Senior Java Developer

Grid Dynamics; Hyderabad, Chennai District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bleeding-edge projects

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Benefits package

Job summary

Grid Dynamics in Hyderabad seeks an experienced Senior Java Lead to architect and deliver scalable Java services within an Agile team. You will mentor developers, enforce coding standards, and collaborate with DevOps to ensure smooth builds and deployments.

The role emphasizes leadership, design pattern expertise, and proactive reduction of technical debt while embedding AI-driven enhancements into engineering workflows to boost productivity and delivery speed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Java development; 2+ years in a technical lead capacity.
• Strong Java/J2EE, OOP, MVC, Java design patterns; Spring + REST/JSON services; JPA/Hibernate/JDBC, SQL; JUnit.
• Git, Maven; strong debugging.
• Docker/containerization.
• Excellent communication; experience working with global teams.
• Identify and drive opportunities to embed AI and automation into engineering workflows.
• Partner with architects and product teams to design AI-ready services and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Own technical design and delivery; enforce coding standards, best practices, performance and availability.
• Lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and coach on design patterns and low-level design.
• Ensure enhancements align with existing architecture; deep-dive complex legacy modules and propose optimal solutions.
• Collaborate with DevOps/cloud teams on build, release, and deployment readiness.
• Drive quality improvements, prevent production issues, and reduce technical debt.

Skills

Industry Knowledge

Problem Solving

Software Development Life Cycle

Software Product Testing

Application Development Tools

Artificial Intelligence

Programming

Technical Troubleshooting

Tools

Docker

Git

Maven

Job description

Essential functions

Lead design and delivery of Java-based services/applications and mentor developers to deliver high-quality, scalable software in an Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical design and delivery; enforce coding standards, best practices, performance and availability.
• Lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and coach on design patterns and low-level design.
• Ensure enhancements align with existing architecture; deep-dive complex legacy modules and propose optimal solutions.
• Collaborate with DevOps/cloud teams on build, release, and deployment readiness.
• Drive quality improvements, prevent production issues, and reduce technical debt.

Qualifications

Lead design and delivery of Java-based services/applications and mentor developers to deliver high-quality, scalable software in an Agile environment.

Skills you will bring to the role:

• Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of the organization''s industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply industry knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.
• Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.
• Application Development Tools: Knowledge of application and system development; ability to utilize a variety of specific tools and toolkits for developing applications.
• Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge of the concepts, technologies and methodologies of artificial intelligence (AI); ability to develop, implement and/or apply artificial intelligence products and services in specific industry domain to achieve business goals.
• Programming: Knowledge of relevant programming languages and tools; ability to test, write, design, debug, troubleshoot and maintain source codes and computer programs.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.

Required Skills / Experience

• 7+ years in Java development; 2+ years in a technical lead capacity.
• Strong Java/J2EE, OOP, MVC, Java design patterns. Spring + REST/JSON services; JPA/Hibernate/JDBC, SQL; JUnit.
• Git (branching/merging/tagging), Maven; strong debugging.
• Docker/containerization (and related tooling as applicable).
• Excellent communication; experience working with global teams.
• Identify and drive opportunities to embed AI and automation into engineering workflows to improve developer productivity, quality, and delivery speed.
• Partner with architects and product teams to design AI-ready services and APIs, enabling future integration of AI/ML capabilities.

We offer

• Opportunity to work on bleeding-edge projects
• Work with a highly motivated and dedicated team
• Competitive salary
• Flexible schedule
• Benefits package - medical insurance, sports
• Corporate social events
• Professional development opportunities
• Well-equipped office