Java Technical Lead - Capital Markets / Discount Broking

Role Overview

As a Technical Lead, you will serve as both a hands-on technical contributor and team mentor. You will design, develop, and maintain high-performance microservices and applications while guiding and mentoring a team of developers. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build reliable, scalable solutions that meet our business requirements and ensure successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in critical architectural decisions and drive technical strategy for scalable solutions
• Design and develop robust applications using Core Java, Spring Boot, and related technologies
• Create and maintain scalable microservices architecture
• Manage technical debt and prioritize refactoring initiatives
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Conduct technical reviews and ensure code quality standards
• Implement and optimize database queries and data structures
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance
• Drive innovation initiatives and evaluate emerging technologies
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of Java developers
• Assign tasks effectively and manage project timelines and effort estimation
• Support team members in their professional growth and skill development
• Facilitate technical discussions and coordinate with cross-functional teams
• Communicate technical progress and solutions to stakeholders
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements
• Foster a collaborative team environment and manage knowledge sharing
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in Java development

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 7 - 10 years of professional Java development experience
• Strong proficiency in: Core Java and J2EE
• Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring MVC)
• Microservices architecture
• RESTful API design and development
• Database technologies (MySQL, Hibernate, JPA)
• Message queue systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Caching solutions (Redis)
• JSON and data serialization
• TCP/IP and network protocols
• Experience with JVM tuning and proficiency in using analysis tools (jmap, jstack, jstat, MAT)
• Solid understanding of software design patterns and principles