Technical Lead

• Experience : 5-10 yrs
•  Past experience in working with any product start-up is a plus.
•  Proficiency in fundamental front end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
•  Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, and others.
•  Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it such as Express (recommended).
•  Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
•  Understanding of REST Services.
•  Experience with Redis.
•  Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, MongoDB and Elasticsearch.
•  Proficient understanding of serverless programming.
•  Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
•  Good problem-solving skills.
•  Attention to detail.

Lead Java Developer for Chennai based Product Company

About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Java Developer with 8 to 15 years of expertise in Java development, AWS cloud infrastructure management and product development for 3 products. There is a clear path to leadership role within the organization. If you are not from Chennai, you should be willing to relocate to Chennai.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background with hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS or other cloud infrastructure management. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive product vision, align cross-functional teams, and ensure the successful execution of cloud-based solutions, while providing the necessary support to the team in planning, coordination, and execution of various projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage product road map ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, and the stakeholders to design & develop scalable cloud solutions.
• Lead product development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and iteration.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation.
• Develop technical documentation, user guides, and best practices for cloud infrastructure management.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and best practices in cloud deployments.
• Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to balance priorities and manage expectations.
• Conduct research on technical solutions and present findings to the project team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 8 to 10 years of experience in product management, & handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• More than 5 years of hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot & related technologies.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in AWS OR Azure, OR Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and scalability best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with google play store, app store, setting up app store accounts and handling deployments.
• Experience identifying, studying documentation and integrating with third parties for various needs such as identity verification, SMS integration and many such requirements.
• Proven ability to define product strategy and execute on complex technical roadmaps.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate business requirements to user stories.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as AWS CloudWatch, or ELK stack.
• Familiarity and experience with React Native architecture and libraries.
• Prior experience in a SaaS, PaaS, or cloud-native environment.
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or PMP.

Remuneration

• Base Salary + Annual Performance Bonus (tied to KPIs, roadmap execution, team performance, delivery milestones)
• Equity/ESOPs - After 1st year of employment, Vesting: 4 years with 1-year cliff

Benefits

• Work-Life Balance & Paid time off
• Flexible working hours
• Work-from-home allowance (1–2 days a week or for emergencies)
• Company sponsored team offsites / retreats

Duties and responsibilities:

• Design and defining architecture of complex web applications and microservices.
• Address and improve any technical issues
• Collaborate well with engineers, researchers, and data implementation specialists to design and create advanced, elegant, and efficient systems

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Previous working experience as a MEAN Stack Developer for 3 years
• BSc/B.tech degree in Computer Science or similar relevant field 
• In-depth knowledge of NodeJS, ExpressJS or Restify
• Experience implementing applications using Angular or React
• Experience creating front end applications using HTML5, Angular, LESS/SASS
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript Development on both client and server-side
• Experience with modern frameworks and design patterns, minimum one-year experience with MEAN stack paradigm
• Knowledge of the following will be considered as an advantage:
• Consumer Web Development Experience for High-Traffic, Public Facing web applications
• Experience with cloud technologies like AWS or google cloud is also a plus
• Creating secure RESTful-based web services in Node js and Express and MongoDB.
• Continuous integration (Jenkins/Hudson) and version control (SVN, Git)

• Responsible for the successful technical delivery of code and design documents
• Responsible to evaluate and review design frameworks and methodologies.
• Responsible for organizing, documenting, and review work items scope from a technical point of view.
• Responsible for scoping, designing, development, reviews, and complete delivery from the technical end.
• Review and validate estimates for complex projects to ensure correct sizing of work.
• Participates in POCs, validates the complex technical solution, performs estimates and collateral consolidation.
• Lead and coach a team of junior developers

Requirement

• Strong experience in the development of microservices-based applications using JEE technologies Spring Boot, and Spring MVC, JPA, and Hibernate.
• Experience in handling integration with multiple legacy systems by creating/consuming services in SOAP/REST/MQ, Apache Camel integration framework.
• Strong experience in developing web applications using single-page architecture and a responsive design using Angular, Bootstrap, and building hybrid mobile applications
• Understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Containerizing applications using Docker/Kubernetes
• Setting up CI/CD pipelines using GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube is a plus
• Setting up applications for log monitoring using ELK stack and performance monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana is a plus
• Ensure quality and timeliness of implementation of activities related to design, build and implementation of work product; participate in activities related to requirements elicitation, validation of architecture, creation, and review of design; provide pseudo code to the team; assign and review tasks for work product implementation with the objective of ensuring the highest levels of service offerings in own technology domain
• Performs high and low-level design provides pseudo-codes, implements the prototype, and does design reviews in order to deliver design documents as per customer requirements
• Provides inputs for an overall implementation plan, lead deployment of applications, infrastructure, and post-production support activities
• Interface with customer for issue resolution, provide status updates, Build customer confidence in team`s ability to deliver in order to support high customer satisfaction
• Understand client-side business requirements and provide value-led solutions. Should have strong and clear verbal and written communication skills including addressing escalations, presenting status in management meetings. Excellent client interfacing skills, mentoring skills
• Experienced in developing microservices/APIs using REST principles
• Experienced in JEE technologies, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, Swagger
• Experienced in using Queues (ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ, Kafka) and integration frameworks like Apache Camel
• Experienced in Front End skills include Angular, CSS, SAAS, Node, NPM, Bootstrap
• Experience with one of the application servers like Tomcat, JBoss EAP, IBM WebSphere
• Experience with relational databases like Postgres, Oracle DB2, and NoSQL databases like Elastic Search, MongoDB, Neo4J
• Experience in containerizing applications using Docker/Kubernetes
• Experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines using GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube is a plus
• Experience in setting up applications for log monitoring using ELK stack and performance monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana is a plus