Lead Java Full Stack Engineer

Neurealm; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Neurealm in Chennai, India is seeking an experienced senior software engineer and technical lead to drive delivery of large IT commerce systems. You will apply 7+ years in Java development and WebSphere Commerce, plus 4+ years in Spring, REST services, and front-end tech like Next.js/React. Strong leadership and communication are essential, with Agile practices across mixed teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, integration, and hands-on development in a demanding, enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 7-9 years experience in leading software delivery for production commerce or complex systems.
• Lead a mixed FTE/contractor team and drive Agile practices with Atlassian tools.

Skills

Java development

OOD design

HCL/IBM WebSphere Commerce

Spring / Spring MVC

Spring Boot (REST APIs)

Web services REST/SOAP

Git

Jira

Confluence

Next.js

React

HTML/CSS/JS

TypeScript

Agile leadership

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Bitbucket/Git

Confluence

WebSphere Commerce

Job description

• 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).


• 5+ years web services (REST and SOAP).


• 5+ years source control (Git required; SVN/CVS acceptable as prior experience).


• 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.

Experience Required

7-9 years

Location

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (CHN)

Job Summary

• 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.