Drools Lead Developer

Job Title: Drools Lead Developer

Primary Skills: Drools Rules Engine, Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, databases, and CI/CD practices

Secondary Skills: Camunda, DMN, Kafka, distributed systems, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

Location: Remote.

Experience: 8–12 years

Notice Period: Immediate joiners preferred

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Drools Lead Developer to lead the design, development, integration, and implementation of enterprise-grade business rules solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on expertise in Drools, Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud-native architectures, along with the ability to lead technical discussions and guide development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable business rules solutions using Drools.

• Translate complex business requirements into robust, reusable, and maintainable rule-based solutions.

• Design and implement rule authoring frameworks, decision tables, rule flows, and governance models.

• Integrate Drools with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and cloud-native platforms.

• Provide technical leadership across solution design, code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance optimisation.

• Lead technical design discussions, solution reviews, and architecture alignment sessions.

• Mentor developers and establish best practices for rule development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, QA teams, DevOps teams, and delivery leadership.

• Develop and maintain integrations with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and other enterprise databases.

• Support CI/CD implementation and automated deployment of rules and related services.

• Analyse and resolve production issues, performance bottlenecks, and rule execution challenges.

• Contribute to event-driven architectures using Kafka and distributed-system patterns.

• Ensure adherence to coding standards, security practices, documentation standards, and governance processes.

Mandatory Skills

• 8+ years of experience in software design and development.

• Strong hands-on experience with the Drools Rules Engine.

• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale business rules solutions.

• Strong knowledge of rule authoring, decision tables, rule flows, and rule execution.

• Experience integrating Drools with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and REST APIs.

• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and software architecture.

• Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or equivalent relational databases.

• Practical experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices.

• Experience leading technical discussions and mentoring development teams.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.

• Ability to work closely with business teams to convert requirements into effective rule-based solutions.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Camunda, DMN, and business process automation.

• Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Knowledge of Kafka, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems.

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployments.

• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks.

• Experience in insurance, banking, payments, lending, or other regulated domains.

• Relevant Java, cloud, or enterprise architecture certifications.

Preferred Profile

• Strong technical leadership and solution-design capabilities.

• Ability to conduct design workshops and provide technical guidance.

• Customer-facing and consulting experience.

• Ability to influence technical decisions and ensure effective delivery across teams.

• A balanced understanding of business requirements, architecture, development, and operational considerations