Tech Lead

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:

1. Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer
2. Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications
3. Break down complex problems into logical components
4. Develop user interfaces business software components
5. Use data models
6. Estimate time and effort required for developing / debugging features / components
7. Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment
8. Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges
9. Manage a Team mentor and handle people related issues in team
10.  Maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics in the team.
11.  Interface with other teams’ designers and other parallel practices
12.  Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback to team members
13.  Create and articulate impactful technical presentations
14.  Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication
15.  Drive conference calls with customers addressing customer questions
16.   Proactively ask for and offer help
17.  Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning; handling multiple tasks.
18.  Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables on time with quality.
19.  Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components
20.  Make on appropriate utilization of Software / Hardware’s.
21.  Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Knowledge Examples:

•     Appropriate software programs / modules

1. Functional and technical designing
2. Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters
3. DBMS
4. Operating Systems and software platforms
5. Software Development Life Cycle
6. Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
7. Integrated development environment (IDE)
8. Rapid application development (RAD)
9. Modelling technology and languages
10. Interface definition languages (IDL)
11. 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

• Designs, develops, modifies, debugs, and evaluates programs for functional areas
• Analyzes existing programs or formulates logic for new systems
• Devises logic procedures
• Prepare Flowcharting
• Performs coding and tests/debugs programs.
• Develops Conversion and System implementation plans
• Prepares and obtains approval of system and programming of documentation
• Recommends changes in development, maintenance, and system standards
• Train users in conversion and implementation of system
• Communicate with end users and understands the requirements in clearly.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering / MCA with 5+ years of solid software development experience using .Net environment using C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET.
• Experience working with Manufacturing Execution System (Camstar) is a plus.
• Experience working with Web services and XML/ XSLT.
• In Depth knowledge of MS-SQL 2005/2008 including coding of SPs.
• Has a Solid background of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the use of UML views and diagrams.
• Has the ability to design and document software applications with minimal supervision.
• Experience in multi-platform software Development (DOS, Windows).
• Experience in developing software applications in a multi-tier architecture.
• Experience in presentation layer development using JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, Ajax and CSS.
• Experience in WCF / MVC is a plus.
• Experience is in Source Controls like SVN / TFS.
• Able to handle all phases of SDLC.

• Minimum 2 years experience on MEAN Stack
• Extensive hands-on experience in Node JS/Express/Hapi JS, Moleculer and NoSQL DBs (Mongodb and Redis are preferred)
• Strong coding and designing skills
• Working understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment concepts and tools such as (Gitlab CI/CD), Development tools (Git), Application Servers (nginx, Apache)
• Experience in consuming and developing secure RESTful API/web-services
• Comfortable using Unix / Linux machines from command prompt
• As a full-stack architect in the team, you'll bring your ideas to life on a technology stack of Node JS and NoSQL Databases among others.
• We are looking for tech geeks who are hands-on and in love with building scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products.
• You must be an excellent problem solver with passion to self-learn and implement backend technologies
• You would be responsible for the architecture design, code review and technology build and deployment activities of web/mobile applications.
• Own the product development from scratch - Architect scalable, distributed and large scale web and mobile solutions from scratch
• You would be responsible for writing SRS and require strong technical writing and communication skills
• You would be responsible for managing and mentoring your team members and help them advance in their learning and career goals
• Ensure test driven development (TDD) methodologies are deployed to execute project
• Define and ensure right coding practices
• Code for fresh development and to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Lead web development efforts, including hiring, mentoring and advising peers

Desired Candidate Profile