Java Tech Lead

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Lead to join our fast-growing team that builds innovative, enterprise-grade solutions in the financial fraud detection and risk management domain. This is a client-facing, cross-functional leadership role requiring strong technical design skills, deep domain understanding, and a collaborative mindset.

As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for defining end-to-end solution architecture across engagements, aligning business goals with technology strategies. You’ll drive the technical vision and be instrumental in guiding engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and performant systems.

What You’ll Do

• Lead design and development of highly scalable and performance-sensitive enterprise applications using Java and Spring frameworks.

• Design non-trivial systems that are secure, robust, and aligned with modern software design principles.

• Work closely with Solution Architects and cross-functional teams to interpret client requirements and translate them into technical deliverables.

• Oversee and contribute to full-cycle development: from requirement analysis and technical design to coding, testing, deployment, and support.

• Mentor and guide junior developers through code reviews, design discussions, and process adherence.

• Bring improvements in and ensure best practices in coding, architecture, documentation, and DevOps processes.

• Conduct performance tuning and scalability planning for production-grade systems.

• Drive automation, CI/CD practices, and code quality through tooling and frameworks.

Key Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills:

• 8+ years of hands-on development experience with Java 8 and above .

• Expert hands in Java and Spring Framework.

• Excellent understanding of data structures, algorithms, and RDBMS concepts (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle).

• Practical knowledge of scalable system architectures.

• Proficient in using build and engineering tools like Maven/Gradle, Git, Jenkins, etc.

• Comfortable with performance analysis, optimization, and profiling tools.

• Solid grasp of unit testing frameworks like JUnit and Mockito.

Leadership & Process:

• Experience leading software development teams or projects.

• Strong estimation, scheduling, and resource planning capabilities.

• Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Effective communication and presentation skills; ability to work closely with business and technical teams.

Bonus!

• Experience in fraud detection, risk scoring, or financial compliance systems.

• Knowledge of domain-driven design, event sourcing, or CQRS.

• Expertise in ReactJS

What You Can Expect

• Work on cutting-edge fraud prevention and risk management solutions used by top financial institutions.

• Collaborate with a passionate and experienced team in a high-impact domain.

• Work alongside passionate, talented professionals on impactful challenges.