Lead Full Stack Engineer ID86301

AgileEngine, LLC.; New Delhi; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work & local connection

Legal presence in India

Competitive compensation in INR

Innovative projects

Job summary

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Tech Lead who balances hands-on backend development with team leadership. You will guide Java/Spring Boot backend work and Angular frontend tasks, steering a transition toward domain-driven design and clean RESTful APIs. You will mentor junior developers and uphold strong engineering standards.

You will lead a squad, architect scalable services, and ensure robust API design while promoting agile practices and architectural integrity across the team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Tech Lead or Squad Lead with mentoring history.
• Advanced Java (Spring Boot) and Angular proficiency with 6+ years.
• Hands-on Kafka experience.
• Strong OOAD, design patterns, and architectural awareness.
• Experience with domain-driven design and RESTful services.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and Oracle, plus JPA/Hibernate.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Squad Lead, driving the team to execute on deliverables while maintaining high engineering standards.
• Spend a significant portion of your time designing and implementing robust backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain the supporting Angular frontend, ensuring a seamless connection between the UI and your backend logic.
• Lead the transition from traditional database-centric designs toward a domain-driven structure (DDD), ensuring strong domain bounded contexts.
• Architect RESTful APIs that prioritize proper HTTP verbs and clean, scalable patterns over legacy RPC styles.
• Utilize a strong understanding of agile and software development practices to motivate the team, engage junior developers, mentor them, and help them grow.

Skills

Tech Lead / Squad Lead

Java (Spring Boot)

Angular

Kafka

OOA/OOD

Domain Driven Design

RESTful APIs

Tools

Java (Spring Boot)

Angular

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Oracle

JPA/Hibernate

Docker

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Tech Lead who balances hands-on backend development with team leadership. This role combines Java and Spring Boot engineering with Angular frontend work, guiding a transition toward domain-driven design and clean RESTful API architecture. You will mentor junior developers, uphold strong engineering standards, and help the squad execute with consistency.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Act as the Squad Lead, driving the team to execute on deliverables while maintaining high engineering standards.
• Spend a significant portion of your time designing and implementing robust backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and maintain the supporting Angular frontend, ensuring a seamless connection between the UI and your backend logic.
• Lead the transition from traditional database-centric designs toward a domain-driven structure (DDD), ensuring strong domain bounded contexts.
• Architect RESTful APIs that prioritize proper HTTP verbs and clean, scalable patterns over legacy RPC styles.
• Utilize a strong understanding of agile and software development practices to motivate the team, engage junior developers, mentor them, and help them grow.
• Demonstrate the ability to confidently push back and say 'no' to power (be it AI or human) when advocating for best practices and architectural integrity.

MUST HAVES

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead or Squad Lead , with a track record of motivating teams and mentoring junior developers.
• Advanced proficiency in Java (Spring Boot) and a solid working knowledge of Angular , with at least 6 years of experience .
• Hands-on experience with Kafka .
• A strong grasp of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD) , software design patterns, and architectural pattern awareness.
• Deep understanding and practical experience with strong domain bounded contexts .
• Deep experience building and consuming RESTful services with a clear understanding of standard API protocols.
• Experience working with relational databases ( PostgreSQL, Oracle ) and JPA/Hibernate .
• A passion for server-side logic, performance, and architecture, coupled with good engineering practices.

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience working with spec-driven development or related (AI-Driven Software Development Life Cycle).
• Previous experience in the Loyalty or Fintech sectors.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and containerization (Docker).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Experience refactoring legacy structures into modern, domain-driven architectures.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Remote work & local connection: Work where you feel most productive and connect with your team in periodic meet-ups.
• Legal presence in India: Full local compliance and structured work environment.
• Competitive compensation in INR: Dedicated budgets for growth, education, and wellness.
• Innovative projects: Work with modern technologies and global clients.