Engineering Productivity Lead

Role & responsibilities

• Standardize local development environments for Java/Tomcat applications to simplify onboarding and accelerate development.

• Define and implement Git workflows, pull request processes, branching strategies, and code review best practices.

• Build and maintain dependency-mocking and service-virtualization solutions to reduce reliance on live databases and third-party services. • Drive adoption of automated testing practices, including unit, integration, API, and regression testing.

• Establish API contract standards using OpenAPI and related tools to enable independent frontend and backend development.

• Improve CI/CD pipelines, build reliability, deployment automation, and developer feedback cycles.

• Create developer tooling, automation scripts, onboarding documentation, templates, and engineering runbooks.

• Identify productivity bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve engineering efficiency and code quality.

• Identify productivity bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve engineering efficiency and code quality.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• 7+ years of experience in Java application development, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Developer Experience (DevEx) roles.

• Strong experience with Java, Tomcat, JSP, Servlets, JDBC, Spring MVC, and/or Spring Boot.

• Good understanding of legacy Java monoliths and modernization practices.

• Hands-on experience with Git, Pull Requests, branching strategies, and code review workflows.

• Experience with test automation, integration testing, regression testing, and API testing frameworks.

• Knowledge of service virtualization and mocking tools such as WireMock, MockServer, TestContainers, or similar.

• Experience with API contracts, OpenAPI specifications, and RESTful service design.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar platforms.

• Strong understanding of SQL databases and dependency management.