GeekyAnts
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Job Description
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Java Lead Engineer with strong expertise in designing enterprise-grade backend systems and scalable microservice architectures. The ideal candidate should have experience working on high-scale platforms or fintech-grade systems along with strong technical leadership capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems.
- Lead architecture discussions and drive backend engineering best practices across teams.
- Build and manage enterprise-grade microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
- Review system architecture, code quality, and technical implementation decisions.
- Mentor engineering teams and provide technical guidance to developers.
- Implement distributed systems, asynchronous processing, caching, and messaging solutions.
- Ensure smooth integration and optimization of APIs and backend services.
- Work with SQL and NoSQL databases to ensure data scalability and performance.
- Drive cloud-native deployments and infrastructure management on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Manage containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Support CI/CD pipeline implementation and deployment automation.
- Monitor system scalability, observability, security, and performance tuning initiatives.
- Handle production-scale systems and ensure platform reliability and stability.
Skills & Competencies:
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
- Excellent understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
- Hands-on experience with APIs, asynchronous processing, caching, and messaging systems.
- Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and DynamoDB.
- Cloud expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployments.
- Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Good to Have:
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, gRPC, ElasticSearch, or event-driven systems.
- Exposure to security, scalability, observability, and performance tuning.
- Experience leading engineering teams and handling large-scale production systems.
Educational Qualifications
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend architecture exposure.
- Prior experience in fintech, banking, insurance, payments, or large enterprise platforms is preferred.
- Proven experience building enterprise-grade scalable backend applications.
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