Java Lead

Experience : 8.00 + years

Salary : Confidential (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period : 15 Days

Shift : (GMT+05 : 30) Asia / Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type : Remote

Placement Type : Full Time Contract for 12 Months(40 hrs a week / 160 hrs a month)

• Note : This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - Global leader in data integrity)

What do you need for this opportunity

Must have skills required :

Databricks, Snowflake, Spark framework, Kubernets, Mongo DB, Springboot, AWS, Docker, Java, Kafka, Microservices Architecture

Global leader in data integrity is Looking for :

Job Title : Java lead

Department : R&D

Reports To : Manager, Software Development

Location : India

Intro and job overview :

 The role will be responsible for translating product strategy and business priorities into a coherent set of features for one or more scrum teams. Take on multiple roles including

product owner, business strategist, product designer, market analyst, customer liaison, QA, and project manager. Key member of the team strategizing and presenting the future vision of the product to business and technology stakeholders in collaboration with the Product Manager

Responsibilities and Duties :

Strategy and Business :

 Execute the product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities.

 Helps conduct market and competitive analysis, defines products to serve those needs, the addressable market, ability to penetrate and sell, and overall business justification and

strategic fit for products.

 Help execute the value proposition and business case.

 Provides team leadership through communication and coordination of cross functional teams at all levels of the organization.

Operations :

 Leads architecture for all components in an investment segment. May focus on one component but must have expertise across all components.

 Responsible for design of systems in the investment segment.

 Actively supports Product Manager in the Product Planning, business performance of one or more products.

 Engage with customers throughout the product lifecycle to better glean product insights.

 Understand requirements that comes from stakeholders and helps turn them into consumable backlog items for the team.

 Write clear, compelling, and detailed (technical) user epics and stories with user acceptance criteria. Participate in story grooming exercises for crisp and unambiguous documentation and communication of features to be developed.

 Ensure the backlog is prioritized in order before the sprint.

 Coordinate with appropriate architects to ensure tech decisions are made and implemented. Also Identifying business process improvements and opportunities for automation.

 Work with the Product Manager and Engineering Leader to propose percentage of effort for different types of value in each release.

 Participates in technical and sales enablement.

Core Java (OOP, functions, exception handling, differences across Java 7, 21, 22)

Spring Boot & Microservices (architecture, concepts, design patterns, backend design best practices)

API Development (REST APIs, Kafka integration)

Data Structures & Algorithms (arrays, stacks, analytical problem-solving)

Database Knowledge (primary key vs. unique key, schema design)

System Design & Scalability (large job volume handling, OOM risk management, design considerations)

Analytical & Critical Thinking (depth in reasoning, follow-up questioning, clarity of approach)

Hands-on Implementation (practical backend design, applying best practices)

Professional Practices (avoiding external / unfair help, consistent design-level thinking)

Requirements and Qualifications :

 8+ years of industry experience in the areas of data engineering and product management.

 Expertise in one or more programming languages (Java, spring boot, ).

 Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in business or technical field.

 Track record of Designing and developing of data products or software products.

 Expertise in Java for backend development; familiarity with frontend scripting languages such as Node.js and React.js is a plus.

 Expertise with databases, particularly Mongo Atlas, and developing / consuming REST APIs.

 Exposure to cloud-native technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and microservices architecture is a must.

 Basic understanding of agile and scrum methodologies is a must.

 Experience of AWS / Azure / GCP, Redis, Security Domain, Datadog, Code fresh, hands on Terraform will be advantageous

 Working knowledge of data ETL will be preferred.

 Good to have : Understanding of spark framework along with Snowflake and Databricks

 Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI etc.

 Ability to communicate with various stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

 Experience of working with partners and suppliers.

 Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

 Excellent interpersonal skills and active listener.

 Able to set and meet time-sensitive goals.

 Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt to change while providing structure to operations and go-to-market teams.

How to apply for this opportunity

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Skills Required

Java, Data Structures, Spring Boot, Kafka, Api Development, Algorithms, Docker, snowflake , Databricks, Scalability, System Design, Rest Apis, Kubernetes, Etl, Aws