About the Role:

IDFC FIRST Bank is looking for a hands-on Technical Lead with strong expertise in Java and/or Go to build and scale digital banking platforms. This is a predominantly Individual Contributor (70% hands-on) role focused on coding, system design, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures, while providing technical leadership and mentoring across engineering teams.

Total Experience: 7-11 years

Architecture and Engineering:

- Design and develop scalable, secure, highly available backend systems using Java (Spring Boot) and/or Golang.

- Architect and build microservices, REST APIs, event-driven systems, and distributed applications.

- Drive technical design, system architecture, scalability, resiliency, and performance optimization initiatives.

- Lead modernization efforts for enterprise applications and digital banking platforms.

- Ensure production readiness through robust observability, monitoring, fault tolerance, and security controls.

Hands-on Development (70%):

- Write clean, scalable, production-grade code.

- Perform code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical deep dives.

- Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root-cause analysis.

- Drive engineering excellence through test automation, CI/CD, DevOps, and secure coding practices.

- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality.

Technical Leadership (30%):

- Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices.

- Collaborate with product managers, architects, SREs, DevOps, and business stakeholders.

- Manage technical dependencies across multiple platforms and engineering pods.

- Drive Agile delivery, technical governance, and engineering standards.

Requirements:

- 7+ years of backend engineering experience.

- Currently hands-on with coding and architecture.

- Proven experience leading technical initiatives without moving away from development.

- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions.

- Passionate about building scalable, resilient, and secure platforms.

Mandatory Technical Skills:

- Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and/or Go.

- Microservices Architecture and REST API Development.

- Distributed Systems and Event-Driven Architecture.

- Kafka / Messaging Platforms.

- SQL and NoSQL Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB).

- Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).

- Docker, Kubernetes, Containerization.

- CI/CD Pipelines, Git, DevOps Automation.

- System Design, Scalability, and Performance Engineering.

- API Security, OAuth, JWT, Authentication, and Authorization.

- Monitoring and Observability (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Splunk).

- Design Patterns, Automated Testing, and Engineering Best Practices.