Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

Lead the design and development of scalable backend solutions by translating business requirements into robust software architectures. Serve as the technical authority throughout implementation and maintenance, delivering complex, high-quality code and integrated enterprise systems. Mentor engineers and collaborate across teams to drive innovation and ensure successful deployment of cutting-edge retail enterprise platforms. Roles & Responsibilities: Leadership & Mentorship Provide technical guidance and mentorship, fostering continuous learning and high-quality code through reviews and best practices. Mentor and advise teams with deep expertise in enterprise technologies, standards, and methodologies. Lead projects with significant business impact; participate in planning, prioritization, and estimation. Problem Solving & Architecture Resolve complex, multi-application problems to drive portfolio-wide improvements. Lead development of scalable, resilient, and maintainable enterprise solutions aligned with architectural standards. Deconstruct complex problems into simple, evolving solutions. Build awareness and alignment with enterprise frameworks, tools, and engineering platforms. Collaboration Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver cohesive, enterprise strategy centric solutions. Performance, Maintenance & Operational Excellence Optimize application performance; troubleshoot and maintain stable, reliable codebases. Drive disaster recovery, capacity planning, performance, regression and chaos testing, observability, and reliability processes. Implement alerts, dashboards, and recovery runbooks to ensure operational excellence. Security & Compliance Enforce security best practices, including authentication and authorization protocols, and ensure compliance with data privacy and company policies. Educate teams on security principles and engineering standards. Testing & Quality Assurance Ensure thorough testing with automated frameworks to maintain high-quality, reliable software. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Continuously explore and recommend new enterprise technologies. Simplify solutions, optimize processes, remove bottlenecks, and resolve escalated issues proactively. Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation. Years of Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience in product development with hands on coding experience 6 years of experience in systems analysis, including defining technical requirements and performing high level design for complex solutions 6 years of experience writing technical documentation in a software environment, developing and implementing business systems within an organization, and working with source code control systems 6 years of experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development lifecycles through iterative agile development 5+ years of API development and Java programming. At least 3+ years in architecting and designing enterprise-level solutions. Strong knowledge of latest Java features such as error handling, concurrency, performance tuning, and security enhancements. Solid understanding of microservices design patterns, CI/CD, and on-prem deployment. Experience designing solutions using messaging technologies like Kafka and Hollow. Skilled in caching strategies, relational and NoSQL databases. Proficient with Git and Jenkins. Ability to provide architectural solutions, low-level design, create user stories, and support developers with technical/domain issues. Required: Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience). Preferred: Advanced degrees or relevant certifications. Skill Set Required : Strong hands-on experience with Java, OOP, data structures, and design patterns. Expertise in Spring Boot, microservices, RESTful API design, and reactive programming. Familiarity with advanced caching strategies (Redis, Memcached) and CDN integration. Proven ability to build scalable, low-latency, high-throughput backend services for retail applications. Knowledge of API gateways, service meshes, and API management tools. Experience with relational (Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases optimized for performance. Skilled in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring for production-grade APIs. Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably GCP), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes). Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter etc). Proficient with messaging systems like Kafka for event-driven architectures. Ability to lead technical design, mentor teams, and deliver production-ready code. Experience working in Agile teams and applying best practices for API security and performance. Familiarity with distributed tracing and monitoring tools Prometheus, Grafana). Strong collaborator with cross-functional and distributed teams.