Rakuten - Technical Lead - Backend Technologies (8-10 yrs)

Responsibilities :

- Lead development teams and software development projects to deliver high quality software on time with expected scope and budget.

- Work with Product Owners and Stakeholders to define technical options and translate business requirements into technical design and execution plans.

- Help to define a vision and technical roadmap for the team with product leadership.

- Take responsibility for architecture, design and quality.

- Identifying risks and forming contingency plans as soon as possible.

- Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments.

- Own the team's software development lifecycle optimize it, tackle inefficiency and reduce waste.

- Coach and mentor team members.

Required Skills and Experience :

- 8+ years of Strong experience in Java/J2EE technologies.

- 5+ years of Strong experience in development of backend applications using Java 8, Spring Boot, MySQL, REST API.

- Strong experience in application configuration and strong knowledge on build and deployment process using CICD pipelines.

- Experience with DevOps tool chain like Jira, Jenkins, Git, Ansible, AWS, and SonarQube.

- Hands-on experience with unit testing (using JUnit, Mockito)

- Experience in Building a secure & stable platform

- Experience in integrating and working with 3rd party APIs and Modules/Libraries.

- Experience working in agile project management methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, FDD)

- Excellent communication skills.

Desired Qualifications :

- Hands on experience in developing Micro services.

- Experience in FinTech industries

- Experience in connecting with payment services and systems

- Hands-on handling larger traffic system

- Operational and troubleshooting experiences

Mandatory Skills : Java, Springboot, AWS