Technical Lead

We are looking for a hands‑on Tech Lead who can own the architecture, design, and delivery of a next‑generation Developer Portal that will expose our Treasury and Payments capabilities to internal and external engineers. You will guide a cross‑functional squad, marrying a React front end with a Spring Boot micro‑service backend, and drive best practices across the full SDLC—from backlog grooming to production deployment and observability.
Key Responsibilities
·  Define solution architecture, coding standards, and DevOps strategy.
·  Lead design and code reviews; mentor engineers.
·  Evaluate and introduce new tooling, frameworks, and design patterns.
·  Build responsive, accessible UIs in React JS (Hooks, Context, TypeScript, Redux).
·  Develop scalable APIs and event‑driven services in Java 17 / Spring Boot 3.
·  Implement authentication, role‑based access, and rate‑limit
·  Own sprint planning, stand‑ups, retros, and release demos.
·  Work closely with Product, UX, and QA to refine requirements and acceptance criteria.
·  Track work in Jira; ensure stories meet Definition of Done and Definition of Ready.
·  Champion test automation (JUnit, Jest, Cypress) and observability (OpenTelemetry, Grafana).
·  Conduct profiling, tuning, and load‑testing to maintain sub‑200 ms latency.
·  Enforce secure coding practices and run regular vulnerability scans.
·  Liaise with Treasury/Payments SMEs to model business flows.
·  Present architecture and progress to senior leadership and external partners.
·  Coordinate with DevSecOps to maintain CI/CD, blue‑green deployments, and rollback plans.
Minimum Qualifications
·  Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
·  Experience: 8+ years in software engineering; 3+ years in a technical‑lead or team‑lead role.
·  Front‑End: Expertise in React JS, HTML5, CSS‑in‑JS, responsive design, browser dev tools.
·  Back‑End: Strong Java (11+), Spring Boot, Spring Security, REST, and microservices patterns.
·  Cloud & DevOps: Hands‑on with AWS, Git, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab), and IaC.
·  Collaboration: Excellent communication skills, proven mentorship, and agile mindset.
Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have
·  Docker & Kubernetes for container orchestration.
·  SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) and caching (Redis).
·  Experience with API gateways (Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway) and OpenAPI/Swagger.
·  Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and other security best practices.
·  Familiarity with event streaming (Kafka, Amazon MSK) and reactive programming.
·  Previous work in Treasury, Payments, or FinTech compliance environments