Lead Backend - Java 2

About the Role

**Job Title \- Lead Backend – Java \- Specialist \- ACS Song** **Management Level: Level 9 \- Specialist** **Location: Kochi** **Must have skills: Java/Springboot** **Good to have skills: Agile Project Management** **Experience: 5\-8 years of experience is required** **Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)** **Job Summary** We are seeking a skilled and motivated Lead Java Developer with 5–8 years of hands\-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high\-performance Java applications. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of object\-oriented programming, backend development, and modern software engineering best practices. You will be responsible for writing clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross\-functional teams, and contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle. **Roles and Responsibilities** * Owning the technical direction and ensuring the team delivers high\-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions while guiding and mentoring team members. * Designing, coding, debugging, unit testing, and documenting large, complex software applications * Collaborate on technical implementation, assist other developers and consultants in implementation and development * Demonstrate capability to effectively assimilate new skills and use of new technologies. * Takes ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and drives end\-to\-end solutions. * Makes architectural and design decisions, ensuring scalability and maintainability. * Mentors and supports junior team members through code reviews and guidance. * Communicates effectively with cross\-functional teams and contributes to technical planning. * Proactively identifies technical risks and proposes improvements across the codebase or processes. * Exceptional productivity and attention to product quality issues * Be accountable to deliver the task to the agreed standards * Adhere to development standards and architectural guidelines set by the Solution Design team * Develop all technical aspects of eCommerce stores, from commerce to content and all integration with external systems * Motivated to independently monitor and appraise emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and make recommendations or undertake independent research to validate new ideas * Act as the key trouble\-shooter in complex/escalated incidents * Provide innovative ideas and solutions in an ever\-changing environment with up\-to\-date knowledge regarding existing technologies. **Professional and Technical Skills:** * Strong development skills in Java 11 or above. * Should have strong acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem\-solving and Logical/Analytical skills. * Hands\-on experience with Spring , Spring Boot. * Hands\-on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j) * Experience of writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Powermock frameworks. * Thorough understanding of OOPS concepts, Design principles and implementation of different types of Design patterns. * Sound understanding of concepts like Exception handling, Serialization/Deserialization and Immutability concepts, etc. * Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing, etc. * Experience with Multi\-threading, Concurrent Package and Concurrent APIs * Basic understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections concepts. * Experience in RDBMS or NoSQL databases and writing SQL queries * Hands\-on experience in creating RESTful webservices and consuming webservices * Familiar with CI/CD pipeline * Good understanding of any of the cloud technologies. * Hands\-on experience in using code quality tools like Sonarqube * Experience with Code management tools. * Hands\-on experience with Caching mechanisms. **Additional Information** **About Our Company \| Accenture** **(do not remove the hyperlink)**