About the role:

As a Lead Java Full Stack Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

Write highly testable, automatable and performant code over the whole SDLC using high coding standards and software best practices
Develop products and deliver features and updates according to the product roadmap
Develop and review feature design documents and provide inputs/updates to specifications for the solution
Drive activities daily meetings, planning, retrospectives, etc
Set engineering standards in the team and help other team members adopt them
Line manager responsibilities team's professional and career development
Be open to adopting new technologies and approaches on projects as they evolve, especially those relating to GenAI advancements
Stay at the forefront of the industry by staying abreast of the latest GenAI advancements and leveraging cutting-edge development
Assists the team in daily work

Requirements:

10+ years of experience in software development required – proficiency in Java 8 or higher
Experience building Enterprise-grade applications Java and Microservices (J2EE / JavaEE / Spring/ Spring boot)
Strong experience in Java Spring boot, Core Java, API, Microservices, Angular, and React JS
Strong database experience in PL/SQL, PostgreSQL
Experience of delivering high-cadence modern applications with applied Agile methodologies, test-first development approaches, adopting CI/CD pipelines and using Git version control
Strong experience building applications that interact with relational databases using SQL, PL/SQL
Experience in Java Spring security – JWT, CSRF, Method based security, RBAC
Experience and knowledge of ORMs like Hibernate or JPA
Experience and knowledge of Java Multithreading
Experience in implementing programming best practices, especially around scalability, automation, virtualization, optimization, availability, and performance
Experience and understanding of design patterns for microservices development
Experience working on high-throughput microservices by leveraging concurrency, supporting multithreading, event-based processing, or developing services to manage high data volumes
Experience in Test-Driven development
Strong SQL skills to work on Relational databases
Strong experience in SDLC, DevOps processes – CI/CD tools, Git, etc
Good Understanding of Messaging frameworks like IBM MQ and Kafka
Knowledge of Scrum and XP methodologies and ability to work in a rapidly changing environment
Experience using GenAI technologies and approaches, such as using OpenAI API with GPT LLMs

Software Design:

Solid background in designing and developing solutions using best practices and patterns
Experience with monolithic, microservices, and event-driven architectural styles on commercial projects

Quality Assurance:

Proven experience in driving quality improvements for design and implementation decisions within a team

Software Deployment:

Hands-on experience with software deployment and configuration in the Cloud (pipelines, deployment patterns) and Container Orchestrators (k8s, Docker Swarm)

Leadership:

Lead development team
Lead and improve the decision-making process in design solution architecture, solution development, architecture and code review

Personal skills:

Communication is a key. You speak and write in English fluently or at least at an upper-intermediate level

Accountability:

Following the said and done principle
Accountability for the scope of the team's work

Drive:

Proactive in efforts to deliver results according to the expectations
Suggesting new ideas, looking for alternative solutions

Self–development:

Eager to learn and grow: curios, keen to constant self-development
Constantly improving own mastership

Effective communication:

Ability to express ideas, thoughts, and questions simply, concisely, and in a structured way
Creating an open feedback culture
Clear communication of risks and consequences

Team management:

Effective teamwork organization

Process improvement:

Skilled in technical risk mitigation
Orchestrating the delivery process improvements with the feedback-driven approach

People Development:

Taking active steps toward the team's professional skills improvement