Sr. Java Tech Lead - Backend

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design and development of scalable backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Own backend services end-to-end — architecture, design, development, deployment, and production support.
• Design and evolve REST APIs for internal teams and external partners.
• Participate in and contribute to system architecture and high-level technical design decisions.
• Design solutions for scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Work on payment, reconciliation, ledger, transaction, and idempotency-related workflows.
• Work with Kafka/RabbitMQ and handle messaging, ordering, retries, and failure scenarios.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues with strong root-cause analysis.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to developers.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, Business, and client teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices.

Requirements:

• 7-9 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Proven experience with Microservices and REST API design/development in production.
• Prior experience as a Tech Lead / Technical Lead or equivalent technical leadership role.
• Hands-on experience contributing to system architecture/solution architecture.
• Strong SQL and database optimisation skills.
• Production experience with Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Strong experience debugging and resolving production issues.
• Good understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and performance.

Skills

Java, Kafka, Microservices, REST API, RabbitMQ, SQL, Spring Boot