Lead Software Engineer

Principal Global Services

6 - 10 years

20 - 25 Lacs

hyderabad

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Skills Required

websphere kubernetes continuous integration di ci/cd swagger redis sql docker spring react.js java git ui ecs spring mvc spring batch oops typescript oauth cd rest junit query tuning mq maven weblogic gradle spring boot driving spring security ioc

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Work from Office

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Responsibilities Role Overview We re looking for a hands-on Lead Software Engineer (Java & UI) to design and deliver end to end platforms with Java as primary and modern UI as secondary
Focus areas include technical delivery, mentorship, quality, performance, and effective stakeholder communication
Key Responsibilities Full Stack Architecture: Define clean boundaries between Java microservices (API first) and React/TypeScript/Next
js front ends, standardize API contracts and BFF patterns (Java-first)
Build & Delivery: Implement domain services and REST APIs in Java, contribute to critical UI workflows and component libraries when needed
Quality & Testing: Apply test pyramids across tiers JUnit/Mockito/Testcontainers (BE), Jest/RTL/Playwright (FE), enforce API/UI contract tests
Performance & Security: JVM/DB tuning, caching, resilience, optimize Core Web Vitals and SSR/SSG/ISR, apply OAuth2/JWT, CSP
Observability: Logs/metrics/traces across BE & FE and error tracking, dashboards and alerting for release health
Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor engineers, promote reuse (shared libs/components), communicate risks/trade-offs and align on scope with Product/UX/Architecture
Facilitate agile ceremonies : (stand ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, retros) with a focus on technical outcomes, risk surfacing, and sprint goal clarity
Refine stories into actionable technical tasks: ensure Definition of Ready/Done, unambiguous acceptance criteria, testability, and accurate story point estimation
Qualifications Must Have Skills Java (Primary) Java / Java 8+: OOP & SOLID, Streams, Optional, functional interfaces, lambda expressions
Concurrency: Thread pools, Future/CompletableFuture, synchronization, locks, concurrent collections, Java Memory Model, heap/stack, GC
Web & API: RESTful design, rate limiting, API gateway concepts, Swagger/OpenAPI documentation, WebLogic/WebSphere familiarity (or embedded servers)
Spring: Spring Core (IoC/DI), Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Security (JWT/OAuth2), Spring Batch, Spring AOP
Architecture & Patterns: Event driven design (MQ/queuing), patterns Factory, Builder, Strategy, Template
Data/Testing/Tooling: SQL & query tuning, Redis, JUnit/Mockito/Testcontainers, Maven/Gradle, Git, CI/CD, OpenTelemetry
UI (Secondary 20 30%) React + TypeScript + Next
js: Component-driven development, hooks, state (Redux/RTK/Zustand), SSR/SSG/ISR, routing, image optimization
Performance & Accessibility: Core Web Vitals, code splitting, caching/CDN, WCAG 2
1 accessibility practices
Security & Testing: CSP, sanitization, XSS/CSRF protections, Jest, RTL, Playwright/Cypress
Integration: Robust consumption of Java APIs, auth flows (OAuth/OIDC, JWT), error handling and retry UX
Good to Have Design systems (Storybook, tokens/theming), monorepos (Nx/Turborepo)
Messaging/eventing (Kafka), BFF-in-Java standards, API versioning strategies
Containers (Docker) and orchestration basics (Kubernetes/ECS)
Soft Skills Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and bias for action
Plans, prioritizes, and communicates effectively across teams and time zones
Mentors teammates, provides clear, constructive feedback
Demonstrates ownership, raises the bar, and consistently exceeds day-to-day expectations
Identifies ambiguity/risks and proactively drives clarity and resolution with stakeholders

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