VP – Senior Software Engineer - Java

Location: Pune, Maharashtra

Work Mode: On-site – 4 days per week

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 9–16 years

About the Opportunity

We are hiring a VP – Senior Software Engineer (Java) for a leading global investment banking and financial services organisation establishing a strategic technology presence in Pune.

This is an opportunity to work on business-critical engineering platforms, design scalable distributed systems, and solve complex technical challenges in a high-performance engineering environment.

We are looking for a technically strong, hands-on engineer who enjoys coding, architecture, performance optimisation and solving complex engineering problems. This is an individual-contributor-oriented technical leadership role, not a pure people-management position.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop and maintain scalable, high-performance applications using Java, Spring Boot and microservices.
- Architect and implement distributed systems and event-driven applications using Apache Kafka.
- Build and optimise low-latency, high-throughput systems for business-critical workloads.
- Apply strong multithreading and concurrency concepts to solve complex performance and scalability challenges.
- Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions, design reviews and engineering standards.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across application, JVM, messaging and database layers.
- Implement resilient systems with appropriate error handling, retries, idempotency and fault-tolerance mechanisms.
- Work with cloud technologies, containerisation and CI/CD practices to support reliable application delivery.
- Collaborate with senior engineers, architects and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions.




- Mentor engineers through technical guidance while remaining actively involved in coding and engineering problem-solving.

Mandatory Skills and Qualifications
- 9–16 years of relevant software engineering experience, with strong hands-on Java development.
- Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
- In-depth, practical experience implementing and troubleshooting Apache Kafka.
- Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
- Proven experience with multithreading, concurrency and performance optimisation.
- Experience designing or developing low-latency, high-throughput applications.
- Strong system-design and architecture skills, with the ability to explain and defend technical decisions.
- Current hands-on coding and debugging experience.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

Positive to Have
- Experience in investment banking, financial services, capital markets or trading technology.
- Exposure to AWS or other cloud platforms.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redshift or other enterprise databases.
- Experience with performance monitoring, profiling and production troubleshooting.
- Experience participating in architecture review boards or enterprise design forums.

What We Are Looking For
- Engineers who understand technology deeply rather than relying only on frameworks or tools.
- Professionals who can demonstrate real-world Kafka implementation and troubleshooting experience.
- Strong individual contributors who remain hands-on despite seniority.
- Candidates who can draw, explain and defend system architecture and engineering trade-offs.
- Clear communicators who can remain composed while discussing complex technical challenges.

Interested in building scalable, resilient and high-performance systems? Apply now and take the next step in your engineering career.

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