Lead Java Developer

Experience: 12–15 Years
Location: India - Remote
Employment Type: Full-Time
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership

- Lead and mentor a team of developers, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.

- Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and architecture discussions.

- Drive technical decision-making and provide guidance on solution design.

- Foster engineering excellence through continuous improvement initiatives.

Architecture & Design

- Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise applications.

- Define High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents.

- Architect microservices-based and cloud-native solutions.

- Ensure applications meet performance, reliability, and scalability requirements.

Hands-on Development

- Contribute actively to development, debugging, and performance optimization.

- Develop RESTful APIs and distributed applications using modern Java frameworks.

- Troubleshoot production issues and drive root-cause analysis.

- Champion clean code principles and software engineering best practices.

Delivery & Stakeholder Management

- Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, QA, and DevOps teams.

- Participate in Agile ceremonies and ensure timely delivery of features.

- Translate business requirements into technical solutions.

- Manage project risks, dependencies, and technical roadblocks.

Required Skills & Experience
Core Technologies

- 12–15 years of experience in Java/J2EE application development.

- Strong expertise in Java 8/11/17 and object-oriented design principles.

- Extensive experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Hibernate/JPA.

- Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture and REST API development.

- Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or JMS.

Cloud & DevOps

- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.

- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools.

Database Technologies

- Strong experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server.

- Expertise in database design, optimization, and performance tuning.

- Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra is a plus.

Leadership Skills

- Proven experience leading development teams of 5–15 engineers.

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

- Experience mentoring developers and driving technical growth.

- Ability to balance hands-on development with leadership responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), and design patterns.

- Exposure to enterprise architecture and solution design.

- Certifications in Java, AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes are a plus.

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

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