Team Lead - Java

Job Summary

Auriga is seeking an experienced Team Lead – Backend Engineering with deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, system design, and distributed systems. The ideal candidate will not only drive the architecture and development of complex backend platforms but also lead and mentor a team of engineers, ensure engineering excellence, and collaborate closely with stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with business users to gather functional and non-functional requirements
• Combine your technical expertise and problem-solving passion to turn complex problems into end-to-end solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Lead end-to-end architecture and implementation for complex modules and distributed systems.
• Oversee architecture decisions for distributed systems, microservices, and integrations.
• Drive best engineering practices (code reviews, design reviews, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, observability).
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and security.
• Unit Testing/Integration Testing
• Code Configuration and Release Management.
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, DevOps, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Break down complex business requirements into technical designs and actionable tasks.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and guide them through technical challenges.
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and recommend improvements to the existing tech stack
• Document technical design as well as other technical documents based on the project's compliance requirements.
  
  

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience, with at least 1–2 years in a lead or mentorship role.
• Strong proficiency in Java (8/11/17), Spring Framework/Spring Boot, and backend API development.
• Ability to independently architect and deliver large-scale distributed systems used by high-traffic enterprise or consumer platforms.
• Deep expertise in microservices architecture, distributed systems, REST APIs, and event-driven designs.
• Experience with Multi-threading, Collections, and concurrent API
• Working experience with web-services and APIs (REST, SOAP)
• Deep understanding of Microservices Architecture, REST APIs, and Event-driven systems..
• Experience writing high-quality code with fully automated unit test coverage (Junit, Mockito, etc.)
• Experience defining and applying design/coding standards, patterns, and quality metrics depending on the solution
• Working experience with data platforms (relational and/or NoSQL) and messaging technologies(Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.)
• Excellent OOPs, data structure, and algorithm knowledge
• Understanding & experience in API management, Swagger
• Familiarity with logging, monitoring, observability tools (ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk).
• Working experience with LINUX/UNIX environment and shell scripts
• Proficiency in English
• Strong collaborator and comfortable to work in an agile, remote and distributed team environment
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior software engineers or software developers in all aspects of their engineering duties.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
  
  

Nice to have

• Experience in one or more front-end development technologies
• Working experience with various CI/CD systems (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes) and build tools (ant, maven, gradle, etc.).
• Working experience creating high performing applications, including profiling and tuning to improve performance
• Knowledge of public cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Knowledge of one or more security or integration framework (PING, Octa)
• Exposure to Reactive Programming (WebFlux, RxJava).
• Knowledge of containerization
• Experience with API Gateway, Service Mesh, and distributed tracing.
• Knowledge of security best practices
• Experience with performance tuning and high-throughput systems.
• Contributions to open-source projects or strong technical writing ability.
  
  

About Company

Hi there! We are Auriga IT.

We power businesses across the globe through digital experiences, data and insights. From the apps we design to the platforms we engineer, we're driven by an ambition to create world-class digital solutions and make an impact. Our team has been part of building the solutions for the likes of Zomato, Yes Bank, Tata Motors, Amazon, Snapdeal, Ola, Practo, Vodafone, Meesho, Volkswagen, Droom and many more.

We are a group of people who just could not leave our college-life behind and the inception of Auriga was solely based on a desire to keep working together with friends and enjoying the extended college life.

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