Senior Technical Lead

Location: Noida Berger Tower, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Job Summary

As a Senior Technical Lead, you will lead end-to-end development of product features and act as a technical bridge between Architects, Product Management, and the engineering team. You will contribute hands-on to building and validating secure, high-quality solutions (with strong unit test coverage), troubleshoot and resolve customer escalations, and drive innovation through PoCs and continuous technical improvements across our Java/cloud-native stack (e.g., Spring Boot, Kubernetes, microservices, and deployments).

Job Requirement and Responsibilities

• Senior Technical lead will be responsible for leading autonomously the product feature developments, maintaining or developing/architecting software applications and systems.
• He should be technically adequate to work as an individual contributor, and work as a bridge between Architects and Product Management and the team.
• You need to follow development processes and security processes, and will ensure the technical quality of the solution with UTs coverage and handle/identify security vulnerabilities.
• You will work on Customers escalated issues.
• You will get exposure to working on cutting-edge technologies and innovation events.
• Drive innovation by proposing, prototyping, and evaluating new technical solutions (PoCs), and contribute to continuous improvements in performance, scalability, and developer productivity.
• Contribute innovative ideas for technical improvements and processes.
• Technologies should not be any constraints for the right person, we work on Java, React, Kotlin, Kubernetes, and maintain/own the deployments and charts definitions for our applications.

Job Knowledge, Skill and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/computer engineering/Electronics and Communication 10+ years of application development on Java and cloud tech stack.
• Strong experience in implementing Rest API based applications using Java tech stack with strong knowledge of Spring, Spring Boot frameworks.
• Core knowledge in Data Structures, OOPS, Solid design principles, and common Design Patterns is must.
• Working exposure to any cloud stack (GCP, AWS) is must.
• Leveraging AI in routine work or personal POCs will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to Cloud and Kubernetes-based applications will be an important factor.
• The ideal candidate should be technology-agnostic, adaptable, and comfortable learning and working across different languages, frameworks, and platforms as required.
• Hands-on experience with a modern cloud-friendly programming language such as Python or Node.js. will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Unit Testing and any automation (BDD) framework will be nice to have.
• Good exposure to any relational database MSSQL or MySql.
• Exposure in Micro Services architecture and Docker based application will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to frontend technologies such as React or Angular will be an added advantage.

What do we offer?

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference - for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.