Senior Lead Engineer - Java

Staples India; Chennai District; In loco; INR 4.000.000 - 7.000.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Staples India is seeking a Senior Lead Engineer to provide strategic technical leadership for enterprise platforms across supply chain, inventory, order fulfillment, and logistics. You will guide architecture, mentor teams, and drive cloud-native platform development using modern engineering practices.

You will partner with engineering leaders, product management, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions while promoting technical excellence across the

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10–15+ years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on Java and enterprise application development.
• Expertise in Spring Boot/Cloud/Security/Data JPA/Integration.
• Experience designing distributed systems and microservices.
• Strong cloud experience (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Proficient with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift and messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ/Solace).
• REST API design, API lifecycle, GraphQL (preferred).
• Strong software architecture and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience in Agile delivery and cross-functional leadership.

Mansioni

• Define technical architecture and engineering strategy for enterprise platforms.
• Lead the design of scalable, cloud-native distributed systems.
• Architect and develop enterprise microservices and event-driven solutions.
• Translate business requirements into scalable architectures.
• Drive cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Establish engineering standards and governance.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical discussions.
• Collaborate with product, QA, DevOps, and stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Design secure, highly available systems for mission-critical operations.
• Mentor engineers through architecture guidance and reviews.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption, CI/CD, observability, and reliability.
• Lead production readiness, incident analysis, and stability improvements.
• Promote tech innovation and new technologies adoption where appropriate.
• Maintain architecture docs, standards, APIs, and ops docs.
• Foster a collaborative culture focused on quality and knowledge sharing.

Conoscenze

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Architectural governance

Cloud-native development

Security & DevSecOps

CI/CD automation

Reliability & observability

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Strumenti

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

Azure

AWS

GCP

Spring Framework

GraphQL

REST APIs

Git/GitHub

Maven/Gradle

Jenkins/Azure DevOps

Descrizione del lavoro

As a Senior Lead Engineer, you will provide strategic technical leadership for the design, development, and modernization of enterprise platforms supporting Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Order Management, Fulfillment, Logistics, Marketplace, and Retail operations. You will lead architecture, guide engineering teams, establish engineering standards, and drive cloud-native platform development using modern software engineering practices. Working closely with engineering leadership, product management, enterprise architects, and business stakeholders, you will deliver scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performing solutions while mentoring engineers and promoting technical excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define technical architecture and engineering strategy for enterprise applications and platforms.
• Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, cloud-native distributed systems.
• Architect and develop enterprise microservices and event-driven solutions.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical architectures.
• Drive modernization initiatives, including cloud migration, platform transformation, and legacy system modernization.
• Establish engineering standards, architectural guidelines, and software development best practices.
• Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical governance activities.
• Partner with product management, enterprise architects, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise solutions.
• Design secure, resilient, and highly available systems supporting mission-critical business operations.
• Lead engineering teams through the complete software development lifecycle.
• Mentor technical leads and software engineers through architecture guidance, technical coaching, and design reviews.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption, CI/CD automation, observability, and operational excellence.
• Lead production readiness, incident response, root cause analysis, and system stability improvements.
• Promote engineering innovation by evaluating emerging technologies and recommending adoption where appropriate.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, technical standards, API specifications, and operational documentation.
• Foster a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement, quality, and knowledge sharing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10–15+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Java and enterprise application development.
• Deep expertise in the Spring ecosystem, including:
  • Spring Boot
  • Spring Cloud
  • Spring Security
  • Spring Batch
  • Spring Data JPA
  • Spring Integration
• Extensive experience designing enterprise-scale distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Microservices Architecture and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Proven experience architecting highly available, fault‑tolerant cloud-native applications.
• Extensive experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Experience with messaging technologies including Kafka, Azure Event Hub, Solace, or RabbitMQ.
• Strong expertise with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with distributed caching technologies.
• Expertise in REST API design, API lifecycle management, GraphQL (preferred), OAuth2, JWT, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and distributed computing.
• Experience implementing CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Strong understanding of software security, scalability, observability, and production operations.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale engineering initiatives and cross-functional technical teams.
• Experience working in Agile software delivery environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Supply Chain, Logistics, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation, Fulfillment, Order Management, or Retail platforms.
• Experience leading enterprise modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience with Apache Spark or enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled enterprise solutions.
• Experience implementing enterprise observability platforms.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
• Experience influencing engineering strategy and organizational technical standards.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

• Java
• Python (preferred)

Frameworks

• Spring Boot
• Spring Cloud
• Spring Security
• Spring Data JPA
• Spring Batch
• Spring Integration

Cloud Platforms

• Microsoft Azure
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Containers & Orchestration

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift

Databases

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• Oracle
• MongoDB
• Cosmos DB
• Couchbase

Messaging & Streaming

• Apache Kafka
• Azure Event Hub
• RabbitMQ
• Solace

Caching

• Redis
• Hazelcast
• Memcached

DevOps & Engineering Tools

• Git
• GitHub
• Maven
• Gradle
• Jenkins
• Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Pipelines

Leadership Competencies

• Enterprise architecture and system design.
• Strategic technical leadership.
• Engineering governance and best practices.
• Technical mentoring and organizational leadership.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Continuous improvement and innovation mindset.
• Ability to influence engineering strategy and drive platform modernization.
• Ownership of engineering quality, operational excellence, and technical delivery.