Job Title

Java Technical Lead / Engineering Lead Experience:

12 - 15 Years Location:

Bangalore (Hybrid) Employment Type

Full-Time

About the Role We are looking for an experienced

Java Technical Leader with 12 - 15 years of strong hands-on experience in Java backend development, distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineering teams, driving architectural decisions, and delivering highly scalable and resilient applications.

The role requires a strong balance of technical leadership and hands-on engineering expertise , with deep experience in Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, microservices, cloud technologies, and distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance backend applications using

Java 11/17+ . Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams while remaining hands-on with critical development activities. Design and implement microservices and distributed systems using Spring Boot and related technologies.

Drive the adoption of event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka . Design and optimize Kafka producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, replication, and message-processing workflows. Define and review application architecture, technical solutions, design patterns, and coding standards.

Develop and maintain scalable

RESTful APIs and backend services . Drive performance optimization, scalability, reliability, and resiliency across applications. Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering best practices. Troubleshoot complex production issues and lead root cause analysis (RCA)

and resolution. Collaborate with product managers, architects, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.



Mentor senior developers and engineers and contribute to technical capability building within the team.

Drive CI/CD, DevOps, automation, and engineering productivity initiatives. Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and contribute to planning, estimation, and delivery. Establish and promote best practices around observability, security, performance, and operational excellence.

Required Skills

Core Java Strong hands-on experience with

Java 11/17+ . Excellent understanding of: Collections Framework Multithreading & Concurrency Exception Handling JVM internals and Performance Tuning Design Patterns OOP and SOLID principles Java Memory Management

Apache Kafka Extensive hands-on experience with

Apache Kafka . Strong understanding of: Producers & Consumers Consumer Groups Topics, Partitions & Replication Kafka Streams Message Ordering & Delivery Semantics Event-Driven Architecture Kafka performance and scalability

Backend & Microservices Strong experience with

Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA/Hibernate . Expertise in designing

RESTful APIs and microservices. Strong understanding of distributed systems and service-to-service communication. Experience with resilience, fault tolerance, caching, and API performance optimization.

Database Strong experience with SQL databases such as

PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, or SQL Server . Good understanding of database design, indexing, query optimization, transactions, and performance tuning.

DevOps & Cloud Strong understanding of

Git,



Maven/Gradle and CI/CD . Experience with tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps. Hands-on exposure to

Docker and Kubernetes . Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP is preferred.

Leadership & Architecture Proven experience leading technical teams or major engineering initiatives. Ability to make sound architectural and technology decisions.

Experience in system design, high-level design (HLD), and low-level design (LLD) . Robust understanding of scalability, availability, reliability, and distributed-system design. Ability to mentor senior engineers and establish engineering best practices. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Ability to balance business priorities with long-term technical strategy.

Desired Qualifications 12 - 15 years of relevant software engineering experience. Experience designing high-volume, low-latency and mission-critical applications . Strong exposure to distributed systems and scalable architectures. Experience in

Investment Banking Domain . Proven experience in technical leadership, architecture, and mentoring engineering teams.

Nice to Have Kafka Connect / Confluent Platform Elasticsearch Redis MongoDB Event Sourcing & CQRS Grafana / Prometheus Splunk / ELK Stack Cloud-native architecture Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Containerized and Kubernetes-based deployments

What We're Looking For Strong technical and architectural leadership. Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. Ability to lead from the front while remaining technically hands-on. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Experience mentoring and developing senior engineering talent. Passion for building scalable, resilient, and high-performance systems. Ability to drive engineering excellence and take ownership of complex technical initiatives.

📌 Java Technical Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 wissen technology
📍 Bengaluru