Sr. Software Engineer/Sr. Consultant/ Technical Lead - Java

Job Details

- Job Title: Lead I - Software Engineering - Java, Spring Boot, Microservices

- Industry: Global digital transformation solutions provider

- Domain - Information technology (IT)

- Experience Required: 5-7 years

- Employment Type: Full Time

- Job Location: Trivandrum, Chennai, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram

- CTC Range: Best in Industry

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Java Developer Experience: 5+ years

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Senior Java Developer with strong experience in Spring Boot and Microservices to work on high-performance applications for a leading financial services client. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Java backend development, cloud (preferably GCP), and strong problem-solving abilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Java-based microservices using Spring Boot

• Collaborate with Product Owners and teams to gather and review requirements

• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and unit testing

• Ensure application performance, scalability, and security

• Contribute to solution architecture and design documentation

• Support Agile development processes including daily stand-ups and sprint planning

• Mentor junior developers and lead small modules or features

Required Skills:

• Java, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture

• GCP (or other cloud platforms like AWS)

• REST/SOAP APIs, Hibernate, SQL, Tomcat

• CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Bitbucket

• Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)

• Unit testing (JUnit), debugging and troubleshooting

• Good communication and team leadership skills

Preferred Skills:

• Frontend familiarity (Angular, AJAX)

• Experience with API documentation tools (Swagger)

• Understanding of design patterns and UML

• Exposure to Confluence, Jira

Mandatory Skills Required:

Strong proficiency in Java, spring boot, Microservices, GCP/AWS.

Experience Required: Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience

Java/J2EE (5+ years), Spring/Spring Boot (5+ years), Microservices (5+ years), AWS/GCP/Azure (mandatory), CI/CD (Jenkins, SonarQube, Git)

Java, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture

GCP (or other cloud platforms like AWS)

REST/SOAP APIs, Hibernate, SQL, Tomcat

CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Bitbucket

Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)

Unit testing (JUnit), debugging and troubleshooting

Good communication and team leadership skills

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Notice period - 0 to 15 days only (Immediate and who can join by Feb)

Job stability is mandatory

Location: Trivandrum, Kochi, Chennai

Virtual Interview - 14th Feb 2026

This role is physically based out of Mauritius and will require you to relocate to Mauritius. Relocation expenses like air tickets/work visa/permit/shared accomodation/medical insurance/daily travel costs will be borne by the company

The role of a senior java developer is to ensure high quality software development and delivery to the end client.

As senior software developer, you shall be the technical SME on the project and ensure that the team abide by the quality standard set on the project.

On the Java Expertise Center, you shall be contributing to the knowledge building committee where you will be coaching juniors and demy students

Key Skills:

 Very good knowledge in Java (at least from Java 8).

 Good knowledge of Spring boot

 Experience with JPA/Hibernate

 Experience in middleware such as MessageQueues

 Experience with REST interfaces and GRPC

 Experience with modern agile software development (Continuous Integration)

 Experience in securing APIs

 Knowledge in design patterns

1. Software Development

 Act autonomously in the delivery of tasks of simple to high complexities on projects.

 Participate actively with team members to reduce risks related to tasks and activities.

 Ensure deliveries (code, documentation, release notes) are executed within set quality standards and processes.

 Understand and apply standard methods, tools and processes in daily tasks.

 Participate in sprint backlog estimation.

2. Team coaching & technical reference on project.

 Work with the team architect to help coach team members and ensure they

abide by the technical standards set on the project.

 Coach new joiners and accompany them technically & functionally on the

project.

 Be the technical reference on the project, besides the architect.

 Communicate technical KPI to your project manager.

 Review code contributed by team members, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and quality standards.

 Act as a coach or trainer and contribute actively to the Java Expertise Center.

 A commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with industry trends and best practices

 Participate in budget auditing activities as required by direct report in the capacity of a Developer

Key Dimensions:

 Ability to monitor unit test coverage and ensure team abide by same standard (Standard unit test coverage

of 60% on new and overall codes)

 Ensures Sonar analysis of project is as per quality gate and any deviations are tackled by the team

 Ensuring highest quality delivered to client.

• Experience in .Net Core, MVC framework, WebAPI
• Deep understanding of programming principles and OOPS concepts.
• Strong Coding Discipline
• Comprehensive knowledge on Good Practices, Coding guidelines, General Programming Paradigms
• Excellent verbal communication skills and good interpersonal skills.
• Good experience in Error handling & debugging techniques
• Strong Logical, analytical & problem solving skills
• Ability to build well maintained libraries & tools based on the business needs
• Experience in mentoring the teams and helping them
• Azure / AWS DevOps knowledge is desirable but not a must.

JOB OVERVIEW:

We are looking for a Back-End Web Engineer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database along with ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.

