Java Backend Development Lead - Distributed Systems (8-12 yrs)

Objectives of this role :

- Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and to ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs

- Develop and oversee testing schedules in client server environment, addressing various browsers and devices to ensure that content is displayed as intended

- Produce quality code, raising the bar for team performance and speed

- Recommend systems solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchased alternatives

Responsibilities :

- Write code and tests, build prototypes, resolve issues, and profile and analyze bottlenecks

- Design robust APIs to support mobile and desktop clients

- Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems in the cloud

- Optimize web applications for performance and scalability

- Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met, and allow for regression testing

Required skills and qualifications :

- Excellent foundation in computer science, algorithms, and web design

- Experience in writing highly secure web applications

- Experience with core AWS web-enabling technologies

- Growth mindset that challenges the status quo and focuses on outside-the-box ideas and solutions

Preferred skills and qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in computer science

- Experience in designing RESTful APIs, specifically for mobile apps

- Experience in leading a team