Lead-Software Engineer

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer - Java, Litmus GCC

Location: Pune, India

Direct Reporting: Head of Product Engineering, Litmus GCC

Work Experience: 10 to 15 years

About the Role:

As a Lead Software Engineer at Litmus GCC, you will take a hands-on leadership role in building high-quality, scalable, and robust applications and services. This position demands a proactive, experienced Java developer with deep technical knowledge, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to mentor and guide a team. You will be responsible for driving critical architecture decisions, ensuring code quality, and delivering solutions that meet our stringent performance, reliability, and security standards. This is a unique opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where you can shape the technical direction of our products while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.

The individual in this role will work closely with leadership team in India and Corporate to deliver the following key responsibilities:

Role’s Responsibilities:

• Develop performant, testable, scalable, and robust applications and services.
• Define and enforce coding standards, guidelines, and processes to maintain high code quality.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and assist engineers in resolving complex issues.
• Conduct detailed code reviews and stay actively involved in the development tasks within your team.
• Make key architecture and design decisions for your team, collaborating with other lead engineers as needed.
• Participate in project planning and design sessions with Product, Program Management, UX, and other stakeholders.
• Translate software requirements into detailed, actionable development tasks.
• Ensure code quality through rigorous testing, security vulnerability handling, and unit testing practices.
• Collaborate with DevOps to configure, build, and deploy solutions efficiently.
• Write clear and comprehensive technical design documents.
• Identify and resolve critical dependencies across systems and applications.
• Incorporate feedback from other departments to continuously drive technical improvements.
• Research and integrate open-source technologies where appropriate.
• Contribute innovative ideas to enhance technical solutions and explore new business opportunities.
• Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, applying them to your work.

Role’s Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in software development roles.
• At least 7 years of experience as a technical team lead, designing and developing full-stack solutions with a Java backend.
• Expert-level understanding of object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Deep knowledge of error handling, multithreading, and advanced Java development techniques.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot and Quarkus frameworks.
• Hands-on experience building REST, gRPC, GraphQL, and WebSocket APIs in Java.
• Proficiency with virtualization (VMs), Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience working with message brokers such as Kafka and MQTT.
• Familiarity with Java build tools (e.g., Maven) and CI/CD frameworks.
• Expertise in authentication and authorization standards, including OAuth2 and RBAC.
• Proficiency in JDBC and experience with relational and time-series databases (e.g., MySQL, InfluxDB).
• Skilled in monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
• Deep knowledge of Linux kernel management, networking, and boot processes.
• Fluency with Git and source control management concepts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact with clients when needed.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a creative mindset open to new ideas and approaches.
• Responsive and collaborative, with a passion for helping and mentoring fellow engineers.
• A self-starter who takes ownership of tasks and ensures high code quality with robust test coverage.
• Passionate about software engineering and interested in industrial IoT (IIoT) technologies.