Job SummaryROLE Java Senior Developer

BAND E2.1

TECH STACK Java

EXPERIENCE 8 Years

TYPE Full-time

Role Purpose Design, develop and support Java components as a senior individual contributor: delivering high-quality, well-tested and maintainable solutions, resolving complex technical problems, and supporting less experienced engineers within the team.

Key ResponsibilitiesDevelopment &

• Design

- Design and build Java components, services and enhancements within the agreed architecture and standards.
- Translate user stories and specifications into clean, efficient and testable implementations.
- Handle complex technical problems, performance issues and non-trivial defects independently.
- Contribute to technical design discussions, estimation and solution options.

Quality Engineering

- Write and maintain unit, integration and regression tests to agreed coverage expectations.
- Participate actively in code reviews, providing and acting on constructive feedback.
- Apply secure coding practices, effective error handling and appropriate logging.

Delivery &

• Support

- Deliver committed scope within agreed sprint or release timelines with predictable quality.
- Support build, deployment, environment issues and release verification activities.
- Investigate production incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement durable fixes.

Collaboration

- Work closely with leads, architects, QA, business analysts and support teams.
- Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement and dependency discussions.
- Mentor junior developers through pairing, reviews and knowledge sharing.

Technology Focus - Java

- Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot services and APIs to agreed architecture and coding standards.
- Apply secure coding, effective exception handling, logging and observability across services.
- Contribute to modernization, containerization and cloud enablement of Java workloads.

Required Technical CompetenciesCore Skills

- Java,



Spring/Spring Boot, REST services, dependency injection, concurrency and JVM performance tuning.

Design &

• Architecture

- Enterprise application architecture, SOLID, design patterns, microservices and event-driven design.

Data &

• Integration

- Relational data design, JPA/Hibernate, transactions, caching

• REST APIs, messaging and event streaming.

Platform &

• DevOps

- Cloud platforms, containers and orchestration, CI/CD, IaC, automated quality gates and artifact governance.

Quality &

• Operations

- Unit, integration, performance and resiliency testing; production readiness, monitoring and RCA.

Experience &

• Qualifications

- 8 years of hands-on Java development experience in enterprise environments.
- Strong track record delivering production-grade components across full delivery cycles.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or IT, or equivalent experience.
- Relevant platform or cloud certifications advantageous, not mandatory.

Leadership &

• Behavioural

- Strong ownership of assigned deliverables end to end.
- Analytical, detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
- Transparent written and verbal communication within a delivery team.
- Collaborative, dependable and open to feedback.

Location-Specific Expectations

- Collaborate from an India delivery location with stakeholders across regions and time zones.
- Ensure standards, decisions and reusable patterns are documented and adopted across distributed squads.
- Support virtual workshops, technical governance and production-readiness reviews.

Key Deliverables &

• Success Measures

- Working, tested and reviewed code delivered to agreed scope and timelines.
- Low defect leakage into system, UAT and production environments.
- Timely resolution of assigned defects and production incidents.
- Accurate technical documentation and effective knowledge transfer.
- Consistent adherence to coding, security and testing standards.

Skill RequirementsOther Requirements

📌 Technical Lead (India)
🏢 HCL Technologies
📍 India