Specialist I

9 - 12 Years

1 Opening

Trivandrum

Role Proficiency:

Systematically develops and promotes technology solutions ensuring the developed solution meets both functional and non – functional requirements.

Outcomes:

• Develop and promote technical solutions which support the business requirements within area of expertise.

• Ensures IT requirements are met and service quality maintained when introducing new services. Considers the cost effectiveness of proposed solution(s).

• Set FAST goals and provide feedback to FAST goals of mentees

• Innovative and technically sound for project analysis in depth.

• Uphold the standards and best practices by adhering to them in his/her work as well as by implementing them in the team's work by reviewing and monitoring.

• Provide innovative contribution within the team by coming up with ideas to automate repetitive work.

• Able to mentor Developers in such a way that they can progress to the next level of growth.

• Conduct peer reviews and demand high quality standards for the reviewed deliverables.

• Conduct technical assessments for hiring candidates to Developer roles.

Measures of Outcomes:

• Adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards)

• Defined productivity standards for project

• Schedule Adherence

• Mandatory Trainings/Certifications

• Innovativeness (In terms of how many new ideas/thought processes/standards/best practices he/she has come up with)

• Maintain quality standards for individual and team

• Adhere to project schedules for individual and team

• Number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project

• Number of defects in the code

• Number of defects post delivery

• Number of noncompliance issues

• On time completion of mandatory compliance trainings

• Adhere to organizational policies and processes

Outputs Expected:

Code:

• Independently develop code for above Maintain best coding and engineering practices

Configure:

• Implement and monitor configuration process

Test:

• Create and review unit test cases
  
  scenarios and execution

• 100% code coverage for unit testing

Documentation:

• Sign off templates
  
  checklists
  
  guidelines
  
  standards for design/process/development

• Sign off deliverable documents – design documentation
  
  requirements
  
  test cases and results

Design:

• Creation of design LLD architecture for Applications
  
  Features
  
  Business Components and Data Models

Interface with Customer:

• Proactively influence customer thought process

• Consider NPS Score for customer and delivery performance

Manage Project:

• Contribute to module level development

Manage knowledge:

• Consume and contribute to project related documents
  
  share point
  
  libraries and client universities

• Creation of knowledge sharing assets

Assists others in resolving complex technical problems::

• Manage all aspects of problem management activities
  
  investigating the root cause of problems and recommend SMART (specific
  
  measurable
  
  achievable
  
  realistic
  
  timely) solutions

Development and review of Standards & Documentation::

• Maintenance of software process improvement activities; communicating to a range of individuals
  
  teams and other bodies.

Skill Examples:

• Proactively identify solutions for technical issues

• Ability to maintain technical evaluation procedures

• Ability to estimate project effort based on the requirement

• Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications

• Break down complex problems into logical components

• Interface with other teams designers and other parallel practices

• Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback to team members

• Create and articulate impactful technical presentations

• Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication

• Drive conference calls with customers and answer customer questions

• Proactively ask for and offer help

• Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning; handling multiple tasks.

• Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables on time with a quality product

Knowledge Examples:

• Deep level proficiency in the specialist area.

• Proficiency in technology stacks

• Appropriate software programs / modules
• Programming languages
• DBMS
• Operating Systems and software platforms
• SDLC
• Integrated development environment (IDE)
• Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
• Knowledge of customer domain and sub-domain where problem is solved.
• Knowledge of new technologies (e.g. Data science AI/ML IoT big data and cloud platform etc RDBMS and NOSQL
• Deep knowledge of architecting solutions and applications on cloud-based infrastructures.

Additional Comments:

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on development experience, a strong foundation in object-oriented and functional programming, and a deep understanding of modern backend architecture. The ideal candidate will be passionate about building scalable, reliable services and mentoring engineering teams, while remaining technically hands-on. Key Responsibilities: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable backend services and APIs. Champion best practices in object-oriented and functional programming. Drive architecture decisions related to microservices, cloud deployment, and distributed systems. Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality software in an Agile environment. Contribute to and optimize CI/CD pipelines, and support containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes. Guide and mentor other engineers while contributing to the team's technical growth. Ensure software quality through code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing. Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Must-Have Qualifications: 10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent in backend development. Strong understanding of object-oriented and functional programming principles. Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs. Proven experience with Java or Kotlin in a production environment. Solid knowledge of microservices architecture and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced Agile/Scrum environment. Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Java,Restful Api,CI/CD

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients' organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.