Tech Lead – Java & AWS

Job Description

Experience:

· Minimum 12+ years of hands-on experience in Java / J2EE / Web Technologies

Preferably experience of working with Vanguard

Role & Responsibilities

Lead the maintenance and support of applications built across multiple technologies

Drive architectural improvements, establish code quality standards, and promote engineering best practices

Provide technical leadership for application enhancements, production issue resolution, cost optimization, and scalability initiatives

Manage sprint planning, task prioritization, and backlog grooming for cross-functional development teams

Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product owners, infrastructure teams, and downstream system partners to ensure seamless automation workflows and timely delivery

Act as the primary technical point of contact for automation applications

Implement system enhancements to improve performance, reliability, and operational efficiency

Mentor developers through code reviews, technical problem-solving, and adoption of engineering best practices

Strengthen monitoring and alerting capabilities for critical automation processes to reduce failures and minimize manual interventions

Review application code and design, and provide expertise on system development and integration

Provide production support as needed

Core Technical Skills (Must Have)

Strong hands-on experience in Spring Boot and Microservices architecture

Hands-on experience in REST API design and development

Expertise in AWS services, including:

EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch

Experience in unit and automation testing using JUnit and Cucumber

Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools, including:

Maven, Jenkins, Git, SVN, Bitbucket, Bamboo (and similar tools)

Hands-on experience with SQL

Experience integrating REST APIs across systems

AWS & Cloud Engineering Experience

Building and managing public and private cloud infrastructure using AWS (EC2, S3)

Deploying and automating AWS environments using CloudFormation Templates (CFT) and stack sets across regions

Developing APIs using AWS SDKs for cloud resource consumption

Developing AWS Lambda–based solutions to migrate and capture change data from legacy systems to DynamoDB

Additional Technical Expertise

Writing complex parallel streams and filters in Java for efficient data processing and search optimization

Designing, developing, and guiding implementation of microservices and unit testing using REST/Jersey frameworks

Experience Required: 8-10

Required Skills: Python, Amazon Web Service, AWS, Cloud Computing, DevOps, java, Vanguard