Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack

Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack

Experience: 8+ Years
Work Mode: Hybrid (Pune)
Shift: Minimum 4-hour overlap with Toronto business hours

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer with strong expertise in Java 17, Spring Boot 3+ and modern Angular to design and develop secure, scalable and highly available enterprise applications.

The ideal candidate should be a genuine full-stack engineer, capable of working across backend services, Angular SPAs, REST APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure and production environments. This role requires strong coding, system-design, troubleshooting and technical leadership capabilities.

Must-Have Skills

• Java 17/21 strong hands-on development
• Spring Boot 3+ / Spring Framework 6
• Angular 20/21+ with TypeScript and RxJS
• REST API development and API design
• Microservices / distributed systems
• Cloud-native application development on AWS, Azure or GCP
• SQL + NoSQL/document databases
• TDD and automated testing JUnit, Mockito or equivalent
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Docker and preferably Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of scalable, highly available systems

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain complex Java/Spring Boot and Angular applications.
• Build secure, scalable and resilient REST APIs and distributed services.
• Develop modern Angular single-page applications (SPAs) and integrate them with backend services.
• Design solutions for high availability, horizontal scalability and operational resilience.
• Perform detailed code reviews and maintain engineering quality standards.
• Create technical designs, architecture documents, test strategies and deployment approaches.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform RCA and drive permanent corrective actions.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD and engineering automation.
• Work with relational and document databases, data models and ETL processes.
• Evaluate new technologies and conduct technical PoCs where appropriate.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards, architecture and engineering best practices.
• Explore and apply AI-powered tools, APIs and frameworks to improve application capabilities and engineering productivity.

What We Are Looking For

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with substantial hands-on development.
• Strong recent experience with Java 17/21 and Spring Boot 3+.
• Strong production experience with modern Angular, preferably Angular 20/21+.
• Demonstrated experience developing applications across both frontend and backend, not just one layer.
• Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems, API design, scalability and resilience.
• Experience deploying and operating applications on a major cloud platform.
• Strong understanding of automated testing and quality-focused engineering practices.
• Ability to independently investigate production issues and drive technical solutions.
• Strong communication, technical decision-making and mentoring skills.

Preferred Experience

• Kafka or other messaging/event-streaming platforms
• Kubernetes / Docker
• Terraform or other IaC tools
• PostgreSQL / MySQL / Oracle
• MongoDB or other document databases
• Spring Security
• JPA / Hibernate
• OpenAPI / Swagger
• Performance engineering and application observability
• AI/LLM APIs or frameworks such as AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, LangChain or similar

Important Profile Fit

This is a hands-on Lead Engineering role.

Profiles primarily focused on project management, Scrum/Agile coordination, DevOps, infrastructure, QA/testing, support or people management without strong recent full-stack development experience will not be suitable.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate recent production development using Java + Spring Boot + Angular and explain their personal contribution to architecture, coding, deployment and production troubleshooting.

Pre-Screening