Java Lead

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Java Technical Lead with strong hands-on expertise in Java backend development, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.

The role is suited for a senior technology professional who enjoys leading from the front technically driving design decisions, solving complex engineering problems, guiding development teams, and remaining hands-on with critical technical initiatives.

You will have the opportunity to work on high-scale, distributed and mission-critical applications, while contributing to system design, architecture discussions, engineering standards, and technical strategy.

Experience: 12 - 15 Years

Location: Bangalore

Mode of Work: Hybrid

Education Qualification: MCA/B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and development of scalable backend applications using Java 11/17+.
• Provide technical direction to engineering teams while remaining hands-on with critical development activities.
• Design and develop microservices and distributed systems using Spring Boot.
• Drive the adoption of event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka.
• Design and optimize Kafka producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, replication, and message-processing workflows.
• Own and contribute to HLD and LLD discussions for complex technical solutions.
• Evaluate technical approaches and make appropriate design and technology decisions.
• Develop scalable RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Drive improvements in application performance, scalability, availability, and resiliency.
• Conduct design and code reviews and establish engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex technical and production issues and drive RCA and resolution.
• Work closely with architects, product managers, business stakeholders, and engineering teams.
• Mentor senior developers and help raise the overall technical capability of the team.
• Contribute to CI/CD, DevOps, automation, observability, and engineering productivity initiatives.
• Identify technical risks and proactively address scalability, performance, and maintainability challenges.

Core Technical Expertise

Java & Spring Boot

• Strong hands-on experience with Java 11/17+.
• Strong understanding of Collections, Multithreading & Concurrency, JVM, Memory Management, Design Patterns, OOP, and SOLID principles.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA/Hibernate.

Microservices & Distributed Systems

• Strong experience designing and developing microservices-based applications.
• Good understanding of distributed systems, service-to-service communication, resilience, fault tolerance, caching, and API performance.
• Experience building highly scalable and highly available backend systems.

Apache Kafka

• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.
• Good understanding of producers, consumers, consumer groups, partitions, replication, message ordering, delivery semantics, and Kafka Streams.
• Experience designing event-driven solutions for high-throughput applications.

Database

• Strong experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, or SQL Server.
• Good understanding of database design, indexing, query optimization, transactions, and performance tuning.

Cloud & DevOps

• Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Good understanding of CI/CD, Git, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.

What Were Looking For

• Strong hands-on Java engineering expertise combined with technical leadership.
• Experience taking ownership of complex technical problems and driving them to resolution.
• Strong understanding of system design and scalable distributed architectures.
• Ability to guide technical discussions and influence engineering decisions.
• Experience mentoring senior developers and leading technical initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership and team guidance.
• Experience building high-volume, low-latency, and mission-critical applications.
• Exposure to Investment Banking / Capital Markets / Financial Services / FinTech

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