Job Description – Squad Lead

Location: Kochi, Kerala

Experience: 10+ Years

Role: Squad Lead

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and technically strong Squad Lead to join our engineering team in Kochi. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software development experience, with strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Angular, and AI technologies.

The Squad Lead will be responsible for leading a cross-functional engineering squad, driving technical excellence, mentoring team members, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable and high-quality software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and manage a software engineering squad, ensuring successful delivery of projects and product initiatives.
- Provide strong technical leadership and hands-on guidance to the development team.
- Design and develop scalable, secure, and high-performance applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
- Drive the adoption and integration of AI/GenAI technologies into products and engineering solutions.
- Collaborate with frontend teams and contribute to applications developed using Angular.
- Define technical approaches, architecture, coding standards, and best practices.
- Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering and quality standards.
- Mentor and coach developers, helping them grow technically and professionally.
- Work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders.
- Break down complex requirements into actionable technical tasks and sprint deliverables.
- Participate in solution design, estimation, planning, and technical discussions.
- Identify technical risks and proactively drive their resolution.
- Ensure timely delivery while maintaining high standards of code quality, performance, security, and maintainability.




- Promote Agile/Scrum practices and foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Experience

- 10+ years of experience in software development, with significant experience in technical leadership.
- Solid hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.
- Strong understanding and practical experience with Microservices architecture.
- Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs.
- Good experience with Angular and modern frontend development practices.
- Exposure to AI/ML, Generative AI, or AI-powered application development.
- Proven experience in leading software engineering squads/teams.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, scalability, and performance.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Good to Have

- Experience with AWS and cloud-native application development.
- Knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, API Gateway, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.
- Exposure to event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka.
- Experience with cloud security, observability, and application performance monitoring.

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate:

- Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
- Strong ownership and accountability for delivery.
- Ability to make sound technical decisions and influence stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage priorities and deliver under tight timelines.
- A continuous-learning mindset with an interest in emerging technologies, particularly AI and cloud.

Education

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

Skills:- Java, Angular (2+), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microservices and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

📌 Squad Lead (Kochi)
🏢 ThomasMount Consulting
📍 Kochi