Lead Java Developer

Accenture; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Kochi is seeking a Lead Java Developer with 5–8 years of hands-on experience to design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java applications. You will drive technical direction, mentor teammates, and contribute across the software development lifecycle.

The role requires strong Java 11+, Spring Boot, and experience with e-commerce platforms, RESTful services, and CI/CD. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions and ensure code quality.

Qualifications

• Strong Java 11+ development skills.
• Proficient in Spring and Spring Boot.
• Experience with e-commerce platforms and backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction and guide the team to deliver scalable solutions.
• Design, code, debug, and unit test large Java applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentors juniors.
• assimilate new technologies and apply them to projects.
• Take ownership of complex problems and drive end-to-end solutions.
• Make architectural decisions ensuring scalability and maintainability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

E-Commerce Platforms

Education

Graduation

Job description

Job Title - Lead Java Developer – Specialist - ACS Song

Management Level: Level 9 - Specialist

Location: Kochi

Must have skills: Java, Spring Boot, E-Commerce Platforms

Good to have skills: Agile Project Management

Experience: 5-8 years of experience is required

Educational Qualification: Graduation (Accurate educational details should capture)

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Lead Java Developer with 5–8 years of hands‑on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high‑performance Java applications. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of object‑oriented programming, backend development, and modern software engineering best practices. You will be responsible for writing clean, scalable code, collaborating with cross‑functional teams, and contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Owning the technical direction and ensuring the team delivers high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions while guiding and mentoring team members.
• Designing, coding, debugging, unit testing, and documenting large, complex software applications
• Collaborate on technical implementation, assist other developers and consultants in implementation and development
• Demonstrate capability to effectively assimilate new skills and use of new technologies.
• Takes ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and drives end‑to‑end solutions.
• Makes architectural and design decisions, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Mentors and supports junior team members through code reviews and guidance.
• Communicates effectively with cross‑functional teams and contributes to technical planning.
• Proactively identifies technical risks and proposes improvements across the codebase or processes.
• Exceptional productivity and attention to product quality issues
• Be accountable to deliver the task to the agreed standards
• Adhere to development standards and architectural guidelines set by the Solution Design team
• Develop all technical aspects of eCommerce stores, from commerce to content and all integration with external systems
• Motivated to independently monitor and appraise emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and make recommendations or undertake independent research to validate new ideas
• Act as the key trouble‑shooter in complex/escalated incidents
• Provide innovative ideas and solutions in an ever‑changing environment with up‑to‑date knowledge regarding existing technologies.

Professional and Technical Skills:

• Strong development skills in Java 11 or above.
• Should have strong acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem-solving and Logical/Analytical skills.
• Hands‑on experience with Spring , Spring Boot.
• Hands‑on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j)
• Experience of writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Powermock frameworks.
• Thorough understanding of OOPS concepts, Design principles and implementation of different types of Design patterns.
• Sound understanding of concepts like Exception handling, Serialization/Deserialization and Immutability concepts, etc.
• Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing, etc.
• Experience with Multi-threading, Concurrent Package and Concurrent APIs
• Basic understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections concepts.
• Experience in RDBMS or NoSQL databases and writing SQL queries
• Hands‑on experience in creating RESTful web services and consuming web services
• Familiar with CI/CD pipeline
• Good understanding of any of the cloud technologies.
• Hands‑on experience in using code quality tools like Sonarqube
• Experience with Code management tools.
• Hands‑on experience with Caching mechanisms.

Additional Information

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