Lead Engineer – Java (ZIP)

Job Description

Job title: Lead Engineer - Java Job family: Product & Technology Location: Kochi (Hybrid) Role Accountabilities And Responsibilities In this role your key responsibilities will be: Take overall responsibility for the quality of the product area covered by your team. Provide leadership and day-to-day line management of a team of java and test engineers, including the coaching and mentoring of individual team members. Promote best practice to continually raise standards and challenge team members to look for their own solution. Collaborate with other engineering teams and product owners to ensure the successful and robust execution of seamless integration of data between multiple systems. Role model the use of Azure DevOps (ADO), ensuring accurate completion to promote continuous improvement. Ensure the team follow the SCRUM agile methodology ensuring all ceremonies are adhered to - planning, retrospectives and demos. Suggest and develop improvements to our current product offering. Respond appropriately and competently to the demands of work challenges when confronted with changes, ambiguity, adversity, and other pressures. To actively undertake research and development in improving areas of the ZIP application suite. Provide 2nd line support to our application and technical support teams. Essential Knowledge / Skills / Behavior At least three years experiencing leading an engineering team, using Agile methodologies. Strong experience in developing with the following technologies:Java - version 11 and later.Spring, Spring boot and Spring SecurityJPAKafka ConnectAzure CloudREST APIsThe ODATA protocolOAUTH authenticationJUNITMokitoKarateCucumberDockerKubernetes PostmanGood experience in using Structured Query Language (SQL). Some experience in using HELM and Terraform. Must have good analytical and proactive problem-solving skills, recommending solutions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work well and calmly under pressure with both internal and external stakeholders. Background in HR and payroll data validation (preferred, but not Mandatory).