Job Summary

Role: Technical Lead / Backend Engineer - Java, React AWS

Location: Remote, India

Experience: 8+ Years

Role overview

We are seeking a hands-on Technical Lead / Backend Engineer with solid expertise in Java, REST APIs, React and AWS to lead the development and support of a cloud-based public-safety platform.

The role primarily focuses on designing and developing Java-based backend services, APIs, business logic and integrations, while also providing technical guidance across React/TypeScript frontend applications, AWS cloud services and application DevOps.

The ideal candidate will combine strong hands-on engineering capabilities with technical leadership experience. You will lead a distributed engineering team while contributing directly to architecture, development, code reviews, deployments, releases and production support.

Key responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership and Delivery

- Lead technical delivery across Java backend services, React applications, APIs, integrations, databases, AWS and application DevOps.
- Translate product requirements into technical designs, development tasks and estimates.
- Drive technical discussions and make informed engineering decisions.
- Define technical approaches, identify dependencies and communicate risks and trade-offs to stakeholders.
- Coordinate development activities across distributed engineering teams.
- Mentor backend and full-stack developers and provide technical guidance.
- Collaborate with mobile engineers, QA, DevOps and product teams.

2. Backend Engineering

- Design and develop scalable backend services using Java.
- Develop RESTful APIs, business logic and system integrations.
- Build reliable and maintainable backend components for enterprise applications.
- Design solutions for asynchronous processing and distributed workflows.
- Apply appropriate design patterns, coding standards and software engineering best practices.
- Troubleshoot complex backend and production issues.
- Ensure backend services meet requirements for scalability,



security, reliability and performance.

3. AWS and Cloud-Native Development

- Design and support cloud-based applications using AWS.
- Develop and maintain AWS Lambda functions and serverless services.
- Work with Java, Python or Node.js for selected Lambda functions, integrations and supporting services.
- Design cloud-native solutions using appropriate AWS services.
- Support application deployments and troubleshoot cloud-related issues.
- Improve application reliability, scalability, monitoring and operational performance.

4. React and Frontend Architecture

- Provide technical guidance for React.js and TypeScript/JavaScript applications.
- Review frontend architecture and code to ensure maintainability and quality.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers on application design and API integration.
- Troubleshoot frontend and backend integration issues.
- Ensure consistent engineering standards across frontend and backend development.
- Contribute to full-stack technical decisions where required.

5. Database and Data Management

- Design and optimize relational database structures and data models.
- Write and optimize SQL queries for application performance.
- Analyze database performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
- Ensure effective data access patterns across backend services.
- Work with appropriate database technologies based on application and scalability requirements.

6. Architecture, Security and Scalability

- Make architectural decisions related to scalability, security, performance, reliability and maintainability.




- Design and contribute to service-oriented and microservices-based architectures.
- Implement secure API and application design practices.
- Work with authentication and authorization mechanisms.
- Identify architectural bottlenecks and implement solutions to improve system performance and reliability.
- Establish reusable technical patterns and engineering standards.

7. CI/CD, Deployment and Production Support

- Manage application-level CI/CD processes and build automation.
- Support Docker-based application deployment and deployment automation.
- Participate in release planning, deployments and release troubleshooting.
- Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate resolution across engineering teams.
- Improve application logging, monitoring and alerting.
- Work with DevOps teams to improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency.
- Maintain effective production-support practices and documentation.

8. Quality Engineering and Testing

- Partner with QA teams to improve automated testing and regression coverage.
- Encourage effective unit, integration and API testing practices.
- Review test strategies for critical backend and API functionality.
- Support performance testing and production-readiness activities.
- Ensure releases meet established quality and reliability standards.

9. Documentation and Technical Communication

- Maintain architecture and system-design documentation.
- Document APIs, deployment processes and production-support procedures.
- Communicate technical risks, dependencies, estimates and trade-offs clearly.
- Ensure technical decisions and operational processes are documented for distributed teams.
- Support knowledge sharing and technical onboarding within the engineering team.

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