This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 2500000 - Rs 3200000 (ie INR 25- 32 LPA)
Min Experience: 8+ years
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
JobType: full-time
We are seeking an experienced Lead Java Developer to drive the design and development of enterprise-grade banking applications. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Java-based backend development, microservices architecture, and a strong understanding of banking and financial services systems. You will lead a team of developers, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and play a critical role in delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance applications that support business-critical operations.
This role requires a hands-on technical leader who is passionate about software engineering best practices, architectural excellence, and mentoring engineering teams while delivering innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable backend applications using Java and modern frameworks.
- Architect and implement microservices-based solutions that are secure, resilient, and highly available.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, solution architects, product managers, and QA teams to deliver high-quality software.
- Drive technical design discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices across development teams.
- Mentor and guide developers, ensuring adherence to coding standards and software design principles.
- Design and develop RESTful APIs and backend services for banking and financial applications.
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability through continuous improvements.
- Integrate applications with internal and external banking systems, payment gateways, and third-party services.
- Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and governance standards applicable to the banking industry.
- Participate in production support, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance tuning.
- Contribute to CI/CD implementation and promote DevOps practices for efficient software delivery.
- Stay updated with emerging technologies and recommend improvements to existing platforms and processes.
Requirements
Must-have Skills
- 8–12 years of hands-on experience in Java application development.
- Strong expertise in Core Java, Java 8/11/17, Multithreading, Collections, Streams, and JVM internals.
- Extensive experience with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
- Proven experience designing and implementing Microservices architecture.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, API Gateway, service discovery, circuit breakers, and distributed systems.
- Solid experience in the Banking or Financial Services domain.
- Strong understanding of banking applications such as payments, lending, retail banking, treasury, trade finance, or core banking platforms.
- Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
- Strong knowledge of SQL, database optimization, and transaction management.
- Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or JMS.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments.
- Experience working with Git, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of software design patterns, object-oriented programming, and clean architecture.
Good-to-have Skills
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Knowledge of event-driven architecture and distributed messaging systems.
- Exposure to NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra.
- Familiarity with OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect, and enterprise security practices.
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Splunk.
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and DevOps methodologies.
- Experience leading distributed engineering teams and large-scale enterprise projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and technology-driven environment with a focus on delivering secure and scalable banking solutions.