Java Engineering Lead - Vice President

Java Engineering Lead - Vice President 

Key Responsibilities:  

Lead  a team of developers in designing, developing and deploying scalable, secure and maintainable applications.  

Architect and implement robust backend services using  Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA and Spring Cloud.  

Drive containerization and orchestration strategies using  Docker  and  Kubernetes.  

Apply modern DevOps principles with  Maven, Gradle,  CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native tools.  

Collaborate with product owners, business analysts and QA teams to ensure alignment with business goals.  

Participate in and facilitate Agile ceremonies (Scrum or Kanban) including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, refinement and backlog grooming.  

Review code, mentor junior developers and enforce coding standards and best practices.  

Troubleshoot production issues and lead root cause analysis to identify and resolve performance or stability issues.  

Ensure high standards of software quality within team by establishing good practices and habits.  

Required Skills and Qualifications:  

10+ years  of professional software development experience.  

Proven expertise in  Java ( 8/11/17), Spring Boot, Hibernate/ JPA   and   Spring Cloud.  

Proficiency in  Docker  and Kubernetes  for microservices deployment.  

Strong knowledge of build  tools:   Maven, Gradle  

Experience working in  Agile environment  (Scrum, Kanban) and familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence.  

Solid understanding of  RESTful APIs, microservices architecture and design patterns.  

Experience with source control  (e.g.  Git), CI/CD with LightSpeed Enterprises  

Strong leadership and team management experience  

Excellent  communication, problem-solving and organizational skills.  

Preferred Qualifications:   Good to have

Experience with cloud-native platforms  (Enterprise  Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP)  

Exposure to monitoring and logging tools  (e.g.  Prometheus, KLK stack).  

Knowledge  of testing tools like Junit, Quantum, Mockito, Karma, Jasmine.  

Strong experience in  front-end development using  Angular ( 10+)  

Build responsive, user-centric front-end components using  Angular.  

Multiple years of experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.) Clear understanding of building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications Multiple years of experience with agile and iterative software delivery

Exposure to Cloud infrastructure both on-premises and public cloud (i.e., OpenShift, AWS, etc.) Exposure to Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.) Multiple years of experience CI/CD pipelines and using front-end test strategies and frameworks (Cypress, jasmine, karma, selenium etc.) Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent work experience Exposure to event-driven design and architecture (Kafka, Spark Flink, etc.) Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premise or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, CircleCI, Cloudbees Jenkins, etc.) Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Cloudformation, etc.) Exposure to Security, Observability, and Monitoring tools (Grafana Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.) Exposure to database concepts (RDBMS, NoSQL)

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Development

Time Type: Full time

Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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