Japanese Bilingual Java Technical Lead

Metlife; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife is seeking an experienced bilingual-Japanese Technical Lead to modernize distribution applications, guiding full-stack engineers through cloud-native, secure, and scalable practices. You will align with enterprise architecture, security, and governance while coordinating with global stakeholders.

Responsibilities include designing and building, leading a mid-sized team (5–10 engineers or vendors), driving progressive delivery, release readiness, and operational stability, with a focus on

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT with hands-on dev and delivery leadership.
• 5+ years web/full-stack development.
• 3+ years delivering with Agile practices.
• Led teams of 5–10 engineers or vendors.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and modernize full-stack applications with cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with owners, analysts, architects and teams to align with architecture.
• Lead mid-sized teams to deliver features in Agile mode.
• Drive delivery readiness, release governance, and operational stability.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Java development

REST API design

Cloud migration

Agile delivery

Japanese language

Team leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Spring Boot

Spring Framework

REST services

Git

Bitbucket

Bamboo

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

UCD

Splunk

NoSQL (MongoDB/CosmosDB/Cassandra)

Job description

MetLife is seeking an experienced bilingual-Japanese Technical Lead to help modernize business-critical distribution applications using cloud-ready, secure, and scalable engineering practices. This opportunity is ideal for a delivery-focused full-stack technologist who can lead engineering teams, collaborate effectively with global stakeholders, and drive high-quality application development aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and operational excellence standards.

What will you do:

• Design, build, and modernize full-stack applications using approved cloud solutions and modern engineering practices.
• Work closely with application owners, business analysts, architects, and engineering teams to align with the MetLife Global Platform Reference Architecture.
• Lead and coordinate a mid-sized team of employees and/or vendor resources to deliver application features in an Agile model.
• Collaborate with global and local stakeholders, engineers, and delivery teams to support shared delivery goals.
• Drive progressive delivery, release readiness, and operational stability with a focus on reducing production incidents.
• Ensure required quality, security, and change-management practices are followed, including Veracode, SonarQube, ServiceNow, and release governance processes.
• Support documentation, delivery governance, and process artifacts required for financial institution technology delivery.

What we are looking for:

• 8+ years of experience in the IT industry, including hands-on application development and delivery leadership.
• 5+ years of experience in web or full-stack application development.
• 3+ years of experience delivering projects using Agile practices.
• Experience leading a team of 5–10 engineers or vendor team members.
• Strong experience in cloud migration, deployment automation, build automation, and release automation.
• Hands-on knowledge of microservices and modern application frameworks such as Spring Boot, Netflix OSS, Kubernetes, Docker, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong understanding of REST API design and integration patterns.
• Exposure to AI-assisted software engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar developer productivity platforms.
• Mandatory Japanese language proficiency with good business conversation skills; JLPT N3 or above preferred/required based on hiring criteria.

Technical Skills:

• Full-stack application development and application deployment automation.
• Strong hands-on experience in Java development, including core Java concepts, object-oriented design, collections, concurrency, exception handling, and enterprise application development.
• Hands-on expertise with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, RESTful services, dependency injection, configuration management, security integration, and production-ready microservices development.
• Containers and orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm, or equivalent.
• CI/CD and DevOps tools: Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, UCD, or similar.
• Observability and monitoring tools: Splunk, AppDynamics, or equivalent.
• NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cosmos DB, Cassandra, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scrum knowledge and experience working in Agile delivery teams.
• Project management, stakeholder coordination, and delivery tracking skills.
• Incident management and release management exposure.
• Automated testing mindset and experience with quality engineering practices.
• Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure certification or equivalent Azure development experience.