Tech Lead

Job Title : Lead Java Developer (Backend)

Experience Required : 8 to 15 Years

Open Positions : 5

Location : Any major metro city (Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad)

Work Mode : Open to Remote / Hybrid / Onsite

Notice Period : Immediate Joiner/30 Days or Less

About the Role :

• We are looking for experienced Lead Java Developers who bring not only strong backend development skills but also a product-oriented mindset and leadership capability.
• This is an opportunity to be part of high-impact digital transformation initiatives that go beyond writing code—you’ll help shape future-ready platforms and drive meaningful change.
• This role is embedded within a forward-thinking digital engineering team that thrives on co-innovation, lean delivery, and end-to-end ownership of platforms and products.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and implement scalable backend systems using Java and Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to build intuitive and reliable digital products.
• Advocate and implement engineering best practices : SOLID principles, OOP, clean code, CI/CD, TDD/BDD.
• Lead Agile-based development cycles with a focus on speed, quality, and customer outcomes.
• Guide and mentor team members, fostering technical excellence and ownership.
• Utilize cloud platforms and DevOps tools to ensure performance and reliability of applications.

What We’re Looking For :

• Proven experience in Java backend development (Spring Boot, Microservices).
• 8+ Years of hands-on engineering experience with at least 2+ years in a Lead role.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Good understanding of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to DevOps and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to design solutions from first principles.
• Prior experience in product-based or startup environments is a big plus.

Ideal Candidate Profile :

• A tech enthusiast with a passion for clean code and scalable architecture.
• Someone who thrives in collaborative, transparent, and feedback-driven environments.
• A leader who takes ownership beyond individual deliverables to drive overall team and project success.

Interview Process

1. Initial Technical Screening (via platform partner)
2. Technical Interview with Engineering Team
3. Client-facing Final Round

Additional Info :

• Targeting profiles from product/startup backgrounds.
• Strong preference for candidates with under 1 month of notice period.
• Interviews will be fast-tracked for qualified profiles.

GaragePlug Inc

GaragePlug is one of the fastest-growing Automotive tech startups working towards revolutionising the automotive aftermarket industry with strong state-of-the-art technologies.

Role Overview

As we plan to grow, we have many challenges to solve. Some of the new features and products that are already in the pipeline include advanced analytics, search, reporting, etc., to name a few. Our present backend is based on the microservices architecture built using Spring Boot. With growing complexity, we are open to using other tools and technologies as needed. We are looking for a talented and motivated engineer to join our fleet and help us solve real-world problems in this exciting field. Join us and share the dream of building the next-generation online platform for the Auto industry.

Experience:

3-5 years of experience

What you'll do:

• Design and architect our core components
• End-to-end systems development
• Ownership of complete systems from development to production and maintenance
• Infrastructure management on AWS

Technologies you'll use:

• Microservices, AWS, Java, Spring-boot
• Gradle / Maven
• ElasticSearch
• Jenkins, CI/CD
• Containerization technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• RDBMS (PostgreSQL) or NoSQL databases (MongoDB) & Enterprise Messaging Applications (Kafka/SQS)
• JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, etc.
• Nginx
• Any cool piece of technology that you can bring onboard

What you are:

• You love technology and are always open to learning new tools
• You are proficient with server technologies: Spring / Spring Boot
• You have good experience in scaling, performance tuning & optimization at both API and storage layers
• You have an excellent grasp of OOPS concepts, data structures, algorithms, design patterns & REST APIs
• You are proficient in Java, SQL
• You have good knowledge of Databases: RDBMS/Document
• You have a good understanding of REST API design
• You have knowledge of DevOps
• Implement Coding Best Practices. Implement Code Quality gates as per the program norms
• Knowledge of Angular 2+ is a big plus

Responsibilities: 

• Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems. 
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions. 
• Analyze and improve data quality and metrics. 
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations. 
• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry in design decisions. 
• Assist in the career development of others, mentoring on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members. 
• Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. 
• Skilled in translating high level abstract business requirements into software design, designing systems specifications, standards, and programming 
• Contribute to Architectural blueprints and Design for the software solutions 
• Mentor team on engineering best practices such as writing clean code, designing scalable, reliable and performant software solutions, set and ensure compliance to software quality standards etc. 
• Be a role model for the team with innovative thinking, passion for continuous learning and contributions to the project. 

Qualifications, Skills & Experiences 

• BE / B.Tech /M.Tech in Computer Science or a related field 
• Minimum 7+/5+ years of experience building large scalable systems 
• Minimum 2+ years of recent experience in building products on cloud is a plus 
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming and WebAPI development is required 
• Knowledge and awareness of cloud/ application security is must (OWASP at the minimum) 
• Strong knowledge in OOPS with C#, .Net(or Java) with SQL Server or any RDBMS 
• Strong experience in architecting and building multi-threaded, distributed systems. 
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance. 
• Ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment. 
• Extensive experience of mentoring junior engineers to success. 
• Experience with Microservices Architecture is a plus 
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and AWS/Azure cloud services is plus 
• Hands on experience of building products for unix systems in addition to windows is a plus 
• Excellent Communication 

What you need to have:

• 3+ years of SDE work experience from Product based companies
• Experience in Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Kafka, Hbase, AWS
  • Experience in Multi threading, distributed systems, Best practices of coding, scaling

Minimum of 4+ years of experience in Java development

• Experience delivering Services (REST, SOAP) and Web applications in Micro services architecture
• Experience developing and deploying Java solutions to cloud
• Experience in Spring Boot and components of Spring framework
• Experience in a JavaScript framework such as Angular or React
• Experience in TDD using Junit or similar frameworks

·       Experience in Design Patterns and service oriented architectural principles, Data structures and Algorithms.

·       Individual should be an active participant in the product design and code reviews for self and team and can competently review any aspect of their product or major sub-system.

·       Experience in SQL, Unix skills.

·       Good communication Skill

Java
J2ee
working experience with one or more clouds

Understanding of design architecture

Experience with Traditional databases and nosql databases

Sound in Algorithms,data structures and problem solving 

Good at coding and design