Job Title : Drools Lead

Primary Skills: Drools Rules Engine, Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, databases, and CI/CD practices

Secondary Skills: Camunda, DMN, Kafka, distributed systems, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

Location: Hyderabad – Hybrid

Experience: 8–12 years

Notice Period: Immediate joiners preferred

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Drools Lead Developer to lead the design, development, integration, and implementation of enterprise-grade business rules solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong hands-on expertise in Drools, Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud-native architectures, along with the ability to lead technical discussions and guide development teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable business rules solutions using Drools.
- Translate complex business requirements into robust, reusable, and maintainable rule-based solutions.
- Design and implement rule authoring frameworks, decision tables, rule flows, and governance models.
- Integrate Drools with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and cloud-native platforms.
- Provide technical leadership across solution design, code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance optimisation.
- Lead technical design discussions, solution reviews, and architecture alignment sessions.
- Mentor developers and establish best practices for rule development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, QA teams, DevOps teams, and delivery leadership.
- Develop and maintain integrations with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and other enterprise databases.
- Support CI/CD implementation and automated deployment of rules and related services.
- Analyse and resolve production issues, performance bottlenecks, and rule execution challenges.




- Contribute to event-driven architectures using Kafka and distributed-system patterns.
- Ensure adherence to coding standards, security practices, documentation standards, and governance processes.

Mandatory Skills

- 8+ years of experience in software design and development.
- Strong hands-on experience with the Drools Rules Engine.
- Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale business rules solutions.
- Solid knowledge of rule authoring, decision tables, rule flows, and rule execution.
- Experience integrating Drools with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and REST APIs.
- Good understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and software architecture.
- Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or equivalent relational databases.
- Practical experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices.
- Experience leading technical discussions and mentoring development teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Ability to work closely with business teams to convert requirements into effective rule-based solutions.

Good-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Camunda, DMN, and business process automation.
- Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Knowledge of Kafka, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployments.
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks.
- Experience in insurance, banking, payments, lending, or other regulated domains.
- Relevant Java, cloud, or enterprise architecture certifications.

Preferred Profile

- Strong technical leadership and solution-design capabilities.
- Ability to conduct design workshops and provide technical guidance.
- Customer-facing and consulting experience.
- Ability to influence technical decisions and ensure effective delivery across teams.
- A balanced understanding of business requirements, architecture, development, and operational considerations

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