Tech Lead - Java Spring Boot

Job Description

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Java Lead Engineer with strong expertise in designing enterprise-grade backend systems and scalable microservice architectures. The ideal candidate should have experience working on high-scale platforms or fintech-grade systems along with strong technical leadership capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems.
• Lead architecture discussions and drive backend engineering best practices across teams.
• Build and manage enterprise-grade microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
• Review system architecture, code quality, and technical implementation decisions.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide technical guidance to developers.
• Implement distributed systems, asynchronous processing, caching, and messaging solutions.
• Ensure smooth integration and optimization of APIs and backend services.
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases to ensure data scalability and performance.
• Drive cloud-native deployments and infrastructure management on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Manage containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Support CI/CD pipeline implementation and deployment automation.
• Monitor system scalability, observability, security, and performance tuning initiatives.
• Handle production-scale systems and ensure platform reliability and stability.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Excellent understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with APIs, asynchronous processing, caching, and messaging systems.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and DynamoDB.
• Cloud expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployments.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Good to Have:

• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, gRPC, ElasticSearch, or event-driven systems.
• Exposure to security, scalability, observability, and performance tuning.
• Experience leading engineering teams and handling large-scale production systems.

Educational Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend architecture exposure.
• Prior experience in fintech, banking, insurance, payments, or large enterprise platforms is preferred.
• Proven experience building enterprise-grade scalable backend applications.