As a Back-End Developer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and enhance user experience. You should have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing and maintaining functional and stable web applications or improving the existing ones to meet our company’s needs.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Execute a full software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to identify requirements and solutions
• Write well-designed, testable, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implement security and data protection
• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
• Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
• Document and maintain software functionality
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems
• Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback
• Comply with project plans and industry standards
• Ensure software is updated with latest features
• Should be able to handle a Team of 3-4 Java Engineers

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• 8+ years of Software Engineering or Software Development experience, preferably in a related field.
• Good knowledge of Core Java (Minimum Version 8)
• J2EE with a good understanding of Servlets and JSP
• Experience in Spring Modules – Spring IOC and AOP, Spring Boot (version 2 plus), JDBC
• Expertise in design and development of various web and enterprise – level applications using Java/J2EE technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, Rest services.
• Web Services (including SOAP, XML, XML Schema, JSON, and REST)
• Tools required: Maven,Eclipse, Github, and Swagger
• Good knowledge of SQL and Redis (NOSql)
• Ability to document requirements and specifications
• Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer
• Ability to develop software in Java or any other OOPS languages
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in developing Web Applications using at least one popular Web Framework (Spring)
• Experience with test-driven development
• Proficiency in software engineering tools

PREFERRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related fields.

REPORTING: This position will report to the Technical Head.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time

LOCATION: Remote (Pan India) & In-Office – Jaipur, India

SHIFT TIMINGS: UK Shift

Summer - 1:30pm-10:30pm IST

Winter    - 2:30pm-11:30pm IST

Greetings from Cygnet!

We are glad to offer you a career opportunity with cygnet InfoTech private limited, which we believe would excite you, as it matches up with your profile updated on to the leading job portal. Cygnet is a leading software-technology solutions provider based out of the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat-India.

Company:

Cygnet’s tryst with excellence in customer relations began in the year 2000. Today, Cygnet has emerged as one of the most respected names in the Information technology circuit in the state of Gujarat, India. With its unique client-focused business model, Cygnet delivers best-in-class offshore IT solutions to its clients across the world. Cygnet is committed to providing "Real Value Creation and Customer Delight" to all its clients, through its decades-old successful service delivery track record, process, and innovation culture powered by technology professionals.

Cygnet has Offices in India (Ahmedabad), Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, USA, UK, South Africa and is expanding its wings to achieve PAN India Development centers/business centers in the coming few years.

The Cygnet is a member of NASSCOM, AMA, FICCI, CII, GESIA, and Indo-American chamber of commerce. Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, Intel software partner, CMMI Level 3, ISO 9000:2008, ISO27001:2005, with Nearly 1000+ Employee Strength For more details please visit www.cygnet-infotech.com

Your primary role will be to drive and grow our in-house software expertise. Working with a small software team in India and the UK, you will be responsible in understanding the requirements from various internal teams and taking ownership of software development, including backend database development and any front-end applications that will be developed in the future. Implementing AGILE methodologies, you will be responsible for delivering iterative results through regular sprints.

The software team manages a range of systems for the company, ranging from our client-facing applications to content delivery portals. You will be involved in all the projects and will contribute to developing, maintaining, and improving our systems. You will also be expected to keep on top of the latest developments in the software world and constantly check if we can make use of the latest technologies to deliver an even better user experience to both our internal and external clients. This role will suit someone who has extremely good technical skills but who is also ambitious to play a more strategic role in a growing company and build a strong team. The role may also require occasional travel to our UK headquarters and other offices around the world.

Essentials:

• Solid development skills and track-record of successful project delivery
• PHP and frameworks
• Database design and development
• SQL
• Open-source SQL databases, e.g. MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
• HTML
• CSS, Sass and frameworks
• JavaScript: ES5, ES6, Ajax, libraries, and frameworks like VueJs, ReactJs.
• Front-end tooling
• Accessibility and progressive enhancement
• Git and/or other version control systems
• Project management
• Excellent communication, leadership, and motivation skills
• Willing to take on new technical projects.
• Attention to detail.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Agile development experience or certification
• .Net Framework
• Data visualisation and tools
• js
• NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB
• Continuous integration and deployment
• Big data and analytics
• Web security and development practices
• Data scraping and parsing.
• Aptitude for statistical analysis

• Producing clean, efficient code based on specifications.
• Fixing and improving existing software
• Integrate software components and third-party programs
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting

• Must have good experience on Asp.Net, MCV, C#, Java script, Jquery etc.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
• Knowledge of coding languages (e.g. C#,VB, JavaScript) and frameworks/systems (e.g. AngularJS, Git)
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Excellent communication skills

•  JAVA/J2EE (Mandatory)
• HTML/CSS – Basics would suffice
• JavaScript, JQuery, JQWidgets – Must be proficient and core skill requirement

•  .NET Framework (v4.5 and above) + C# (v5 and above) programming language: Core skill set and mandatory
• Windows WCF (SOAP) /Web-API (REST using JSON): Must be proficient
• Windows Server knowledge – IIS + Windows services: Basics from deployment perspective
• MS SQL server: Must be proficient with queries and database objects

• Minimum 3 years as a technical lead
• Experience in Business, Data, Technical Architecture and leveraging tools
• Ability to triage complex problems into smaller units that are amenable to being solved.
• Inquisitive and analytical mind
• Proven ability to manage non-direct reports to achieve results and to work in a multi-cultural multi-functional environment where consensus is critical for success
• Customer and end-user focused and have excellent oral and written communications skills