Lead Software Engineer - Level 6

PRI INDIA IT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

PRI INDIA IT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED in India seeks a senior software engineer to lead design, development, and delivery of Java-based solutions. You will define requirements, mentor teams, and align architectures with security, scalability, and performance goals.

You will work with React, NodeJS, microservices, and cloud-native platforms, advance CI/CD practices, and contribute to AI-enabled automation initiatives, while coordinating with global teams and maintaining SDLC standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of software development experience with Java and related frameworks.
• 4–6 years delivering secure financial services solutions is preferred.
• Experience building distributed, cloud-native applications and services.
• Strong knowledge of Spring Framework/Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Proficiency in SQL with Oracle or PostgreSQL, and React-based front-ends.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes deployment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and define long-term platform strategy.
• Lead design and development of large-scale cross-functional initiatives with business impact.
• Mentor engineers via code/design reviews and problem solving.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and release practices for reliable deployments.
• Enhance observability with dashboards, monitoring, and log analysis.
• Collaborate with product, business, and stakeholders to define scope and value.

Skills

Java 17/21

React

NodeJS

Microservices

API design

Event-driven

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Jenkins

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

Hibernate

PostgreSQL

Oracle

AWS

Azure

PCF

SQL

Copilot/Claude/Codex

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Jenkins

Splunk

Dynatrace

PCF

AWS

Azure

Job description

Who is Client?

Client is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Job Overview

Responsible for the analysis, design, development, and delivery of software solutions. Define requirements for new applications and customization adhering to Client standards, processes, and best practices. Develop, customize, and test applications to integrate Client's specifications. Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical training to other team members.

Major Accountabilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams by influencing architecture, design decisions, and long-term platform strategy.
• Lead the design and development of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives with meaningful business impact.
• Act as a hands‑on individual contributor who tackles complex engineering challenges across front‑end and back‑end systems.
• Define and guide architectural standards aligned with security, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Contribute to the development of agentic AI capabilities as part of ongoing platform innovation.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and collaborative problem‑solving.
• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient development and deployment workflows.
• Drive automation and high‑quality release practices to ensure stable and predictable production deployments.
• Enhance system observability and monitoring through dashboards, alerts, metrics, and log analysis using tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace.
• Lead incident resolution, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA) to strengthen platform stability and resilience.
• Partner with product, business, and technical stakeholders to identify opportunities, define scope, and assess value and impact.
• Collaborate with Program and Project Managers to estimate work, manage risks and dependencies, and track engineering metrics.
• Coordinate effectively with global and offshore teams while maintaining strong documentation, traceability, and SDLC standards.
• Continuously improve engineering processes, coding standards, and architectural best practices across teams.

All About You

• Strong hands‑on experience designing and building large‑scale distributed systems.
• Expertise in modern programming languages such as Java 17/21, React, and NodeJS.
• Strong knowledge of microservices architecture, API design, and event‑driven systems.
• Familiarity with distributed system patterns including idempotency, retries, circuit breaking, and backpressure.
• Experience working with cloud‑native technologies and enterprise platforms, including Docker, Kubernetes, PCF, PostgreSQL, Splunk, and Dynatrace.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins).
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Experience working with AI‑driven systems or agentic architectures (e.g., LLM integrations, AI‑enabled automation, or intelligent agents) is a strong plus
• Strong decision‑making skills related to technology evaluation, architecture, and framework selection.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical tradeoffs, business value, and ROI.

Education

• Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent. Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent.

Knowledge / Experience:

• 10 to 15 years of experience in software development using Java and related frameworks.
• 4 to 6 years of experience in delivering secure solutions in the Financial Services Sector is preferred.
• 4 to 6 years of experience in designing distributed, service based, and cloud native applications are preferred.
• Broad understanding of Architectural concepts, systems thinking, Software Engineering Concepts, design patterns, and Methodologies is required.
• Experience in developing Java 17 based web applications using Spring Framework (6.x) or Springboot 3.x, and Hibernate (6.x) is must.
• Experience in writing efficient SQL queries against either Oracle or PostgreSQL database is a must.
• Experience in developing rich web interfaces using React is a must, package management using npm, and compilation/building/bundling using Node is desirable.
• Experience in bundling Java based applications/modules using Maven is a must.
• Experience with software development using Copilot/Claude/Codex is desirable.
• Exposure to PCF / Azure / AWS is desirable.
• Experience in containerization using Kubernetes is desirable.

Skills/ Abilities

• Must be high energy, detail oriented, and could function under pressure in an independent environment. function under pressure in an independent environment.
• Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
• Possesses strong communication skills -- both verbal and written and strong relationships, collaborative skills, and organizational skills.
• Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities and to work as a member of a geographically distributed project team.