Hands-on Team Lead (Java) 669824

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Team Leader to join our core engineering group, starting as a Senior Developer and evolving into a leadership role.

This role is ideal for a strong technologist who combines deep development expertise with the ability to lead teams, drive architecture, and deliver enterprise-grade products in the legacy modernization and integration space.

You will work on cutting-edge solutions enabling phased modernization, API-driven integration, and AI-powered legacy transformation, while leading a team responsible for building scalable, production-ready systems.

Key Responsibilities

*  Hands-on Development (Initial Phase)

*  Design and develop high-quality, scalable backend systems using Java/Kotlin

*  Build and evolve cloud-native microservices and APIs

*  Work closely with product and architecture on modernization and integration use cases

*  Contribute to core platform components

*  Ensure best practices in code quality, testing, and performance

Technical Leadership

*  Lead architecture decisions across integration and modernization solutions

*  Drive adoption of cloud, containerization, and AI-driven capabilities

*  Own end-to-end delivery of key features and services

*  Mentor developers and establish engineering standards

Team Management (Growth Phase)

*  Build, lead, and grow a team of engineers

*  Manage delivery, priorities, and execution

*  Collaborate cross-functionally with product, sales engineering, and customer teams

*  Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and engineering excellence

Requirements

Experience

*  10+ years of hands-on software development

*  4+ years in team leadership / management roles

*  Proven experience building enterprise-grade software systems

Technical Skills

*  Strong experience with Java and/or Kotlin

*  Deep understanding of microservices architecture, REST APIs, and distributed systems

*  Hands-on experience with Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

*  Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)

*  Experience or strong interest in AI-driven development / AI-assisted engineering workflows

Domain Expertise (Advantage)

*  Integration platforms / iPaaS

*  Legacy systems (Mainframe, AS400, COBOL, CICS, IMS)

*  Modernization projects (refactor, replatform, coexistence)

Industry Experience (Advantage)

*  Highly regulated environments (banking, insurance, financial services)

What We’re Looking For

*  A builder and leader who can go deep technically while scaling a team

*  Comfort working in complex enterprise environments

*  Strong understanding of co-existence architectures, system decoupling, and production-

grade delivery

Nice to Have

*  Experience with low-code / integration platforms

*  Background in API platforms or developer platforms

*  Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ)

*  Experience with legacy-to-cloud transformation initiatives

Please send CV to [email protected]