Technical Lead

Role:

We are seeking a Java Technical Lead with hands-on experience in enterprise-grade financial applications and payment integration solutions. The ideal candidate will be capable of leading a small team, building high-performing, scalable, and resilient applications. You will play a key role in designing and delivering solutions for mission-critical systems within the banking and payments space.

You will be expected to contribute across the full software development lifecycle — from requirement analysis and technical design to development, testing, and deployment — while ensuring compliance with industry standards for performance, security, and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of 4–5 engineers to deliver high-quality, performant code in a collaborative environment.
• Participate in requirement-gathering sessions with product teams and assess the technical feasibility of features and integrations.
• Take ownership of design and solutioning for modules assigned within a sprint.
• Drive technical design sessions and peer reviews to ensure alignment with architectural standards.
• Deliver robust and secure solutions aligned with ISO 20022, SWIFT, SEPA, and other payment formats.
• Ensure code quality through code reviews, static analysis tools, and adherence to test-driven development.
• Work closely with QA and DevOps to ensure smooth CI/CD and release processes.
• Investigate production issues and perform RCA for defects and escalations.
• Continuously improve the system through innovation, refactoring, and adoption of emerging technologies.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Java/JEE application development.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in leading and mentoring small development teams.
• Experience delivering software in a regulated, customer-facing, or financial services environment is a strong plus.

Technical Skills (Essentials):

• Proven experience in core Java and Java EE (8 or above), with strong command of multithreading, memory management, and performance tuning.
• Strong foundation in Object-Oriented Programming and design patterns.
• Hands-on experience with Spring ecosystem: Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security.

Deep understanding of messaging systems like IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ and Apache Kafka — especially in secure, transactional, or HA configurations.

• Experience integrating with enterprise service buses or frameworks like Apache Camel.
• Proficient with rational databases like PostgreSQL, Oracle, or DB2 and NoSQL like MongoDB
• Experience working in secure environments with knowledge of SSL/TLS, certificate-based authentication, and encrypted data flows.
• Exposure to deployment models including VM-based, containerized (Docker), and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and build tools like Maven.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, custom logging setups and APM solutions like Dynatrace, New relic etc.

Technical Skills (Desirables):

• Experience working with APIs for real-time and batch payment processing.
• Familiarity with ISO 20022, SWIFT MT/MX messages, SEPA, and NACHA file formats.
• Experience in secure system integration, including mutual TLS and client certificate management.
• Hands-on experience in developing adapters or extensions for products like VolPay or similar integration platforms.
• Knowledge of PaaS platforms (e.g., AWS MSK, Azure Service Bus, Red Hat OpenShift).
• Previous contributions to open-source projects or developer communities.
• Sun/Oracle Certified Java Programmer/Developer is a plus.

Payment Domain Knowledge (Preferred):

• Exposure to financial messaging standards (e.g., ISO 20022, SWIFT, SEPA, NACHA).
• Understanding of common payment flows such as cross-border payments, RTGS, and real-time payments.
• Familiarity with compliance and security concerns in financial applications (e.g., audit logs, idempotency, data encryption at rest and transit).
• Knowledge of reconciliation processes, settlement flows, and reference data management in financial ecosystems.
• Experience working with clients in the banking or fintech sectors on implementation or onboarding projects.

Location:

Chennai / Hyderabad / Pune