Senior Technical Support Specialist

HCL Technologies Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a seasoned Backend Engineer to design and implement robust APIs and scalable microservices in a modern cloud-native environment. You will work on distributed systems, event streaming with Kafka, and ensure high-quality code through automated tests and CI/CD pipelines.

Strong knowledge of Spring Boot, REST APIs, and container orchestration with Docker/Kubernetes is required.

Skills

Core Backend

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Clean code

Microservices

Service decomposition

Distributed Systems

Kafka producer

Kafka topics

Ordering / idempotency

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Docker / Kubernetes

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Development Practices

Quality Engineering

Observability

Behavioural - Ownership

Behavioural - Problem-solving

Job description

Mandatory

12%

Yes

2

Core Backend

Spring Boot

Mandatory

12%

Yes

3

REST APIs, exception handling, validation and logging

Robust API design and implementation

Mandatory

8%

Yes

4

Clean code and design principles

Strong understanding and practical application

Mandatory

Competent

5%

No

5

Microservices

Mandatory

10%

Yes

6

Microservices

Service decomposition and design

Mandatory

5%

No

7

Distributed Systems

Sync/async communication, scalability, resilience and API gateway

Mandatory

Competent

5%

No

8

Event Streaming

Kafka producer and consumer implementation

Critical hands-on requirement

Critical

12%

Yes

9

Event Streaming

Kafka topics, partitions and consumer groups

Critical

6%

Yes

10

Event Streaming

Ordering, partitioning, retries, DLQ and idempotency

Hands-on error and duplicate-event handling

Critical

5%

Yes

11

CI/CD

Harness or comparable CI/CD tooling

Mandatory

Competent

3%

No

12

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform or equivalent IaC

Mandatory

Competent

3%

No

13

Containers & Orchestration

Docker and Kubernetes deployments

Understanding and deployment experience

Mandatory

Competent

4%

No

14

Cloud

GCP preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable with willingness to learn

Mandatory

Competent

3%

No

15

Development Practices

Experience in fast-paced Agile teams

Mandatory

Competent

2%

No

16

Quality Engineering

SonarQube, JUnit and Mockito

Hands-on code quality and unit testing

Mandatory

Competent

2%

No

17

Observability

Logging and monitoring tools

Mandatory

Competent

1%

No

18

Behavioural

Ownership, independence and hands-on delivery

End-to-end ownership with minimal supervision

Critical

3%

Yes

19

Behavioural

Problem-solving and proactive learning

Strong problem-solving; learns new platform tools and GCP

Mandatory

1%

No

20

Domain

Banking / payments

Good to have

Preferred

Competent

Bonus

No

21

CQRS, Saga and event-driven design patterns

Good-to-have exposure

Preferred

Competent

Bonus

Processing

High-volume or batch processing

Good-to-have exposure

Preferred

Competent

Bonus

No

Key Responsibilities

ID

Category

Skill / Competency

JD Requirement

Priority

Target Level

Weight

Knock-out

1

Core Backend

Mandatory

12%

Yes

2

Core Backend

Spring Boot

Mandatory

12%

Yes

3

REST APIs, exception handling, validation and logging

Robust API design and implementation

Mandatory

8%

Yes

4

Clean code and design principles

Strong understanding and practical application

Mandatory

Competent

5%

No

5

Microservices

Mandatory

10%

Yes

6

Microservices

Service decomposition and design

Mandatory

5%

No

7

Distributed Systems

Sync/async communication, scalability, resilience and API gateway

Mandatory

Competent

5%

No

8

Event Streaming

Kafka producer and consumer implementation

Critical hands-on requirement

Critical

12%

Yes

9

Event Streaming

Kafka topics, partitions and consumer groups

Critical

6%

Yes

10

Event Streaming

Ordering, partitioning, retries, DLQ and idempotency

Hands-on error and duplicate-event handling

Critical

5%

Yes

11

CI/CD

Harness or comparable CI/CD tooling

Mandatory

Competent

3%

No

12

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform or equivalent IaC

Mandatory

Competent

3%

No

13

Containers & Orchestration

Docker and Kubernetes deployments

Understanding and deployment experience

Mandatory

Competent

4%

No

14

Cloud

GCP preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable with willingness to learn

Mandatory

Competent

3%

No

15

Development Practices

Experience in fast-paced Agile teams

Mandatory

Competent

2%

No

16

Quality Engineering

SonarQube, JUnit and Mockito

Hands-on code quality and unit testing

Mandatory

Competent

2%

No

17

Observability

Logging and monitoring tools

Mandatory

Competent

1%

No

18

Behavioural

Ownership, independence and hands-on delivery

End-to-end ownership with minimal supervision

Critical

3%

Yes

19

Behavioural

Problem-solving and proactive learning

Strong problem-solving; learns new platform tools and GCP

Mandatory

1%

No

20

Domain

Banking / payments

Good to have

Preferred

Competent

Bonus

No

21

CQRS, Saga and event-driven design patterns

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026totaled $14.8billion.