VP - Development lead

Posted:
7/20/2025, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Pune, Maharashtra, India ⋅ Maharashtra, India

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
DevOps & Infrastructure ⋅ Software Engineering

Tech Specialist with strong analytical and technical ability with over 13 years of experience in enterprise Web applications, REST services and Workflow Processing Service development using Java/J2EE technologies.

Experienced in working on medium to large enterprise projects, preferably in financial services

Knowledge/Experience:

  • Should have hands on experience on designing & development of scalable, distributed applications.
  • Architect large scale of applications using spark, kafka & big data technologies
  • Knowledge of Hadoop architecture.
  • Knowledge of frameworks – Velocity, Springs, Spring Boot.
  • Knowledge of OOAD, UML and design Patterns
  • Should have strong insight on OOPS concept and good hands on experience on Java (version 1.8 or above) and other java-based frameworks like Spring Batch, Spring IOC, Spring Annotation, Spring Security.
  • Should have hands on experience on messaging platform like Kafka.
  • Good working knowledge of JBPM as BPMN Framework is must.
  • Good working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift is a must.
  • Should have strong knowledge of Java design patterns, microservice design patterns, event streams, event/message-based architecture, Domain driven design etc.
  • Should have strong knowledge of API based architecture and SOA.
  • Expertise in Server less, tomcat (Embedded/Non-Embedded), jetty (Embedded/Non-Embedded), WebSphere, Spring Batch, Spring IOC, Spring Annotation, Spring Security
  • Expertise in mocking, Junit and perf testing of solutions.
  • Should possess basic Unix/Linux knowledge to be able to write and understand basic shell scripts and basic Unix commands
  • Good working knowledge of in memory distributed caches (Hazelcast, Gemfire) is good to have.
  • Person should have worked in Agile/DevOps Environment.
  • knowledge on webserver setup and configuration with reverse proxy/ssl setup etc (preferred nginx webserver) is a plus

Good to have skills:

  • Financial markets background is preferable but is not a must
  • Knowledge of testing concepts (TDD, BDD) is a plus.
  • Knowledge of ELK/App Dynamics
  • Knowledge of other programming languages like Vaadin (UI Framework), Kotlin, scala, shell scripting etc is good to have.

Key Responsibilities:

  • A seasoned SME and technical specialist in Client On boarding/AML/KYC/Account Opening domain
  • Translate business requirements into technical documents/code
  • Employ standards, frameworks and patterns while designing and developing components.
  • Implement appropriate design standards, frameworks and patterns while designing and developing components
  • Implement and maintain a suite of Workflow driven, Java application with RESTful services.
  • Develop high quality code employing software engineering and testing best practices.
  • Developing software that processes, persists and distributes data via relational and non-relational technologies
  • Hands on coding, authoring unit tests/Junit, performance tests and maintaining high code quality.
  • Needs to be able to react and provide quick turnaround to business requirements and management requests
  • Well versed in Agile Development Life Cycle and capable to lead a team of developers.
  • Partner with database developers to implement ingestion, orchestration, quality/reconciliation and distribution services
  • Ability to work independently, good communication skills, has experience in working on complex and medium to large projects.
  • Job Background:

  • The position is based in India and is required to focus on delivery of the work, ensuring a robust design
  • This role may report to the technology team lead based in Pune
  • Candidate should be able to work independently and should be self-motivated
  • Candidate might be required to work with vendors or third parties in joint delivery teams
  • The role requires application of technical skills and knowledge of the business to develop solutions to meet business needs
  • As part of large, geographically distributed team(s), the candidate may have to manage stakeholders across multiple functional areas
  • The position requires analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex material, technical or business or otherwise, from multiple sources.
  • The candidate  will work with complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting needs

Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree (in science, computers, information technology or engineering)

Candidate should be willing to work late in the evening India time on need basis in order to interact with US/other global teams

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

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