Java Tech Lead/Architect

Job Description

Role: Java Tech Lead/Architect

Location: Jersey City NJ (100% onsite) – Need email confirmation from candidates to go to office all 5 days/week

About the position

Java Lead/Architect is a hands-on role in leading solution implementations for insurance domain. The position is highly technical and balanced between engineering, operations, and management roles. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can act independently, lead other team members, and represent operations core values across the organization.

What he/she’ll do

The candidate needs to have hands on experience in developing microservices using Spring Boot.
Design or modify system architectures to meet certain business needs.
Design solutions for potential problems.
Work with business leaders to develop IT strategies.
Help and work with leads in conceptualizing and developing proof of concepts
Assist tech leads in solution implementation.
Assist team in grooming technical tasks.
Drive and assist team in build & deployments (prod migration) and coding.
Remediate any performance issues identified during performance testing.
Provide support and issue resolution for quality assurance team.

What he/she’ll bring

Good 14 -16 years of overall experience
At least 5+ years of relevant experience is a must
Strong Hands-on experience on Spring and Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security
Good experience in building REST and SOAP web services using Java.
Experience with Web Services(JSON, REST, JAX-RS, Spring based REST services)
Experience with Java and J2EE/Java EE (including servlets, JSP, JSF, JDBC)
Strong understanding of Java concurrency, concurrency patterns, experience building thread safe code
Good experience with messaging products like Kafka
Strong understanding of OOPS & SOA principles, design patterns, industry best practices
Experience with development tools like Eclipse, Git, Gradle, Sonar, Jenkins, Jira, Artifactory etc
Experience with web application servers like Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss etc
Experience with TDD, code testability standards, JUnit/Mockito
Experience with scripting and working in a Linux environment
Experience in working on large and medium scale software projects.
Desired to have knowledge of PL/SQL, DDL, DML etc. with Oracle & SQL.
Desired to have experience with DevOps practices and CICD model of development
Agile project experience, strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team