Lead Software Engineer

About the Role:

As a Lead Software Engineer , you will take a hands-on leadership role in building high-quality, scalable, and robust applications and services. This position demands a proactive, experienced Java developer with deep technical knowledge, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to mentor and guide a team. You will be responsible for driving critical architecture decisions, ensuring code quality, and delivering solutions that meet our stringent performance, reliability, and security standards. This is a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where you can shape the technical direction of our products while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.

The individual in this role will work closely with leadership team in India and Corporate to deliver the following key responsibilities:

Role’s Responsibilities:

·Develop performant, testable, scalable, and robust applications and services.

·Define and enforce coding standards, guidelines, and processes to maintain high code quality.

·Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and assist engineers in resolving complex issues.

·Conduct detailed code reviews and stay actively involved in the development tasks within your team.

·Make key architecture and design decisions for your team, collaborating with other lead engineers as needed.

·Participate in project planning and design sessions with Product, Program Management, UX, and other stakeholders.

·Translate software requirements into detailed, actionable development tasks.

·Ensure code quality through rigorous testing, security vulnerability handling, and unit testing practices.

·Collaborate with DevOps to configure, build, and deploy solutions efficiently.

·Write clear and comprehensive technical design documents.

·Identify and resolve critical dependencies across systems and applications.

·Incorporate feedback from other departments to continuously drive technical improvements.

·Research and integrate open-source technologies where appropriate.

·Contribute innovative ideas to enhance technical solutions and explore new business opportunities.

·Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, applying them to your work.

Role’s Desired Qualifications:

·Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.

·10+ years of experience in software development roles.

·At least 7 years of experience as a technical team lead, designing and developing full-stack solutions with a Java backend.

·Expert-level understanding of object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and best practices.

·Deep knowledge of error handling, multithreading, and advanced Java development techniques.

·Strong experience with Spring Boot and Quarkus frameworks.

·Hands-on experience building REST, gRPC, GraphQL, and WebSocket APIs in Java.

·Proficiency with virtualization (VMs), Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure).

·Experience working with message brokers such as Kafka and MQTT.

·Familiarity with Java build tools (e.g., Maven) and CI/CD frameworks.

·Expertise in authentication and authorization standards, including OAuth2 and RBAC.

·Proficiency in JDBC and experience with relational and time-series databases (e.g., MySQL, InfluxDB).

·Skilled in monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.

·Deep knowledge of Linux kernel management, networking, and boot processes.

·Fluency with Git and source control management concepts.

·Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact with clients when needed.

·Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a creative mindset open to new ideas and approaches.

·Responsive and collaborative, with a passion for helping and mentoring fellow engineers.

·A self-starter who takes ownership of tasks and ensures high code quality with robust test coverage.

·Passionate about software engineering and interested in industrial IoT (IIoT) technologies.