Java - Associate Director

Iris Software Inc.; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Job summary

Iris Software is seeking a senior leader to guide our platform engineering, DevOps, and SRE practices across multiple financial services projects. You will drive modernization, cloud adoption, and engineering productivity, influencing senior executives and shaping scalable architectures.

The role demands strong execution, stakeholder management, and a passion for building high-performing teams that deliver measurable quality improvements and strategic technology transformations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in a Software discipline.
• Experience leading large engineering organizations in Banking/Financial services domains is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated track record of platform modernization and cloud transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale engineering organizations across multiple applications and platforms.
• Drive platform modernization, cloud adoption, and automation initiatives.
• Influence senior technology executives and drive engineering transformation.

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

Cloud Engineering

Engineering governance

Java

AI-enabled development

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Software

Tools

Maven

Spring Boot

Kafka

JMS

ActiveMQ

Job description

Why Join Iris?

Are you ready to do the best work of your career at one of India’s Top 25 Best Workplaces in IT industry? Do you want to grow in an award-winning culture that truly values your talent and ambitions?

Join Iris Software — one of the fastest-growing IT services companies — where you own and shape your success story.

About Us

At Iris Software, our vision is to be our client’s most trusted technology partner, and the first choice for the industry’s top professionals to realize their full potential.

With over 4,300 associates across India, U.S.A, and Canada, we help our enterprise clients thrive with technology-enabled transformation across financial services, healthcare, transportation & logistics, and professional services.

Our work covers complex, mission-critical applications with the latest technologies, such as high-value complex Application & Product Engineering, Data & Analytics, Cloud, DevOps, Data & MLOps, Quality Engineering, and Business Automation.

Working with Us

At Iris, every role is more than a job — it’s a launchpad for growth.

Our Employee Value Proposition, "Build Your Future. Own Your Journey." reflects our belief that people thrive when they have ownership of their career and the right opportunities to shape it.

We foster a culture where your potential is valued, your voice matters, and your work creates real impact. With cutting-edge projects, personalized career development, continuous learning and mentorship, we support you to grow and become your best — both personally and professionally.

Curious what it’s like to work at Iris? Head to this video for an inside look at the people, the passion, and the possibilities. Watch it here.

Job Description

Skills and Experience

• 16+ years of experience in software engineering, technology leadership, architecture, platform engineering, or engineering management roles.
• 8+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering organizations within Banking, Commercial Banking, Financial Services domains.
• Demonstrated experience managing engineering organizations supporting 150+ technology professionals across multiple applications and platforms.
• Strong experience driving platform modernization, cloud transformation, engineering excellence, and large-scale quality improvement programs.
• Proven experience building and scaling platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, quality engineering, and architecture governance functions.
• Experience leading technology transformation initiatives involving modernization, cloud adoption, automation, AI-assisted engineering, and engineering productivity improvements.

Technical & Leadership Competencies

• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices including Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, Architecture Governance, and Quality Engineering.
• Demonstrated success in reducing technical debt, improving engineering productivity, and driving measurable quality outcomes.
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled software development lifecycle and emerging engineering practices.
• Ability to influence senior technology executives and drive engineering transformation across complex organizations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Proven ability to lead organizational change and establish a culture of engineering ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in a Software discipline.

Mandatory Competencies

• Programming Language - Java - Java 17 or latest
• Middleware - API Middleware - Microservices
• Programming Language - Java - Java Multithreading
• Programming Language - Java - OOPS Concepts
• Tech - Unit Testing
• Programming Language - Java - JPA
• Programming Language - Java - Design Principles + Design Patterns + Architecture Patterns
• Middleware - Java Middleware - Springboot
• Database - Oracle - Database Design
• Development Tools and Management - Development Tools and Management - Maven
• Middleware - Message Oriented Middleware - Messaging (JMS, ActiveMQ, RabitMQ, Kafka, SQS, ASB etc)

Perks And Benefits For Irisians

Iris provides world-class benefits for a personalized employee experience. These benefits are designed to support financial, health and well-being needs of Irisians for a holistic professional and personal growth. Click here to view the benefits.