Roles & Responsibilities

Strategy and Planning

• Lead design and development of scalable, reliable, performant Spring Boot applications and microservices.
  
• Write high-quality code, perform code reviews, and mentor junior developers.
  
• Enforce best practices for code quality and ensure scalability and performance.
  
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, architects, and engineers to define project objectives.
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and production issues.
  
• Establish quality assurance practices including unit testing.
  
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks proactively.
  
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies.
  

Delivery and Execution

• Design, develop, and deliver backend solutions aligned with enterprise architecture and business goals.
  
• Lead and mentor teams on best practices for design patterns, clean code, and reusable frameworks.
  
• Collaborate with architects to translate solution blueprints into maintainable, scalable implementations.
  
• Ensure backend systems are scalable, resilient, secure, and optimized for performance.
  
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and compliance requirements.
  

Support and Enablement

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, QA, DevOps, Architecture) to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  
• Stay current with emerging backend technologies and tools.
  
• Develop proofs of concept, reusable components, and technical guides to accelerate delivery.
  
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship.
  
• Support deployment and post-production activities for smooth release cycles and issue resolution .
  

People Leadership

• Provide hands-on technical mentorship and guidance to the backend development team.
  
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
  
• Lead by example in design reviews, code development, and problem-solving.
  
• Support team growth through onboarding, knowledge sharing, and performance feedback.
  
• Encourage innovation and process improvements in coding standards and design patterns.
  

Required Experience

• 7 to 10 years in software engineering, including at least 3 years in a lead backend developer or equivalent leadership role.
  
• Proven experience in designing and delivering backend solutions in large-scale enterprise environments.
  
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and working with global teams.
  
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and mentoring skills with a focus on technical ownership and delivery excellence.
  

Essential Skills

• Deep expertise in Java (version 8 or higher), Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data), and optionally Spring Reactive Programming.
  
• Experience with microservices architecture using Spring Cloud and RESTful APIs.
  
• Strong understanding of JPA/Hibernate and database integrations such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
  
• Proficiency with message brokers and asynchronous processing tools like Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ.
  
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  
• Experience with API documentation tools like Swagger/OpenAPI.
  
• Skills in troubleshooting performance issues and using unit and integration testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
  

Desired Skills

• Exposure to domain-driven design, architectural decision records, and solution documentation standards.
  
• Ability to guide technical teams, conduct code reviews, and mentor developers.
  
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jira, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube).
  
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana), and observability frameworks.
  
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like GCP for backend deployment.