Java Technical Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Design secure, resilient REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations.
• Take end-to-end technical ownership from solution design and development through deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and mentor engineers while remaining a hands-on technical contributor.
• Drive engineering best practices including code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, observability, security, and reliability.
• Design and troubleshoot distributed systems, asynchronous processing, events, and messaging patterns.
• Lead technical problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex production issues.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, product, QA, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Java and Spring Boot development experience.
• Strong experience designing and building REST APIs and microservices.
• Demonstrated ability to design, code, review, troubleshoot, and support complex applications.
• Proven end-to-end ownership across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements and design through production support.
• Strong knowledge of API design, security, integration patterns, and distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, Git, monitoring, observability, and production engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of databases, performance, resiliency, error handling, and application troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated technical leadership with the ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decisions while remaining hands-on.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms.
• Exposure to AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, ECS/EKS, or other managed services.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies.
• Financial services or other large enterprise application experience.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, OAuth/OIDC, and API security.
• Exposure to Generative AI or AI-assisted software engineering is an asset, but not a core requirement.