About This Role
<p><b>Java Engineering Lead - Vice President </b></p><p></p><div><div><p><b><span>Key Responsibilities:</span></b><span> </span></p></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Lead </span><span>a team of developers in designing, developing and deploying scalable, secure and maintainable applications.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Architect and implement robust backend services using </span></span><b><span>Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA and Spring Cloud.</span></b><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Drive containerization and orchestration strategies using </span></span><b><span>Docker </span></b><span><span>and </span></span><b><span>Kubernetes.</span></b><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Apply modern DevOps principles with </span></span><b><span>Maven, Gradle, </span></b><span><span>CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native tools.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Collaborate with product owners, business analysts and QA teams to ensure alignment with business goals.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Participate in and facilitate Agile ceremonies (Scrum or Kanban) including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, refinement and backlog grooming.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Review code, mentor junior developers and enforce coding standards and best practices.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Troubleshoot production issues and lead root cause analysis to identify and resolve performance or stability issues.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Ensure high standards of software quality within team by establishing good practices and habits.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><b><span>Required Skills and Qualifications:</span></b><span> </span></p></div><div><ul><li><p><b><span>10+ years </span></b><span><span>of professional software development experience.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Proven expertise in </span></span><b><span>Java (</span><span>8/11/17), Spring Boot, Hibernate/</span><span>JPA </span></b><span><span> and</span><span> </span></span><b><span>Spring Cloud.</span></b><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Proficiency in </span></span><b><span>Docker</span><span> and Kubernetes </span></b><span><span>for microservices deployment.</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Strong knowledge of build </span><span>tools:</span><span> </span></span><b><span>Maven, Gradle</span></b><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Experience working in </span></span><b><span>Agile environment </span></b><span><span>(Scrum, Kanban) and familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Solid understanding of </span></span><b><span>RESTful APIs, microservices architecture and design patterns.</span></b><span> </span></p></li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Experience with source control </span><span>(e.g.</span><span> Git), CI/CD with LightSpeed Enterprises</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Strong leadership and team management experience</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Excellent </span><span>communication, problem-solving and organizational skills.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><b><span>Preferred Qualifications: </span></b><span> Good to have</span></p><p></p></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Experience with cloud-native platforms </span><span>(Enterprise</span><span> Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Exposure to monitoring and logging tools </span><span>(e.g.</span><span> Prometheus, KLK stack).</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Knowledge </span><span>of testing tools like Junit, Quantum, Mockito, Karma, Jasmine.</span></span><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Strong experience in </span></span><b><span>front-end development using </span><span>Angular (</span><span>10+)</span></b><span> </span></p></li><li><p><span><span>Build responsive, user-centric front-end components using </span></span><b><span>Angular.</span></b><span> </span></p></li></ul></div></div><ul><li>Multiple years of experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, automation, design patterns, peer review, etc.)</li><li>Clear understanding of building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications</li><li>Multiple years of experience with agile and iterative software delivery</li></ul><p></p><ul><li>Exposure to Cloud infrastructure both on-premises and public cloud (i.e., OpenShift, AWS, etc.)</li><li>Exposure to Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)</li><li>Multiple years of experience CI/CD pipelines and using front-end test strategies and frameworks (Cypress, jasmine, karma, selenium etc.)</li><li>Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent work experience</li><li>Exposure to event-driven design and architecture (Kafka, Spark Flink, etc.)</li><li>Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premise or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, CircleCI, Cloudbees Jenkins, etc.)</li><li>Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Cloudformation, etc.)</li><li>Exposure to Security, Observability, and Monitoring tools (Grafana Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.)</li><li>Exposure to database concepts (RDBMS, NoSQL)</li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHR0">------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h2><b>Job Family Group: </b></h2>Technology<p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHR0">------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h2><b>Job Family:</b></h2>Applications Development<p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="WHR0">------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><h2><b>Time Type:</b></h2>Full time<p style="text-align:inherit"><span><span 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