Job Title : Senior/Lead Java API Developer (Microservices, Kafka, AWS)

Experience : 10 to 15 Years

Location : Bangalore/Hyderabad/Pune (Hybrid/Onsite)

Employment Type : Full-time

About the Role :

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior/Lead Java Developer to drive the design and development of scalable, high-performance microservices and distributed systems. This role involves strong technical leadership, architecture ownership, and mentoring engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities :

Technical Leadership :

- Lead end-to-end design and development of large-scale Java-based microservices

- Provide technical guidance on Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, MongoDB, and Camunda

- Drive best practices in CI/CD, automation, security, and observability

Architecture & Design :

- Define and implement microservices architecture, DDD, and event-driven systems

- Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, and cloud-native

- Collaborate with architects on platform-level decisions

Engineering Excellence :

- Enforce coding standards, testing strategies, and performance optimization

- Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and performance tuning

- Promote automation across development and deployment lifecycle

Team Leadership :

- Mentor and guide engineering teams and senior developers

- Drive technical decision-making and delivery excellence

- Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning

Stakeholder Management :

- Collaborate with product, business, and DevOps teams

- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions

- Communicate effectively with leadership and stakeholders

Required Skills :

Core Technical Skills :

- 1015 years of experience in software development

Strong expertise in :

- Java, Spring Boot, Microservices

- Apache Kafka (event streaming)

- AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, IAM, CloudWatch)

- MongoDB / NoSQL

- Camunda BPM (workflow orchestration)

- Experience with REST APIs, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes

- Strong exposure to CI/CD pipelines

Architecture & System Design :

- Hands-on experience in distributed systems & cloud-native architecture

- Knowledge of resiliency patterns, caching, and performance tuning

- Experience with observability and fault-tolerant design

Leadership & Communication :

- Proven experience leading engineering teams

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

- Ability to mentor and influence technical direction

Good to Have :

- Domain experience in Financial Services / Risk / Fraud / AML

- Experience with tools like AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Terraform, Ansible

- Exposure to Agile & DevOps environments

Why Join Us ?

- Opportunity to work on large-scale distributed systems

- High ownership and leadership exposure

- Collaborative and innovation-driven environment