Role Summary:
Seeking an experienced Java Technical Lead / Architect to provide technical leadership and solution architecture for enterprise applications. The role will be responsible for designing scalable solutions, driving application modernization, providing hands-on technical guidance, and ensuring adherence to architecture, security, performance, and coding standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end architecture and technical design for Java-based enterprise applications.
- Design scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable application solutions.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, and related technologies.
- Define application architecture, integration patterns, reusable frameworks, and technical standards.
- Lead Java/JDK upgrades, application modernization, and legacy platform transformation initiatives.
- Review existing applications and recommend improvements across architecture, performance, security, and maintainability.
- Conduct design and code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide guidance on root-cause analysis and resolution.
- Collaborate with business, application, infrastructure, security, DevOps, and architecture teams.
- Provide technical estimates and support solution planning and delivery.
- Mentor developers and provide technical direction to onshore/offshore engineering teams.
- Support CI/CD, automated deployments, containerization, and cloud/platform modernization.
- Evaluate technical dependencies and proactively identify architecture and delivery risks.
- Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, security, and technology standards.
Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with Java / J2EE
- Spring, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices
- Strong knowledge of design patterns, object-oriented design, and enterprise application architecture
- Experience with application servers/platforms such as JBoss, WebSphere, WebLogic, or Open Liberty
- Experience with SQL and relational databases
- Knowledge of Kafka or other messaging/event-driven technologies
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git, Maven/Gradle
- Exposure to Azure, GCP, or AWS is an advantage
- Strong understanding of API integration, authentication, security, logging, monitoring, and performance optimization
- Experience with Java modernization/migration initiatives is highly desirable
Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of Java/application development experience with significant experience in a Technical Lead or Architect capacity.
- Experience delivering large-scale enterprise applications.
- Banking / Financial Services (BFSI) experience preferred.
- • Strong stakeholder communication and technical presentation skills.