Senior Software engineering Lead-Java FSD (API)

Join our dynamic team as a Lead Software Engineer, where you will lead by example in modernizing our technology stack, driving excellence in software engineering practices, and mentoring the next generation of engineering talent. This role is pivotal in setting high standards and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Primary responsibilities :

Design and develop software applications and application components in an agile environment using the E2E Java framework.

Create high-quality software by conducting peer design / code reviews and developing automated test cases

Design patterns and optimize the performance of services.

Act as a hands-on engineer, leading by example and working independently.

Build production-ready features and capabilities adhering to the best engineering standards.

Share knowledge internally with peers and leaders, acting as a resource for teams and business units within areas of expertise.

Collaborate with Principal Engineers / Technical Architects to develop prototypes into production-ready features.

Leverage the latest technologies to solve complex problems facing the health care industry

Guide and mentor junior engineers within the organization.

Required Qualifications :

A minimum of 8 years of software development experience, with at least 5 years focused on Java / J2EE software development , including Java, Spring framework, multi-threading, caching techniques, software engineering best practices, and performance optimization of services using memory management, garbage collection, CI / CD systems such as Jenkins, and code management tools like GitHub. Java full stack (API backend heavy).

6+ years of professional software development experience on the Java platform

3+ years of experience in API & Integrations : Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies.

Experience designing and developing data-driven applications using RDMBS (Oracle, PL / SQL) and / or NoSQL datastores

3+ years in Performance Optimization : Expertise in optimizing high-traffic, real-time payment processing systems for latency and throughput.

Preferred Qualifications :

3+ years of DevOps & CI / CD : Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, Fortify Scan, SonarQube), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.

Strong background in designing RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and service-oriented architectures.

Experience in banking / financial / healthcare domain

Experience in deploying applications on public cloud infrastructure

Flexibility to work across a variety of software-related disciplines : solution design, agile development, unit testing and refactoring