Technical Lead Java

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• This role is a unique opportunity to contribute to and lead the creation of a state-of-the-art biometrics application built ground up cloud native
• Enforcing best practices, compliance, and security across multiple cloud environments including cost optimization and service tradeoffs
• Collaborate with the product owner and their team to prioritize delivery and clarify requirements in terms of testability, consistency, and completeness.
• Actively participate in backend development using Java, including design, coding, testing, CI/CD, and deployment
• Ready, willing, and able to pick up new technologies.
• Establish best practices and technology standards to support the delivery lifecycle including automation and security coverage.
• Work alongside others on the team to provide architectural and design guidance to fellow engineers
• Establishing coding standards, implement core architectural elements, perform code reviews
• Support their teammates through HR processes such as career growth, performance reviews, and blocker removal.
• Lead daily scrum calls, track team progress, and ensure smooth communication with all stakeholders (US product, engineering, QA, program teams).
• Coordinate effectively between offshore (India) and onsite (US) teams, ensuring alignment and timely delivery.
• Design and help their team architect solutions that include cloud computing, infrastructure, distributed systems, microservices-orientated patterns, security, and/or automation.
• Drive delivery predictability, team productivity, sprint discipline, and proactive risk management in an Agile environment.

• Experience: 8+ years of software engineering experience with knowledge of all phases of SDLC, having spent at-least 3+ years in leading and managing development teams using Agile methodologies
• Native Cloud knowledge and hands on experience from a platform perspective (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS)
• AWS and/or Azure development and deployment experience including microservice architecture on the cloud
• Understanding and working knowledge of using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to represent service architecture and configuration
• Passionate about fast feedback cycles, continuous integration, devops, and test automation
• Experience building secure, scalable software systems (UI, API’s, data persistence layers)
• Experience leading a cross functional software team including frontend/backend/QA/Devops engineers
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java and Java-based microservices (mandatory)
• Frontend/UI experience (React/Angular/TypeScript/NodeJS) is a plus
• Experience working with and leading remote teams including offshore resources
• Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retros, backlog grooming)
• Hands-on coding and technical contribution experience is mandatory
• Ability to collaborate effectively with US-based teams in a distributed/offshore setup
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a computer science or related field and/or relevant experience