Technical Lead – Java, Spring Boot & GCP

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical roadmap and architecture for scalable, highly available digital platforms.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy applications using Java 17+, Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Framework, and microservices architectures .
• Design cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using services such as Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Memorystore/Redis.
• Design resilient distributed systems incorporating appropriate scalability, availability, fault-tolerance, and disaster-recovery patterns.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and create API documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger or equivalent standards .
• Design API integration solutions using Apigee and Java/Spring Boot.
• Implement appropriate caching strategies, including reverse-proxy/endpoint caching, cache-aside, read-through, and write-through patterns.
• Conduct technical discovery to identify business requirements, technical constraints, current-state challenges, and target-state solutions.
• Evaluate solution alternatives against architecture, security, performance, reliability, maintainability, and cost requirements.
• Partner with enterprise and solution architects and follow established architecture governance processes.
• Contribute hands-on production-quality code and conduct code and architecture reviews.
• Establish and promote engineering quality practices using tools such as SonarQube, Cycode, and 42Crunch , where applicable.
• Develop automated unit, integration, contract, and performance tests.
• Apply TDD practices using technologies such as JUnit and Mockito and conduct performance testing using tools such as JMeter.
• Build and maintain CI/CD processes using technologies such as Google Cloud Build, Tekton, and Terraform .
• Integrate security practices, including Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) , into the software delivery lifecycle.
• Establish application observability through monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and automated failure notifications using platforms such as Splunk and Dynatrace .
• Participate in and promote collaborative engineering practices including XP, pair programming, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate in Agile activities including stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews/demos, retrospectives, and journey mapping.
• Analyze user stories, identify technical dependencies and risks, and support effective engineering estimation and planning.
• Mentor engineers, improve engineering standards, and foster knowledge sharing across teams.
• Research emerging technologies and conduct proofs of concept (PoCs) where they can improve platform capability, developer productivity, resilience, or customer outcomes.
• Collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams and stakeholders supporting North American markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology, MCA, or equivalent relevant education and professional experience.
• 6+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise web applications and backend services.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot , including modern Java development practices.
• Experience designing and developing microservices and RESTful APIs .
• Experience designing scalable, resilient, and highly available distributed systems.
• 3+ years of experience with public cloud platforms , with strong practical experience in GCP preferred.
• Practical knowledge of GCP services such as Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and Redis/Memorystore , or equivalent services on other major cloud platforms.
• Experience with automated testing using tools/frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito .
• Experience implementing automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code , preferably Terraform.
• Understanding of API management concepts and platforms such as Apigee .
• Understanding of application security, secure coding, and automated security testing practices.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, tracing, and production observability.
• Strong understanding of software engineering practices including clean code, code reviews, automated testing, TDD, and continuous integration.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and communicate complex technical decisions to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Preferred