Senior Lead Engineer

Job Description:

We are looking for a seasoned Java Full Stack Technical Lead with strong expertise in Spring Boot, Microservices, and Core Java, along with hands-on experience in building scalable, resilient, and high‑performance applications. The ideal candidate should be a professional with strong full‑stack development experience using React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS on the front end and Java Spring Boot / Node.js (Express), Microservies on the back end. As a Development Lead you will lead a team of enginners, drive technical excellence, and ensure the successful delivery of complex solutions. Experience with relational databases, CI/CD practices, and testing frameworks is essential. Exposure to AWS and modern DevOps methodologies is a strong advantage. Experience with event-driven architecture while working with platforms such as Kafka, SNS/SQS is also valuable.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of Java developers while fostering a collaborative and high‑performance engineering culture.
- Provide expert technical guidance on architecture, design patterns, coding standards, and best practices.
- Own end-to-end technical delivery, ensuring quality, scalability, and maintainability.
Application Development:
- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications using Spring Boot and Microservices architecture.
- Build and optimize RESTful APIs for seamless service-to-service communication.
- Apply object-oriented and design principles to ensure clean, modular, reusable code.
- Develop and maintain front-end applications using ReactJS or AngularJS, working closely with UI/UX designers to deliver seamless user experiences.
Database & Performance:
- Develop and optimize database schemas and queries for MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Perform performance tuning, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
Production Support:
- Ability to debug, analytical skills, prod support. 
DevOps & CI/CD:
- Build, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Git, and Maven/Gradle.
- Collaborate closely with DevOps teams to support deployments and automation.
Quality & Standards:
- Oversee unit and integration testing using JUnit, Mockito, and related frameworks.
- Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding and architectural standards.
- Stay informed about emerging technologies and drive continuous improvement within the team.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration:
- Work effectively with QA, DevOps, Product Management, and business stakeholders.
- Ensure clear communication across teams and help refine requirements where needed.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 8-10 years of strong full‑stack development experience using React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS on the front end and Java Spring Boot / Node.js (Express), Microservices on the back end 
- Strong proficiency in Core Java (Collections, Multithreading, Exception Handling, Streams, etc.).
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Microservices-based architecture.
- Design and development of RESTful APIs, supporting integration across applications and services
- High proficiency with relational databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL), including SQL / PL‑SQL, data modeling, and query optimization
- Experience with front-end development using ReactJS or AngularJS. The candidate must be able to contribute to front-end coding, troubleshooting, and collaboration with UI/UX teams.
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), GitHub source control, and Maven build and dependency management
- Strong knowledge of JUnit, Mockito, and other testing frameworks.
- Good understanding of software design principles and common design patterns.
- Experience with AWS services (ECS, EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda) is a plus.
- Leveraging AI productivity tools such as Github Co-pilot.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with core application engineering practices, including logging, error handling, security (authentication/authorization), and performance considerations
- Exposure to scalable and cloud‑friendly components, such as Redis (caching) and BI/reporting tools like Amazon Quick Sight (preferred)
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, and a willingness to learn new technologies
Leadership Competencies
- Team Management: Ability to lead, mentor, and motivate developers to achieve project and organizational goals.
- Stakeholder Communication: Skilled in communicating with product owners, BAs, and senior leadership.
- Decision-Making: Ability to take informed and timely decisions on technical and project matters.
- Conflict Resolution: Capable of resolving team conflicts constructively and fostering a positive work environment.
- Project Ownership: Strong sense of accountability with experience managing deliverables end‑to‑end.
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to align technical approaches with business strategy and long‑term goals.

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai, Gurgaon

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