Lead Developer Java

Role Description:

Design, develop and maintain software applications that meet and exceed client requirements. The role requires building and enhancing skills in a broad range of application development technologies, platforms and methods that enables the Talent to produce high quality solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner. This role also reviews application code and artifacts developed by developers to ascertain overall quality and maintainability of delivered system.

Primary Skills: Java, SQL, Spring boot, Microservices

Secondary Skills: Experience in API driven development, RESTful API/Web services.

The primary responsibilities for this job role are as follows:

• Will be responsible for the full delivery (designing, developing, coding, unit-testing, Code review, debugging and documenting) of applications to satisfy business requirements.
• Familiarity with the SDLC and Scrum and Software Estimation Techniques
• Cultivate and introduce (where appropriate) Agile engineering practices including Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Test-Driven Development
• Ability to build and maintain cross- functional work relationships with internal/ external customers.
• Experience in systems design, architecture, and development of large-scale platform and web applications.
• Excellent knowledge of data structures, operating systems, design of algorithms, design patterns, worked with databases for scale and performance.
• Excellent design, coding and refactoring skills
• Application performance tuning expertise desired
• Tool knowledge like JIRA/ Git /SVN and Continuous Integration/Devops.
• Build and leverage reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Implement and set security, performance and data direction for the coding work.
• Partner with the testing team to ensure applications/components are fully functional.
• Prepare Technical Specification Documents for development team.
• Oversee and fix any defects or performance problems discovered in testing
• Ensure application maintenance activities are in line with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) or other business requirements
• Taking ownership of assigned issues/enhancements/features and helping to define a plan and related coordination activities to provide an end-to-end solution.
• Proactively anticipates problems before they occur; identifies possible causes; works with team to identify solutions; selects and implements most appropriate solution.
• Applies judgment in implementing methodologies, processes, and practices to specific requirements of projects/programs which may include product design engineering, information security, code review, code maintainability and reliability.
• Provide required training and support to other peer teams for newly designed and developed functionality.
• Utilize approved tools, adopt key performance indicators (KPIs), increase technology component reuse, and consolidate platforms, environments and products with the goal of reducing overall IT costs.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to production support staff
• Implement coding standards and development disciplines for self and team as per organizational norms
• Prioritize software development tasks, set timelines & assign tasks to junior team members
• Communicate work progress status, issues, risks and support requirements regularly to Project Lead/Manager through formal / informal reports
• Requires sound analytical skills and problem solving skills needed to manage multiple technical challenges simultaneously per each project assigned when needed