About the role

Role Overview

We’re looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer (Java) to design and deliver end‑to‑end platforms with Java as primary . Focus areas include technical delivery , mentorship , quality , performance , and effective stakeholder communication .

Key Responsibilities

Distributed Architecture: Define clean boundaries between Java microservices (API‑first), standardize API contracts and BFF patterns (Java-first).
Build & Delivery: Implement domain services and REST APIs in Java.
Quality & Testing: Apply test pyramids across tiers— JUnit/Mockito/Testcontainers (BE), Jest/RTL/Playwright (FE), enforce API/UI contract tests.
Performance & Security: JVM/DB tuning, caching, resilience, optimize Core Web Vitals and SSR/SSG/ISR, apply OAuth2/JWT , CSP.
Observability: Logs/metrics/traces across BE & FE and error tracking, dashboards and alerting for release health.
Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor engineers, promote reuse (shared libs/components), communicate risks/trade-offs and align on scope with Product/UX/Architecture.
Facilitate agile ceremonies : (stand‑ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, retros) with a focus on technical outcomes, risk surfacing, and sprint goal clarity.
Refine stories into actionable technical tasks : ensure Definition of Ready/Done , unambiguous acceptance criteria, testability, and accurate story point es

Must‑Have Skills

Java

Java / Java 8+: OOP & SOLID , Streams , Optional , functional interfaces , lambda expressions .
Concurrency: Thread pools, Future/CompletableFuture , synchronization, locks, concurrent collections , Java Memory Model , heap/stack, GC .
Web & API: RESTful design, rate limiting , API gateway concepts, Swagger/OpenAPI documentation, WebLogic/WebSphere familiarity (or embedded servers).
Spring: Spring Core (IoC/DI) , Spring MVC , Spring Boot , Spring Security (JWT/OAuth2), Spring Batch , Spring AOP .
Architecture & Patterns: Event‑driven design (MQ/queuing), patterns— Factory, Builder, Strategy, Template .
Data/Testing/Tooling: SQL & query tuning, Redis, JUnit/Mockito/Testcontainers, Maven/Gradle, Git, CI/CD, OpenTelemetry.

Good to Have

Design systems (Storybook, tokens/theming), monorepos (Nx/Turborepo).
Messaging/eventing (Kafka), BFF-in-Java standards, API versioning strategies.
Containers (Docker) and orchestration basics (Kubernetes/ECS).

Soft Skills

Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and bias for action .
Plans, prioritizes, and communicates effectively across teams and time zones.
Mentors teammates, provides clear, constructive feedback.
Demonstrates ownership , raises the bar, and consistently exceeds day-to-day expectations.
Identifies ambiguity/risks and proactively drives clarity and resolution with stakeholders.