Senior Technical Lead

Job Summary

JAVA SENIOR DEVELOPER

Detailed Job Description Location

Gothenberg

ROLE BAND TECH STACK EXPERIENCE TYPE

Java Senior Developer E2.1 Java 8+ Years Full-time

Role Purpose

Design, develop and support Java components as a senior individual contributor: delivering high-quality, well-tested and maintainable solutions, resolving complex technical problems, and supporting less experienced engineers within the team.

Key Responsibilities

Development & Design

• Design and build Java components, services and enhancements within the agreed architecture and standards.
• Translate user stories and specifications into clean, efficient and testable implementations.
• Handle complex technical problems, performance issues and non-trivial defects independently.
• Contribute to technical design discussions, estimation and solution options.

Quality Engineering

• Write and maintain unit, integration and regression tests to agreed coverage expectations.
• Participate actively in code reviews, providing and acting on constructive feedback.
• Apply secure coding practices, effective error handling and appropriate logging. Delivery & Support
• Deliver committed scope within agreed sprint or release timelines with predictable quality.
• Support build, deployment, environment issues and release verification activities.
• Investigate production incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement durable fixes.

Collaboration

• Work closely with leads, architects, QA, business analysts and support teams.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement and dependency discussions.
• Mentor junior developers through pairing, reviews and knowledge sharing.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Focus - Java

• Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot services and APIs to agreed architecture and coding standards.
• Apply secure coding, effective exception handling, logging and observability across services. • Contribute to modernization, containerization and cloud enablement of Java workloads.

Required Technical Competencies

Core Skills Java, Spring/Spring Boot, REST services, dependency injection, concurrency and JVM performance tuning.

Design & Architecture Enterprise application architecture, SOLID, design patterns, microservices and event-driven design.

Data & Integration Relational data design, JPA/Hibernate, transactions, caching; REST APIs, messaging and event streaming.

Platform & DevOps Cloud platforms, containers and orchestration, CI/CD, IaC, automated quality gates and artifact governance.

Quality & Operations Unit, integration, performance and resiliency testing; production readiness, monitoring and RCA.

Experience & Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on Java development experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong track record delivering production-grade components across full delivery cycles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or IT, or equivalent experience.
• Relevant platform or cloud certifications advantageous, not mandatory.

Leadership & Behavioural

• Strong ownership of assigned deliverables end to end.
• Analytical, detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Clear written and verbal communication within a delivery team.
• Collaborative, dependable and open to feedback. Location-Specific Expectations
• Collaborate from an India delivery location with stakeholders across regions and time zones.
• Ensure standards, decisions and reusable patterns are documented and adopted across distributed squads.
• Support virtual workshops, technical governance and production-readiness reviews.

Key Deliverables & Success Measures

• Working, tested and reviewed code delivered to agreed scope and timelines.
• Low defect leakage into system, UAT and production environments.
• Timely resolution of assigned defects and production incidents.
• Accurate technical documentation and effective knowledge transfer.
• Consistent adherence to coding, security and testing standards.

Skill Requirements

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