Ā Ā Ā Good Understand with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB.
Responsibilities:
ļ· Leading and managing team of developers.
ļ· Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developer with server-side logic.
ļ· Building reusable code and libraries for future use
ļ· Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
ļ· Implementation of security and data protection
ļ· Design and implementation of data storage solutions
Skills and Qualifications:
ļ· Overall 6-8 years of experience in multi-tiered application development and leadership
ļ· Strong Programming fundamentals. (Must have - Java)
ļ· Good Knowledge in cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, etc.
ļ· Hands on experience on Spring technology including Springboot, SpringMVC, Spring Security and others.
ļ· Good understanding on experience on microservice development using Springboot REST web services using
Spring Rest or Jersey SQL NoSQL DB
ļ· Hands on with Unit testing Dynamic and proactive with ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
ļ· Good communications skills fluent in English
ļ· Ability to communicate effectively across different disciplines
Primary Skills (Good toHave)
Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Restful Web Services, Micro Services
Education: B.Tech/B.E, BCA, MCA, MCS, etc. in Computers
The founder is a qualified physician an innovator at heart. He has immense experience in health management sector and has worked for international healthcare organizations.
- Defining code architecture decisions to support a high-performance and scalable product with a minimal footprint
- Addressing and improving any technical issues
- Collaborating well with engineers and researchers to design and create advanced, elegant and efficient systems
- Designing and maintaining large and complex databases, both relational and non-relational databases.
- Writing, testing, and releasing world-class, production-ready code.
- Deploying applications on AWS cloud with the ability to quickly debug hosting related issues.
What you need to have:
- Previous working experience as a software developer in Product based company
- Strong in Object Oriented Javascript, ES6, Typescript, HTML 5, CSS3, SASS/ LESS.
- In-depth knowledge of NodeJS, ExpressJS, and MongoDB
- Experience creating front end applications using HTML5, Angular6+, CSS, LESS/ SASS
- Good knowledge of coding standards, design patterns, unit testing frameworks, TDD, CI/ CD practices.
- Good logical thinking and quick at learning and exploring new frameworks
- Bachelorās degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science 4-6 years of industry experience
- Able to meet deadlines
- Leadership experience
- Strong communications skills
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Experience:Ā 4 to 8 years
Annual CTC:Ā Rupees 12,00,000 to 20,00,000

