Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team focused on building and optimizing scalable, high-throughput enterprise systems. This role is ideal for a senior engineer with deep Core Java expertise and strong experience designing and supporting distributed systems where performance, reliability, resiliency, and scalability are mission-critical.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize high-performance Core Java applications.

• Lead architecture discussions around scalability, throughput, latency, and resiliency.

• Analyze, troubleshoot, and improve application performance across distributed environments.

• Develop optimized, maintainable, and scalable software components and unit tests.

• Conduct code reviews and identify opportunities for optimization and risk mitigation.

• Support deployments, release management, and production stability initiatives.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve complex technical challenges.

• Tune applications for multi-threaded and high-concurrency environments.

• Drive engineering best practices, design patterns, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams.

  Required Technical Skills

  Backend

  • Java 8+

  • Spring Boot

  • Spring Framework

  • REST APIs

  • Microservices

  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

  • Distributed Systems

  • Design Patterns

  Front-End

  • Angular

  • JavaScript

  • TypeScript

  • Node.js

  Database

  • SQL

  • Relational Databases

  • Query Optimization

  DevOps & Tools

  • Docker

  • Gradle

  • Maven

  • Git

  • GitHub

  • CI/CD

  Engineering Practices

  • Secure Coding

  • Code Reviews

  • Architecture Design

  • Production Support

  • Performance Optimization

  • Unit Testing

  • Integration Testing

  Leadership

  • Technical Mentoring

  • Architecture Guidance

  • Engineering Standards

  • Cross-functional Collaboration

  • Risk Identification

  • Production Incident Leadership

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 7–12 years of Java development experience.

• Strong expertise with Java 8+ and Spring Boot.

• Experience building enterprise-scale distributed applications.

• Hands-on experience developing RESTful APIs.

• Experience with Angular or modern JavaScript frameworks.

• Strong SQL and relational database experience.

• Experience with Docker, Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD.

• Experience supporting production applications.

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

• Ability to mentor developers and provide technical leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Banking or Financial Services experience

• Kubernetes

• AWS Cloud

• Jenkins

• SonarQube

• OAuth

• JWT

• Security Frameworks

• Kafka

• Messaging Systems

Must Have Skills

• Java 8+

• Spring Boot

• Spring Framework

• SQL

• REST APIs

• Docker

• Git

• Angular or Node.js

• JavaScript

• TypeScript

• CI/CD

• Gradle or Maven

• Distributed Systems

• Production Support

• Technical Leadership