Technical Lead (Backend, Java Spring Boot)

Job Description Technical Lead (Backend Java / Spring Boot)

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead with deep expertise in Java Spring Boot Microservices GraphQL and Kafka to lead a team of engineers supporting a large-scale enterprise e-commerce platform. The platform consists of a sophisticated distributed architecture that powers mission-critical business capabilities and serves a large user base.
The ideal candidate is a technically strong leader who can architect solutions set engineering standards and mentor a team of developers while remaining hands-on enough to guide implementation on the most complex problems. This individual will partner closely with an Engineering Manager and Engineering Director owning technical direction for their area and representing the team in architectural and cross-functional discussions.
This role suits someone who combines strong system design and coding expertise with leadership stakeholder management and a track record of delivering complex initiatives through others.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own the technical design and architecture of backend services using Java Spring Boot and Microservices ensuring scalability resilience and maintainability.
• Define and enforce engineering standards design patterns and best practices across the team.
• Lead architectural decisions for APIs and service integrations using REST and GraphQL.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and drive decisions on system design tooling and technology adoption.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Lead mentor and grow a team of software engineers providing technical guidance and career development support.
• Conduct code reviews and design reviews upholding high standards for quality and craftsmanship.
• Support hiring onboarding and skill development within the team.
• Foster a culture of ownership continuous learning and technical excellence.

Delivery Ownership

• Translate product and business objectives into technical roadmaps and actionable work for the team.
• Break down complex initiatives into well-scoped deliverable units of work.
• Ensure high-quality feature delivery within aggressive timelines balancing speed with system stability.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks across the delivery lifecycle.

System Analysis & Problem Solving

• Guide complex technical functional and data analysis efforts to support business initiatives and critical production issues.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of critical production incidents ensuring timely and thorough remediation.
• Drive investigation of performance bottlenecks service failures and integration issues across interconnected systems.

Event-Driven Architecture

• Set direction for Kafka-based event-driven solutions including reliability monitoring and error-handling standards.
• Guide the team on architectural improvements that increase scalability and resilience of distributed systems.

Database & Data Strategy

• Guide database design and optimization strategy for high-performance applications.
• Review and approve complex SQL stored procedures and performance-tuning approaches.
• Partner with database and platform teams to ensure data integrity consistency and long-term scalability.

Operational Excellence

• Champion monitoring logging and observability practices to improve system reliability.
• Own production support strategy for business-critical applications driving continuous improvement from operational learnings.
• Establish on-call practices and incident response processes for the team.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as the primary technical point of contact for Product Owners Business Analysts QA Architects and Engineering Leadership.
• Communicate technical strategy trade-offs and risks clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Represent the team in architectural review boards and cross-team planning.

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 6 years of backend software development experience including 2 years in a technical leadership or lead capacity.
• Expert proficiency in Java and object-oriented design principles.
• Extensive experience architecting and leading development with Spring Boot and Microservices.
• Strong expertise in RESTful API and GraphQL design at scale.
• Proven experience designing and operating Kafka or other event-streaming platforms in production.
• Deep understanding of relational databases SQL and performance optimization.
• Strong track record with distributed systems scalability patterns and high-volume transactional applications.
• Demonstrated experience setting technical direction design patterns and coding standards for a team.
• Experience with Git-based source control CI/CD pipelines and release management.
• Strong grounding in cloud-native application development principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading teams on large-scale e-commerce retail supply chain or order management platforms.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar enterprise databases at scale.
• Familiarity with AWS Azure or similar cloud platforms including cost and scalability trade-offs.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog Grafana or Splunk.
• Experience with containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Track record supporting and leading response for mission-critical production systems.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong ability to balance hands-on technical work with team leadership and stakeholder management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and elevate team capability over time.
• Strong ownership mindset with accountability for both technical outcomes and team delivery.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines across a team.
• Sound judgment in technical decision-making under ambiguity and pressure.

About Us
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills expertise and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

EEO
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Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1