Role & responsibilities :

Technical Leadership :

- Lead architecture, design, and development of enterprise applications. Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

- Conduct HLD/LLD, architecture, and code reviews.

- Define coding standards and engineering best practices.

- Mentor developers and provide technical leadership.

Application Development :

- Develop scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices.

- Design and build REST APIs and event-driven applications.

- Ensure application performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and production issues.

Cloud & DevOps :

- Deploy cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Build containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

- Collaborate with DevOps teams for deployment automation and monitoring.

Team & Delivery :

- Lead Agile development teams.

- Support sprint planning, effort estimation, and technical decision-making.

- Participate in hiring, technical interviews, and mentoring.

- Drive continuous improvement and engineering excellence.

Preferred candidate profile :

Required Technical Skills :

Core Technologies :

- Java 8/11/17

- Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security

- Microservices Architecture

- REST APIs

- Multithreading & Concurrency

- Design Patterns & SOLID Principles

Databases :

- PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle

- MongoDB or Redis

- SQL Optimization and Performance Tuning

Messaging :

- Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ

- Event-Driven Architecture

- Distributed Transactions (Saga Pattern)

Cloud & DevOps :

- AWS (Preferred), Azure, or GCP Docker & Kubernetes Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD Maven or Gradle

- Monitoring Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog, or Dynatrace

Preferred Experience :

- Retail & E-Commerce, Banking & Financial Services, FinTech, Healthcare, Insurance, SaaS Platforms

Leadership Competencies :

- Strong architecture and system design skills

- Hands-on coding and technical problem-solving

- Team leadership and mentoring

- Stakeholder management

- Excellent communication skills

- Ability to drive technical decisions and deliver complex projects