Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack, AI

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors
• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor
• Responsible for designing resilient, scalable and secure platform solutions.
• Estimating, and implementing strategies for completing projects on time.
• Guiding the work of less experienced team members – providing clear and concise technical direction and instructions.
• Identifying bottlenecks and collaborating to resolve issues proactively. Escalate risks and work towards continuous improvement of the product.

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• Strong 10+ years of hands-on experience on designing and developing web applications using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Framework v3 or newer – Spring Core, Spring JMS, Spring Data, Spring JDBC, Microservices, Spring Security
• Strong UI development skills using JavaScript and Angular.
• Experience with Messaging frameworks Kafka/RabbitMQ/JMS
• Expertise in designing and developing enterprise applications using Technology stack like Spring boot, Messaging, web services, Cloud native design/technology, SOAP/REST, Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript/CSS/HTML5/jQuery, Microservices Architecture Patterns, Hibernate, Databases (RDBMS/NOSQL), Event Driven Architecture – Kafka and Devops tools
• Experience working on SQL server, NOSQL, MongoDB and any one relational DB such as SQL Server
• Experience in transforming Monolith/legacy applications to Microservice Architecture.
• Very good knowledge/Experience in designing and developing Scalable, Secure, resilient, Cloud Ready Application using “12 factor principles” to ensure that the application runs on cloud environments (AWS, PCF, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Good working knowledge and experience in continuous integration frameworks like Jenkins.
• Good working knowledge and experience in testing, Automation, Selenium, BDD.
• Good Working knowledge of Gen AI (generative AI), Agentic AI, working with LLMs
• Container Technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, PKS
• Experience using GitHub Copilot and other Gen AI tools for productivity
• Experience working with LLMs, NLP, Gen AI models

Good to have - Certifications on Azure, GCP, PCF