Lead Backend Engineer - Java/AWS

<p><u><b>About the role :</b></u><br/> <br/>Led the design, development, and optimization of backend systems for Birla Pivot, driving technical innovation, scalability, and reliability to support business growth.<br/><br/><u><b>What you'll do :</b></u><br/><br/>- Understand business processes and customer value propositions and devise optimal technical solutions.<br/><br/>- Plan team priorities, design, and feature estimates.<br/><br/>- Own technical and integration design, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements.<br/><br/>- Stay abreast of technology objectives, architecture paradigms, engineering best practices, and industry trends.<br/><br/>- Ensure code quality by establishing and promoting review cycles, coding best practices, and quality controls.<br/><br/>- Establish engineering best practices with a focus on application security, performance, scalability, and reliability.<br/><br/>- Ensure teams' cadence to project management processes and tools.<br/><br/>- Take ownership of deployment, rollout, maintenance, system health monitoring, and support<br/><br/><u><b>What we're looking for :</b></u><br/><br/>- Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience.<br/><br/>- Prior experience in leading & mentoring a highly motivated engineering team.<br/><br/>- Proficiency in JAVA, SpringBoot, and Kafka is a must.<br/><br/>- Working knowledge of any cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.<br/><br/>- Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.<br/><br/>- Strong understanding of software development best practices, including design patterns, unit testing, and code reviews.<br/><br/>- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.<br/><br/>- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.<br/><br/>- Effective communication and collaboration abilities.</p> (ref:hirist.tech)