Java Lead/Architect - Web & Mobile Application

Job Purpose

This role will be responsible for driving architecture decisions, ensuring engineering excellence, mentoring development teams, and delivering scalable and secure digital solutions.

We are seeking a highly experienced IT professional with experience in designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-scale Mobile Applications, Web Applications, Microservices, and Cloud-Native Solutions. The ideal candidate should possess strong technical leadership capabilities along with proven experience in managing engineering teams, stakeholder communication, delivery management, and people development.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise mobile and web applications.
• Define and drive solution architecture for cloud-native applications using Microservices.
• Establish coding standards, design guidelines, and development of best practices. Review application architecture, code quality, security, scalability, and performance.
• Drive API-first development using RESTful APIs and GraphQL.
• Lead technical discussions and provide guidance on complex architectural challenges.
• Ensure adherence to secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.

Engineering & Delivery Management

• Own end-to-end product delivery from requirement analysis to production deployment.
• Manage sprint planning, release planning, estimation, and delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Teams, Architects, QA, DevOps, and
• Vendor Teams.
• Drive Agile/Scrum practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor project risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans**.**

Cloud & DevOps

• Drive containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment.
• Ensure high availability, resilience, observability, and scalability of applications.
• Work closely with DevOps and Infrastructure teams for cloud deployment and monitoring.

People Management

• Lead and manage a team of developers, leads, architects, and QA engineers.
• Conduct performance reviews, goal setting, career development planning, and mentoring.
• Build high-performing teams through coaching and technical leadership.
• Support hiring, onboarding, resource planning, and capability development.
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Qualifications - BE / BTech / MCA / ME / MTech

Experience

• 12+ years of overall IT experience
• Minimum 5+ years in managing projects, teams, and delivery
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale applications

Mobile Technologies

• Native Android (Java/Kotlin)
• Native iOS (Swift)
• Cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter or React Native
• Mobile application architecture and performance optimization

Web Technologies

• Angular / React
• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Responsive and Progressive Web Applications (PWA)

Backend & Microservices

• Java, Spring Boot / Node.js
• Microservices Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture
• API Gateway patterns
• Service Discovery and Distributed Systems

API Technologies

• RESTful APIs
• GraphQL
• API Security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect)
• API Management Platforms

Cloud & DevOps

• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• AWS / Azure / GCP
• Infrastructure as Code concepts

Databases

• PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle
• MongoDB, DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases
• Database performance tuning