Java API Lead

Job highlights

• Qualifications Bachelor s in Technology - BTech /BE (IT) or higher from reputed institute / University
• Experience 5 + years of experience as a Senior Backend Engineer / Java Developer
• Experience: 5 + years of experience as a Senior Backend Engineer / Java Developer
• Cloud Experience: 2+ years in Azure (AKS,Functions,SQL) or AWS

Experience 5 + years of experience as a Senior Backend Engineer / Java Developer. Qualifications Bachelor s in Technology - B.Tech /B.E (IT) or higher from reputed institute/University. Mandatory Skills Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications using Java 17+ and Spring Boot, ensuring code quality and system performance.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Java API Developer to design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Experience: 5 + years of experience as a Senior Backend Engineer / Java Developer.
• Scope: Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications using Java 17+ and Spring Boot, ensuring code quality and system performance.
• Technical Leadership: Provide guidance to junior/mid-level developers and assist in overseeing workstreams to ensure architectural alignment.
• Architecture: Build and maintain scalable Microservices, ensuring robust service-to-service communication (REST, gRPC, or Messaging).
• Pipeline Automation: Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment, reducing manual overhead.
• Cloud and Containers: Containerize applications using Docker and manage orchestration via Kubernetes (AKS/EKS).
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and observability to enhance the efficiency of development practices.
• Database Management: Writing and optimizing SQL queries (Oracle/ SQL) and managing data persistence layers.
• Observability: Implement logging, tracing, and monitoring to ensure 24 /7 system health and rapid incident response.
• Hands-on Lead: Solving complex problems, performing POCs, creating frameworks, and ensuring high unit test coverage.
• DevOps Culture: Strong familiarity with DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and continuous deployment.

Qualifications

Education: Education: B.Tech/B.E (IT) or higher.

Competencies Desired

• Java (Backend): Minimum 5 years (Java 17/ 21) - Mandatory
• Spring Boot: Minimum 4 years (Spring Security, Spring Data JPA) - Mandatory
• Microservices: (Mandatory) REST, gRPC, or Messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Cloud Experience: 2+ years in Azure (AKS, Functions, SQL) or AWS.
• DevOps and IaC: Terraform and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions) - Mandatory
• Containers: Docker and Kubernetes (K8s) - Mandatory
• Testing: JUnit 5, Mockito, and Testcontainers - Mandatory
• Frontend Technology: Knowledge/Experience (approx. 40%) to assist in full-stack troubleshooting.
• Legacy Modernization: Experience in transitioning legacy systems to modern microservices.