Lead Java Developer

About the Role :

As an SDE3 (Senior Software Development Engineer), you will drive the technical strategy and execution for complex business problems, delivering scalable and reliable systems. You will lead by example in design, coding, and best practices, while mentoring peers and influencing technical direction across teams. This role demands strong expertise in distributed systems, deep hands-on development skills, and the ability to simplify complex solutions while maintaining performance, scalability, and security.

Responsibilities

Define the technical strategy for business problems (push vs pull, real-time vs batch, sync vs async), lead high-level design, and drive implementation.

Collaborate with SDEs across teams to align on technical solutions and integration.

Lead by example through high-quality design, code, and processes, setting benchmarks for the team.

Influence technical and business strategy by proposing novel approaches and simplifications.

Communicate complex technical ideas clearly with stakeholders, drive feedback loops, and achieve convergence on solutions.

Mentor and coach engineers, support hiring efforts, and grow the technical strength of the team.

Identify and address design or architectural deficiencies; simplify peer team integrations.

Consistently deliver valuable features end-to-end, from requirements to production.

Drive process improvements in development, testing, and delivery.

Collaborate with Product Owners to elaborate requirements and deliver business value.

Required Skills

Programming & Development

Deep expertise in Java, IDEs, frameworks, and toolsets.

Strong in data structures, algorithms, multithreading, and concurrent programming.

Skilled in TDD / BDD, comfortable writing testable and maintainable code.

Ability to profile, debug, and optimize complex systems.

Good knowledge of multiple languages and paradigms, and when to apply them.

System Design & Architecture

Apply design patterns (CQRS, eventual consistency, etc.) effectively.

Strong understanding of SOLID principles and domain modeling.

Design with idempotency, scalability, and performance in mind.

Anticipate medium-term (3–6 month) changes and design abstractions accordingly.

Deep knowledge of distributed systems, scaling, replication, and sharding.

Expertise in Microservices Architecture and API design.

Development Practices

Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines (CI / CD).

Integrate security scanning, performance testing, and monitoring into workflows.

Champion “automate everything by default” culture.

Infrastructure & Cloud

Expertise in at least one database, with knowledge of multiple data storage paradigms (SQL, NoSQL, caching, messaging).

Good grasp of operating systems and scripting techniques.

Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS / GCP a plus).

Familiar with DevSecOps practices and tools.

Security

Write secure code by default, proactively addressing vulnerabilities.

Use tools to perform deep security probes and reviews.

Collaboration & Leadership

Lead group design discussions and present ideas effectively.

Mentor and develop peers, contributing to overall team growth.

Deep domain understanding to work effectively with Product Owners.

Share knowledge with the wider engineering community.

Innovation

Evaluate, prototype, and introduce new tools / methodologies when appropriate.

Balance innovation with practicality, avoiding unnecessary complexity.