Job Title : Java Tech Lead

Location : Verna. (Goa)

Experience : 8+ years

Key Responsibilities :

- Develop and implement new application modules independently as per specifications.

- Implement fixes and enhancements for existing applications.

- Deploy new modules and changes into production or client environments.

- Troubleshoot issues and provide solutions for applications under development and in production, including working with others code.

- Write and maintain unit tests and support integration testing.

- Review code for quality, maintainability, performance, and requirement compliance, and provide feedback to junior staff.

- Maintain clear, descriptive code comments and ensure project files follow naming conventions and structure.

- Contribute to technical documentation and deployment guides.

- Collaborate with QA to ensure applications meet QA standards and drive plans to minimize defects.

- Communicate task and project status to clients and teams, assess implementation risks, and keep projects within timeline, budget, and quality objectives.

- Work with clients to evaluate and implement new technologies and propose strategies for new opportunities.

- Lead, mentor, and upskill developers to ensure they meet required technical qualifications.

- Assist in recruitment, including interviewing and evaluating technical candidates.

- Contribute to development standards, best practices, policies, processes, and strategic planning.

- Continuously improve proficiency in current technologies and explore new technologies.

- Oversee project work to ensure scheduling based on priorities, risks, and team strengths, and manage resource allocation.

- Collaborate with BSAs to refine client requirements.

Technical Qualifications :

- 8+ years of overall software development experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

- Strong proficiency in Java Enterprise Edition.

- Hands-on experience with Java 17 and above (Java 21 and 25 preferred).

- Strong experience with Spring framework, Spring Boot.

- Experience in building robust monolithic and microservice-based applications.

- Strong object-oriented analysis and design skills, coding best practices, and common design patterns.

- Strong experience in Domain-Driven Design (DDD), including bounded contexts, aggregates, entities, value objects, repositories, domain services, and tactical/strategic DDD patterns in microservice architecture.

- Experience with Hibernate, JPA, and related Java frameworks/libraries.

- Experience with unit testing frameworks and mocking tools (e.g., JUnit, Mockito).

- Experience with advanced SQL queries, stored procedures, and query optimization.

- In-depth understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (preferably PostgreSQL and MySQL).

- Experience in RESTful API and web services implementation.

- Good understanding of security best practices including OAuth 2.0, JWT, Spring Security, and OWASP guidelines.

- Experience working closely with DevOps/infrastructure teams to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

- Experience with performance testing and load testing.

- Experience with HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, and CSS

- Good working knowledge of JavaScript frameworks and CSS frameworks.

- Working knowledge of Redis and Kafka

Personal Skills :

- Strong analytical skills to understand complex situations and drive optimal solutions.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

- Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

- Ability to act as an effective liaison between clients, business stakeholders, and delivery teams.

- Ability to ensure technical solutions align with business objectives and client requirements.

- Ability to propose alternative technical approaches to meet client and business goals.

- Education

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology