Technical Lead, Software Engineering Full stack ( Java & Angular )- Contractor

Responsibilities

• Development & Delivery: Design, implement, and maintain high-volume, low-latency applications using Java and the Spring Boot framework. Deliver complex features and projects on time and to the required quality standards.
• Technical Excellence: Apply strong fundamentals in Data Structures and Algorithms (DS&A) to solve challenging technical problems and optimize application performance.
• Architecture: Contribute to the design and evolution of our Microservices architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaboration: Work directly with the client team, product managers, and other developers to understand requirements, define technical scope, and provide accurate estimates.
• Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough code reviews, write comprehensive unit and integration tests, and ensure code is secure and adheres to best practices.
• Project Management: Utilize tools like Jira to track progress, manage tickets, and communicate status effectively to meet critical project deadlines.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications:
• Experience: 7+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership or lead engineer role.
• Backend Expertise (Java): ( 4-5 years of experience)Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with Java and the Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security). Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Frontend Expertise (Angular): (2-3 years of experience) Extensive experience building modern, responsive single-page applications (SPAs) using Angular (version 15+ preferred), TypeScript, RxJS, and NgRx/NgXs.
• Database: Proficient in designing schemas and writing optimized queries for both SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB) databases. MariaDB
• Cloud & Deployment: Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Testing: Strong commitment to quality, including unit testing (e.g., JUnit, Mockito, Jasmine), integration testing, and end-to-end testing.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• High level of English proficiency required to interact with a globally-based development team.
• Experience leading Agile software development methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience following and adapting high-level architecture to project and client needs.
• Ability to verify/validate architecture implementations and influence overall architecture beyond the team.
• Expertise in applying object-oriented programming, with preferred experience in languages like Java/C#.
• High-level design proficiency following UML / C4 / ArchiMate.
• Experience in effectively working collaboratively among relevant information stakeholders to create and implement well-tested, scalable, secure, and performant enterprise-level systems that ultimately deliver the client’s desired business outcome.
• Demonstrated initiative in mentoring other engineers and decision-makers throughout the organization.
• Very good knowledge of architectural styles and design patterns, SOLID principles and OWASP.
• Proficiency in the English language.
• Client facing experience translating business requirements into technical specifications.
• Excellent communication skills up to leadership and down to the development team.

Additional Experience Desired:

• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of asynchronous messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Familiarity with other modern frontend frameworks/libraries (e.g., React, Vue.js).
• Experience in performance monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Ability to set technical strategy and direct implementation across several teams/whole product.
• Ability to refine and clarify technical details (including definition of done) based on internal or external PO for User Stories and task assignments.
• Ability to provide technical orchestration among the overall tasks.
• Experience in building CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of building Cloud Native applications.
• Front end development experience in Angular, JavaScript and/or Typescript.

Benefits

• A competitive annual salary based on experience and market demands 
• Flexi-timings 
• Work From Anywhere
• Medical insurance with the option to purchase a premium plan or HSA option for your entire family 
• In-house Food & Refreshments 
• Regular Health check-up camps arranged by the company 
• Recreational activities (Pool, TT, Wii, PS2) 
• Business casual atmosphere
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