Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

- Lead a team of five engineers, driving technical execution and team development.
- Design and manage end-to-end AWS architecture using Java, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis and Amazon EKS.
- Drive system architecture, scalability and cloud infrastructure decisions.
- Own security and privacy engineering, including authentication, authorisation, encryption and personal data protection.
- Design identity and access management systems, including anonymous access, account recovery, session management, SSO and role-based access control.
- Ensure secure coding practices, threat modelling and security reviews aligned with OWASP ASVS.
- Use AI coding agents for code generation, migrations, refactoring, testing and documentation.
- Define technical specifications, delegate tasks, review code and ensure quality delivery.
- Build scalable, cloud-portable applications for deployment across multiple sectors.
- Collaborate with the CTO and founder on technical strategy and architecture decisions.

Desired Candidate Profile





- 8+ years of commercial software development experience, including 2+ years in engineering leadership.
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot and Spring Security.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, IAM and cloud networking.
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis/Valkey, distributed systems, messaging and microservices.
- Experience with React.js and TypeScript.
- Robust understanding of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SSO, authentication and identity management.
- Experience in applied cryptography, AWS KMS, encryption, key rotation and password hashing.
- Knowledge of OWASP ASVS, threat modelling and application security.
- Practical experience with AI coding assistants and agents.
- Strong technical architecture, problem-solving, communication and team leadership skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical decisions.

Additional Advantage: Experience in healthcare, education, regulated-data environments, privacy engineering, GDPR or India's DPDP Act.

📌 Lead Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Reya Consultancy
📍 Chennai