Lead Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the software development lifecycle and contribute to writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code

• Assist in building and maintaining scalable, reliable, and high-performance platforms

• Support the design and development of frameworks and reusable components

• Contribute to the preparation of High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documents

• Work closely with team members to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables

• Follow engineering best practices and coding standards during development

• Assist in handling customer queries and resolving issues in coordination with support teams

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Validation, Implementation, Support, Documentation, and Solutioning

• Participate in discussions with internal stakeholders as required

• Contribute to team learning, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives

Mandatory Skills

Technical Skills:

• Good working knowledge of Java (preferably Java 11 or above)

• Hands-on experience with ORM frameworks such as Hibernate and JPA

• Experience with unit testing using JUnit and mocking frameworks like Mockito

• Working knowledge of Spring Core and Spring Boot

• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases

• Basic to intermediate experience with messaging systems such as Kafka

• Understanding of software design patterns and coding best practices

• Exposure to CI/CD tools such as Docker, Jenkins, or similar

• Experience working in Agile development environments

Desirable Skills

• Understanding of microservices architecture

• Exposure to frontend technologies such as React or Angular

• Knowledge of AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, etc.)

• Familiarity with observability tools such as CloudWatch or ELK stack

• Exposure to payment or fintech domain

• Basic understanding of distributed systems and scalability concepts