Lead Java Full Stack Engineer

GAVS Technologies N.A., Inc; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GAVS Technologies N.A., Inc. seeks an accomplished software leader with 8+ years in building and delivering complex commerce systems.

You will own technical leadership for HCL/IBM WebSphere Commerce stacks, drive Java-based back-end and front-end work, and mentor mixed teams of FTEs and contractors in an Agile environment. The role demands hands-on expertise in Spring, REST/SOAP, Next.js/React, and strong communication to coordinate across teams, vendors, and clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in CS/Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years software engineering with 2+ years as technical lead.
• 7+ years HCL Commerce and/or IBM WebSphere Commerce (WCS) 8.x.
• 7+ years Java development on large IT systems.
• 4+ years Spring / Spring MVC; hands-on Spring Boot.
• 5+ years REST/SOAP web services.
• 5+ years Git; SVN/CVS acceptable as prior experience.
• 3+ years JavaScript/HTML/CSS; Next.js and React production experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers delivering production commerce or similar complex systems.
• Customize store logic and back-end integration for Commerce platforms.
• Oversee catalog, orders, user flows, and business logic implementations.
• Guide in Agile using Jira, Bitbucket/Git, and Confluence; ensure quality and delivery.

Skills

Java development

Web services

Spring / Spring MVC

React/Next.js

Agile with Jira/Bitbucket/Confluence

Git version control

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira

Bitbucket/Git

Confluence

WebSphere Commerce

HCL Commerce

Solr

Redis

Job description

JD:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years professional software engineering; 2+ years as a technical lead (or equivalent) of engineers delivering production commerce or similarly complex systems.
• 7+ years expertise in HCL Commerce and/or IBM WebSphere Commerce (WCS) 8.x — store customization, business logic, tools, catalog/order/user flows, and back-end integration. v8 experience is the hiring bar; later Commerce versions are a plus, not a substitute.
• 7+ years Java development and OOD skills on large IT systems (J2EE on WebSphere Application Server strongly preferred).
• 4+ years Spring / Spring MVC; hands-on Spring Boot (REST APIs, service integration) required — not “Spring on a résumé only.”
• 5+ years web services (REST and SOAP).
• 5+ years source control (Git required; SVN/CVS acceptable as prior experience).
• 3+ years JavaScript, HTML, CSS; Next.js and React production experience required. TypeScript preferred.
• Experience leading in Agile using Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket/Git, Confluence) — story quality, reviews, and delivery, not only personal tickets.
• Strong communication skills; proven ability to lead a mixed FTE/contractor team.

Preferred

• B2B commerce, punchout, and/or mobile commerce.
• Headless / composable commerce (API-first storefront consuming Commerce or BFF/microservices). MuleSoft or similar iPaaS.
• Additional JS frameworks (Angular, Vue) as secondary experience.
• Search (Solr), cache (Redis or similar), CMS-driven storefront (Optimizely or equivalent).
• Experience working Preview vs Runtime Commerce stacks without treating them as the same environment.
• Prior dual-run or phased storefront migration.