Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot, capable of handling a team, and working independently on development tasks. This role requires hands-on coding, system design, and leadership responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of developers, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and conducting code reviews.
• Design and develop scalable, high-performance, and secure applications.
• Take ownership of the architecture, implementation, and deployment of Java-based applications.
• Ensure best practices in coding, testing, and DevOps processes are followed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in production and development environments.

Technical Skills:

Core Java & Backend Development:

• Java 8, 11, 17 (Lambda, Collections, Streams, Functional Interfaces, Executors, Thread Pools, Completable Future)
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot (Project setup, dependencies, Spring Security, JWT, OAuth, Logging with Log4j/Slf4j, AOP)
• Experience with Microservices architecture and Design Patterns
• Understanding of Distributed Transactions

Database & Messaging:

• RDBMS & JPA (Joins, Cascading, One-to-Many, Many-to-One)
• Experience with Kafka or other messaging systems
• Redis and caching strategies

DevOps & Cloud:

• Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.)
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes

Testing & Code Quality:

• Strong experience in JUnit, Mockito, and test-driven development (TDD)
• Conducting code reviews and enforcing coding standards

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Ability to manage and mentor a team of developers
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders
• Proactive approach to learning and adopting new technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Fintech or related domains is a plus
• Familiarity with Event-Driven Architecture and Reactive Programming