Backend Developer Lead - Bangalore/Chennai

Larsen & Toubro (L&T); Chennai, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) seeks an experienced Backend Developer in Chennai with 5–8 years of Java/Spring Boot expertise to build enterprise-grade applications. You will design microservices, REST APIs, and scalable data flows.

Collaborate with AI/ML and data teams to embed intelligent services, while optimizing performance, security and deployment automation in a Kubernetes-based environment.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of backend development experience.
• Strong in Java (8+), Spring Boot and Spring ecosystem.
• REST APIs, JSON, HTTP and microservices design.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Docker, Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Unit and integration testing (JUnit, Mockito).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot and Microservices, apply domain-driven design and well-defined service boundaries.
• Develop scalable REST APIs and integrate with internal and external enterprise systems.
• Design and implement event-driven workflows using messaging platforms.
• Collaborate with AI/ML and data teams to integrate models and intelligent services into business workflows.
• Optimize services for performance, security, resilience and horizontal scalability.
• Work on data persistence, caching, and service orchestration layers.
• Participate in design reviews, peer code reviews, CI/CD setup, and deployment automation using tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation; containerize services and deploy to Kubernetes.
• Implement enterprise-grade exception handling, logging, security, observability and configuration management.
• Use AI coding platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor or equivalent enterprise-approved AI development tools for software engineering activities.

Skills

Java 8+

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

SQL

NoSQL

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

JUnit

Mockito

GitHub Actions

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Backend Developer Java, Spring

Hands-on Backend and Frontend Developers with 5 -8 years of experience The ideal candidates will be experts in their respective domainsJava/Spring for Backend, and modern JavaScript frameworks (React/Angular) for Frontendwith a keen interest in working with AI-driven systems .

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot and Microservices, apply domain-driven design and well-defined service boundaries
• Develop scalable REST APIs and integrate with internal and external enterprise systems
• Design and implement event-driven workflows using messaging platforms
• Collaborate with AI/ML and data teams to integrate models and intelligent services into business workflows
• Optimize services for performance, security, resilience and horizontal
• Work on data persistence, caching, and service orchestration layers
• Participate in design reviews, peer code reviews, CI/CD setup, and deployment automation using tools
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation; containerize services and deploy to Kubernetes
• Implement enterprise-grade exception handling, logging, security, observability and configuration management
• Use AI coding platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor or equivalent enterprise-approved AI development tools for software engineering activities.

Must-Have Skills:

• 5- 8 years of backend development experience
• Strong in Java (8+), Spring Boot, and Spring Ecosystem
• REST APIs, JSON, HTTP and microservices design
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Unit and integration testing (JUnit, Mockito)

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience integrating AI/ML models
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, or event-driven systems
• GraphQL, OAuth2/JWT security
• Monitoring/observability tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana)