Job Title: Java - Lead

Company: Iris Software

Job Description

Experience: 8-9 Years
Location: Gurugram
Mandatory Skills: Spring Boot + Spring Security (JWT), Backend Unit Testing (JUnit), Microservices + REST APIs, OOPS Concepts, Java 8+, JPA, Kafka

Key Responsibilities

Define and drive enterprise application architecture strategy using Core Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices. Also ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.
Lead strategic technical decisions related to application modernization, framework selection, and cloud-native adoption.
Architect distributed systems, microservices platforms, and API-driven ecosystems aligned with enterprise goals.
Establish engineering standards, governance practices, reusable frameworks, and secure development guidelines across teams.
Lead engineering teams and drive collaboration across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Drive implementation of non-functional requirements including scalability, observability, security, and disaster recovery.
Lead architecture reviews, technical discussions, and modernization initiatives ensuring future-ready application ecosystems.
Design and drive enterprise messaging and event-driven architectures using relevant messaging and event-streaming technologies.
Collaborate with leadership teams and enterprise architects to align engineering initiatives with organizational strategy.
Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/CD automation, cloud-native engineering, and containerization practices.
Identify technical risks and architectural gaps proactively while defining mitigation strategies for long-term platform stability.

Behavioral Competencies

Provides strong technical leadership aligned with business and technology objectives.
Drives architecture and solution design decisions for scalable, secure, and maintainable applications.
Balances delivery accountability with technical excellence, quality, and team collaboration.
Builds and mentors high-performing teams by fostering ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders for successful delivery.
Demonstrates strong stakeholder management and communication by providing visibility into risks and technical decisions.
Drives engineering excellence through governance standards, automation, reusable frameworks, and best practices.
Promotes a culture of quality, performance optimization, reliability, and continuous improvement.
Leads modernization and cloud adoption initiatives supporting enterprise engineering transformation.
Encourages innovation through evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies and tools.

Mandatory Competencies

Programming Language - Java - Core Java (java 8+)
Middleware - API Middleware - Microservices
Programming Language - Java - Java Multithreading
Middleware - Java Middleware - Springboot
Programming Language - Java - OOPS Concepts
Programming Language - Java - JPA
Tech - Unit Testing
Programming Language - Java - Design Patterns
DevOps/Configuration Mgmt - DevOps/Configuration Mgmt - GitLab,Github, Bitbucket
Middleware - Message Oriented Middleware - Messaging (JMS, ActiveMQ, RabitMQ, Kafka, SQS, ASB etc)

Java - Lead

Job Description