Senior Software Engineer - Java Technical Lead

A.P. Moller - Maersk; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk is seeking a senior Java software delivery professional to drive design, development, testing, and production support. You will blend technical leadership with strong communication and agile practices across global teams.

The role requires 9+ years of Java experience, deep knowledge of Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka, and web services, plus hands-on AI tooling experience. Excellent English is essential for collaboration with business and IT governance teams.

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech in Computer Science or Information Technology or Electronics & Telecommunications.
• 9+ years of experience as a Java developer (Java/J2EE), Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka & Web services (gRPC/REST).
• Able to lead a team remotely and independently.
• Experience using AI co-pilots tools for coding (GitHub Copilot, GPT models, Claude code).
• Curiosity about evolving AI technologies and libraries like LangChain, LangGraph, Spring AI (Java or Python).
• Familiarity with AI platforms and APIs (OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services).
• Excellent verbal and written English communication.
• Ability to interact with business experts, IT governance, and DevOps teams.
• Strong experience in agile/iterative development (Scrum/Kanban).
• Expertise in Cloud environments and CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub).
• Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence.
• Database expertise: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL.
• Stream-processing knowledge: Kafka, Azure Event Hub.

Responsibilities

• Story refinement to design optimal solutions respecting business processes, technical viability, and standards.
• Highlight risks and issues affecting the solution.
• Develop robust, standards-aligned code.
• Provide constructive feedback and conduct code reviews.
• Maintain specification documents and automated test design.
• Design and execute automated and complex manual tests.
• Analyze and resolve production incidents and defects.
• Ensure production monitoring and alerting.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

Microservices

Kafka

REST/gRPC

Team leadership

AI copilots tools

LangChain/LangGraph

Spring AI

OpenAI/Azure APIs

English communication

Agile/Scrum/Kanban

Cloud environments

CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub)

JIRA/Confluence

Databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL

Kafka/Azure Event Hub

Education

BE/B.Tech in CS/IT/ET

Tools

GitHub Copilot

GPT models

Claude code

LangChain

LangGraph

Spring AI

OpenAI API

Azure Cognitive Services

Job description

The ideal Candidate Java software delivery across design, development, testing, and production support. It combines technical leadership with strong communication, agile expertise, and customer-focused ownership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Story refinement to design best possible solution considering business processes, technical viability, best practices and architectural standards.
• Highlight all risks and issues that affect the proposed solution.
• Develop robust and defensible code following high standards and in accordance with current framework.
• Provide constructive feedback and review code effectively.
• Use and maintain the specification documents.
• Further design and implement our automated test cases.
• Design and execute complex manual test cases.
• Analysis and resolution of production incidents and resulting problems or defects.
• Ensure production monitoring and automatic alerting.

Required experience

• Highly passionate engineer with BE/B.Tech. in Computer Science or Information Technology or Electronics & Telecommunications.
• Highly analytical mind-set and excellent problem-solving skills.
• A minimum of 9+ years’ experience as a Java developer (Java/J2EE), Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka & Web services (gRPC/REST).
• Can lead a team autonomously, remotely and independently.
• Hands-on experience using AI co-pilots tools for Vibe coding (e.g., GitHub Copilot, GPT models, Claude code).
• Curiosity to explore evolving AI technologies and experiment with libraries/tools such as LangChain, LangGraph, Spring AI (Java or Python) etc.
• Familiarity with AI platforms and APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Azure Cognitive Services).
• Excellent verbal and written English communication.
• Ability to communicate with business Experts, IT Governance and other IT DevOps teams
• Passion for quick learning, experimenting and adapting in a fast-paced agile global environment
• Expert in agile/iterative software development methodologies including Scrum and Kanban
• Expertise on Cloud Environments an CICD process (Jenkins / GitHub)
• Expertise on JIRA and Confluence
• Database Expertise: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL
• Stream-processing Knowledge: Kafka, Azure Event Hub
• Exposure and experience across thebelow technology stack is ideal

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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