Lead I - Software Engineering-Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Aws at Global digital transformation solutions provider · Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram · 5 - 7 years · ₹18L - ₹26L / yr · Posted 11 Feb 2026

Lead I - Software Engineering-Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Aws
at Global digital transformation solutions provider
JOB DETAILS:
* Job Title: Lead I - Software Engineering-Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Aws
* Industry: Global digital transformation solutions provide
* Salary: Best in Industry
* Experience: 5 -7 years
* Location: Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram
Role Proficiency:
Act creatively to develop applications and select appropriate technical options optimizing application development maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions account for others' developmental activities
Skill Examples:
- Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer
- Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications
- Break down complex problems into logical components
- Develop user interfaces business software components
- Use data models
- Estimate time and effort required for developing / debugging features / components
- Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment
- Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges
- Manage a Team mentor and handle people related issues in team
- Maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics in the team.
- Interface with other teams’ designers and other parallel practices
- Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback to team members
- Create and articulate impactful technical presentations
- Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication
- Drive conference calls with customers addressing customer questions
- Proactively ask for and offer help
- Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning; handling multiple tasks.
- Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables on time with quality.
- Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components
- Make on appropriate utilization of Software / Hardware’s.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Knowledge Examples:
- Appropriate software programs / modules
- Functional and technical designing
- Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters
- DBMS
- Operating Systems and software platforms
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
- Integrated development environment (IDE)
- Rapid application development (RAD)
- Modelling technology and languages
- Interface definition languages (IDL)
- Knowledge of customer domain and deep understanding of sub domain where problem is solved
Additional Comments:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Kotlin and Java to join our dynamic engineering team.
The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of backend frameworks, cloud technologies, and scalable microservices architectures, with a passion for clean code, resilience, and system observability.
You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining core backend services that power our high-availability e-commerce and promotion platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization) and Java.
Build robust microservices with Spring Boot and related Spring ecosystem components (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data).
Implement efficient serialization/deserialization using Jackson and Kotlin Serialization. Develop, maintain, and execute automated tests using JUnit 5, Mockk, and ArchUnit to ensure code quality.
Work with Kafka Streams (Avro), Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA), DynamoDB, and Redis for data storage and caching needs. Deploy and manage services in AWS environment leveraging DynamoDB, Lambdas, and IAM.
Implement CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
Containerize applications using Docker and integrate monitoring using Datadog for tracing, metrics, and dashboards.
Define and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform for services including GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, and Optimizely.
Develop and maintain RESTful APIs with OpenAPI (Swagger) and JSON API standards.
Apply resilience patterns using Resilience4j to build fault-tolerant systems.
Adhere to architectural and design principles such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and Contract Testing (Pact).
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile Scrum environment to deliver high-quality features.
Utilize feature flagging tools like Optimizely to enable controlled rollouts.
Mandatory Skills & Technologies Languages:
Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization),
Java Frameworks: Spring Boot (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data)
Serialization: Jackson, Kotlin Serialization
Testing: JUnit 5, Mockk, ArchUnit
Data: Kafka (Avro) Streams Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA) DynamoDB (NoSQL) Redis (Caching)
Cloud: AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, IAM)
CI/CD: GitLab CI Containers: Docker
Monitoring & Observability: Datadog (Tracing, Metrics, Dashboards, Monitors)
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, Optimizely)
API: OpenAPI (Swagger), REST API, JSON API
Resilience: Resilience4j
Architecture & Practices: Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Contract Testing (Pact) Feature Flags (Optimizely)
Platforms: E-Commerce Platform (CommerceTools), Promotion Engine (Talon.One)
Methodologies: Scrum, Agile
Skills: Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Aws
Must-Haves
Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization), Java, Spring Boot (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data), AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, IAM), Microservices Architecture
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Notice period - 0 to 15 days only
Job stability is mandatory
Location: Trivandrum
Virtual Weekend Interview on 7th Feb 2026 - Saturday

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