TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

Coforge Limited; Greater Noida; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge Limited in Greater Noida seeks an Engineering Lead for Java, Spring Boot, Microservices & Cloud to own backend systems and drive cloud-native modernization.

You will lead end-to-end microservices, guide architecture across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD and observability, and mentor a growing team through complex delivery cycles.

The role demands 10–18 years of experience, deep Java knowledge, and a hands-on approach to performance tuning, resilience, and production excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience in Java
• Strong cloud-native architecture experience
• Proven leadership in engineering teams

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership of microservices from design to production.
• Migrate monolith to AWS EKS; modernize cloud-native architecture.
• Implement Kubernetes best practices and rolling updates.
• Build high-performance REST services with Spring Boot 2.x/3.x.
• Drive Java upgrades and resolve module compatibility issues.
• Lead incident response and RCA for P1/P2 issues.
• Apply observability with Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch, logging.

Skills

Microservices

Springboot

Job description

Engineering Lead – Java, Spring Boot, Microservices & Cloud

Location: Greater Noida
Experience: 10–18 Years

We at Coforge are seeking Java Engineering Lead with the following skill set:

Key Responsibilities

• Minimum 7+ years experience building large-scale backend systems. End-to-end ownership of microservices from design to production.
• Cloud-Native Architecture & Modernization Lead migration from monolith/EC2 to scalable AWS EKS microservices.
• Implement Kubernetes best practices: advanced probes, externalized configs, graceful shutdowns, and rolling updates.
• Modern Java Engineering Build high-performance REST services using Spring Boot 2.x/3.x. Drive Java upgrades (8/17/21), resolving module system and compatibility issues.
• Optimize performance using Streams, CompletableFuture, and container-aware JVM tuning.
• DevOps, EKS & Platform Engineering Partner with DevOps on CI/CD, IaC, and container-first workflows.
• Optimize container images and resource configs.
• Implement observability: Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch, centralized logs, distributed tracing.
• Production Excellence & Operational Ownership Lead P1/P2 incident troubleshooting and RCA.
• Implement resilience patterns: circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, fallbacks, idempotency.
• Improve reliability using chaos testing, fault injection, and reliability scorecards.
• Strong proficiency in Java 8+ (incl. Java 11/17/21).
• Deep knowledge of Streams, concurrency, memory models, JVM tuning, and GC behavior.
• Microservices & Frameworks Advanced Spring Boot 2.x/3.x expertise (Data, Security, Actuator).
• Experience with REST, event-driven systems, and Kafka/RabbitMQ.
• Cloud-Native & AWS Hands-on AWS EKS deployment and optimization.
• Solid AWS experience: EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, ECR, ALB/NLB.
• Strong Docker/OCI containerization skills. Resilience, Observability & Performance Experience implementing circuit breakers, retries, fallbacks, rate limiting.
• Skilled with profiling tools (Flight Recorder, Mission Control, JFR).
• DevOps & CI/CD CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI). IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation preferred).
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and quality gates.

Must Have Skills

• Microservices
• Springboot