Java Backend Lead Kubernetes - Vadodara

Overview

Lead the design, modernization and Kubernetes-based deployment of Java microservices applications, providing technical leadership to backend and SDET engineers.

What you'll do

• Lead the design, development, modernization, and deployment of Java-based microservices applications.
• Drive the migration of existing applications to Kubernetes-based environments.
• Define scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable microservices architecture aligned with enterprise engineering standards.
• Provide technical leadership to backend developers and SDET engineers, ensuring engineering quality and delivery consistency.
• Design and review RESTful APIs, service integrations, asynchronous processing, and application configuration strategies.
• Collaborate with Architect and Tech Lead on solution design, technical decisions, and delivery planning.
• Drive region-specific application customizations and coordinate cross-team dependencies for regional deployments.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes deployments, observability, and release management.
• Conduct code reviews, technical design reviews, performance optimization, and production troubleshooting.
• Ensure adherence to secure coding, automated testing, engineering standards, and production readiness requirements.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong hands-on Java backend development.
• Advanced proficiency in Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and Microservices Architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, containerization, and application migration/deployment on Kubernetes.
• Experience designing REST APIs, distributed systems, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, Kafka or other messaging systems, and API security.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes deployment concepts including Helm, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Services, Ingress, and scaling.
• Strong understanding of application monitoring, logging, performance tuning, and production incident management.
• Proven technical leadership, solution design, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Nice to have

• Payments, digital payments, tokenization, or financial services domain experience.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with GitOps, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana, and distributed tracing.

Details

• Location: Vadodara (client office).
• Work mode: Hybrid.