Senior Java Technical Lead (10+ Years)

We are looking for a Senior Technical Architect / Senior Java Technical Lead

📍 Location: Chennai

🏦 Client: Reputed Financial Institution – USA

⚡ Immediate / Short Notice Preferred

Experience Required

• 10+ years

  of experience in

  Java / Enterprise application development

• Proven experience in legacy system modernization

  , preferably

  Mainframe to Java migration

• Experience working on large-scale, high-availability enterprise systems

Key Responsibilities

• Drive

  technical architecture and design

  for Mainframe modernization initiatives
• Analyze

  legacy Mainframe systems

  and translate business logic into

  Java & Spring Boot microservices

• Define application architecture, service design, and integration patterns

• Review and approve technical designs, code, and migration approaches

• Provide hands-on guidance to development teams on Java, Spring Boot, and microservices

• Own non-functional requirements

  – performance, scalability, security, resilience
• Work closely with

  Data, Mainframe, QA, DevOps, and Cloud teams

• Participate in client-facing technical discussions

  with US stakeholders
• Establish

  coding standards, best practices, and architecture governance

• Support production readiness and critical issue resolution

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in

  Java (Java 8 / 11 / 17)

• Extensive hands-on experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA

• Deep understanding of Microservices Architecture and Distributed Systems

• Strong experience in REST API design and development

• Solid expertise with Hibernate / JPA

• Strong experience with RDBMS

  , especially

  DB2

  (Oracle / PostgreSQL acceptable)
• Strong knowledge of

  SQL, data modeling, and performance tuning

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

  ,

  Maven / Gradle

• Exposure to DevOps practices

NoSQL & Data Migration Expertise

• Strong working experience with

  NoSQL databases

  , especially

  Apache Cassandra

• Experience in Cassandra data modeling, performance tuning, and scaling

• Hands-on experience with data migration and transformation

  from

  Mainframe / RDBMS to NoSQL

• Understanding of eventual consistency and distributed data patterns

Good to Have Skills

• Functional understanding of

  Mainframe technologies

  (COBOL, JCL, VSAM, batch processing)
• Experience with

  Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration

• Exposure to Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure)

  and cloud-native design
• Experience with

  event-driven architecture

  (Kafka or similar)
• Strong

  Banking / BFSI domain

  knowledge

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong

  technical leadership and mentoring

  skills
• Ability to drive

  architecture discussions and technical decisions

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong communication skills in a global delivery environment

• Ability to balance hands-on work with architectural ownership

Job Details

• Role:

  Senior Java Technical Lead

• Location:

  Chennai

• Employment Type:

  Full-time

• Joining:

  Immediate / Short Notice preferred

Compensation

• Best in market

  (Commensurate with experience and technical leadership)

Why Join This Program?

• Architect and lead a

  mission-critical modernization program

• Work with a top-tier US financial institution

• High technical ownership and long-term engagement

• Exposure to modern architecture, NoSQL, cloud, and DevOps practices

Interested candidates