Java Lead

1018 Years

Location

Bangalore/Gr Noida

Domain Preference

Airline, Travel, GDS

Employment Type

Full-Time

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Technical Developer with strong expertise in Java Modernisation, Cloud-Native Development, and AI-enabled Software Engineering. The candidate will play a key role in transforming legacy enterprise applications into scalable, secure, cloud-native services running on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The ideal candidate should possess deep hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kubernetes, DevOps practices, and AI-assisted engineering tools. The role requires end-to-end ownership across application modernization, architecture, development, deployment, production readiness, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Application Modernisation

• Analyze and reverse engineer legacy applications.
• Modernize monolithic applications into cloud-native microservices.
• Design scalable APIs and service boundaries.
• Support migration planning, decomposition, and cutover activities.

Software Development

• Develop enterprise applications using Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, J2EE/Jakarta EE.
• Build REST APIs and event-driven solutions.
• Implement domain-driven design and SOLID principles.
• Create high-quality, maintainable, production-ready code.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Deploy applications on GKE/GCP.
• Containerize workloads using Docker.
• Develop Kubernetes deployment configurations and Helm charts.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.

Security & Compliance

• Implement Secure-by-Design practices.
• Follow OWASP standards.
• Address vulnerabilities identified through SAST/DAST and scanning tools.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance and audit requirements.

AI-enabled Development

• Leverage AI coding assistants for productivity and modernization efforts.
• Configure AI agents and reusable development workflows.
• Create reusable prompts, agent skills, and engineering accelerators.
• Validate AI-generated code for quality, security, and compliance.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Mentor junior developers.
• Participate in architecture reviews and code reviews.
• Collaborate effectively with business, architecture, QA, DevOps, and SRE teams. 

Core Technical Skills

Java Stack

Mandatory:

• Java 11/17+
• Spring Boot
• Spring Framework
• Spring Data JPA
• Hibernate
• REST APIs
• Maven/Gradle
• JUnit/Test Automation

Architecture

• Microservices
• API-first Development
• Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• Event Driven Architecture
• Distributed Systems
• Resiliency Patterns

Cloud & DevOps

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Git
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Monitoring & Observability

Database

• SQL
• Oracle
• PostgreSQL
• Query Optimization
• Transaction Management

Security