Lead Java Developer
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Lead - Go/Java with 5–8 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance Java applications. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of object-oriented programming, backend development, and modern software engineering best practices. You will be responsible for writing clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle.
Roles and Responsibilities
· Owning the technical direction and ensuring the team delivers high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions while guiding and mentoring team members.
· Designing, coding, debugging, unit testing, and documenting large, complex software applications
· Collaborate on technical implementation, assist other developers and consultants in implementation and development
· Demonstrate capability to effectively assimilate new skills and use of new technologies.
· Takes ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and drives end-to-end solutions.
· Makes architectural and design decisions, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
· Mentors and supports junior team members through code reviews and guidance.
· Communicates effectively with cross-functional teams and contributes to technical planning.
· Proactively identifies technical risks and proposes improvements across the codebase or processes.
· Exceptional productivity and attention to product quality issues
· Be accountable to deliver the task to the agreed standards
· Adhere to development standards and architectural guidelines set by the Solution Design team
· Develop all technical aspects of eCommerce stores, from commerce to content and all integration with external systems
· Motivated to independently monitor and appraise emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and make recommendations or undertake independent research to validate new ideas
· Act as the key trouble-shooter in complex/escalated incidents
· Provide innovative ideas and solutions in an ever-changing environment with up-to-date knowledge regarding existing technologies.
Job Qualifications
Professional and Technical Skills:
· Design and implement microservices and APIs (REST/gRPC) in Go/Java with clean, testable architecture.
· Write efficient, concurrent code using goroutines, channels, and the context package; manage timeouts/cancellation.
· Own service quality: unit/integration tests, benchmarks, profiling, and race detection.
· Integrate with PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis caching and messaging Kafka/RabbitMQ.
· Build and ship via Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions/Jenkins); automate deploys and rollbacks.
· Implement observability (logs, metrics, traces) with Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry; drive SLOs and incident RCA.
· Ensure security basics: TLS/mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, secrets management, input validation, dependency hygiene (Go modules).
· Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
· Experience with Code management tools.
· Hands-on experience with Caching mechanisms.
Job Title - Lead Go/ Java Developer - Specialist
Management Level: Level: 9
Location: Kochi
Must have skills: Go/Java
Good to have skills: Agile Project Management
Experience: 5-8 years of experience is required
Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)
Kochi
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