About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and hands-on Software Engineer to work on modern engineering practices and technology transformation within our teams. You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-quality software solutions while ensuring best-in-class engineering standards, including trunk-based development, test automation, security, and modern ways of working. This role requires good understanding of system design, hands-on coding, and strong problem-solving skills to create resilient, high-performing, and secure applications.

Key Responsibilities
Software Development & System Design
- Develop clean, maintainable, and testable code following SOLID principles and software design best practices.
- Ensure high levels of unit test coverage, test-driven development (TDD), and behavior-driven development (BDD).
- Actively contribute to hands-on coding, code reviews, and refactoring to maintain high engineering standards.
- Follow trunk-based development practices to enable continuous integration and rapid delivery. Engineering Excellence & Best Practices
- Working experience of modern engineering ways of working, including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD.
- Apply Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), and unit testing to ensure code quality and functionality.
- Conduct thorough code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices in readability, performance, and security.
- Follow secure coding practices, performing vulnerability assessments and ensuring compliance with security standards.




- Collaborate effectively in agile environments, embracing DevOps principles and fostering a culture of continuous delivery and improvement. Skills and Qualifications Must-Have

Skills:
- Strong 8-12 years of hands-on experience with Java J2EE and Spring based technology stack.
- Must have Hands-on SQL, MS SQL/Oracle database
- Expertise in system design and microservices architecture.
- Good understanding of Kafka is highly desirable
- Experience with trunk-based development, feature flags, and progressive delivery strategies.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Experience conducting code reviews, vulnerability assessments, and secure coding.
- Familiarity with modern cloud-native technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker).
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills. Good-to-Have

Skills:
- Experience with event-driven architecture and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of performance tuning, observability, and production monitoring.
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks and up-to-date ways of working in product development.

Education:





- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience This

job description
provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. -----------------------------------------------------
- ## Job Family Group: Technology -----------------------------------------------------
- ## Job Family: Applications Development -----------------------------------------------------
- ## Time Type: Full time -----------------------------------------------------
- ## Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above. -----------------------------------------------------
- ## Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. -----------------------------------------------------
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📌 Java Applications Development Lead (Pune)
🏢 Citi
📍 Pune