Technical Lead

Idfc First Bank Limited; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

IDFC FIRST Bank is seeking a hands-on Technology Lead with expertise in Java and/or Golang to build and scale digital banking platforms. This predominantly IC role (70% hands-on) covers coding, system design, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures, while providing technical leadership across teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, mentoring, and collaboration with product managers and SRE/DevOps to ensure scalable, secure platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Hands-on with coding and architecture.
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives without moving away from development.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions.
• Passionate about building scalable, resilient, and secure platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend systems using Java Spring Boot and/or Golang.
• Architect and build Microservices, REST APIs, Event-Driven Systems, and Distributed Applications.
• Drive design, architecture, scalability, resiliency, and performance improvements.
• Lead modernization of enterprise applications and digital banking platforms.
• Ensure production readiness with observability, monitoring, security controls.
• Lead code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical deep dives.
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps, and secure coding practices.
• Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices.

Skills

Java 8+/17

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Golang

Kafka

System Design

Observability

CI/CD

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

Splunk

Job description

Location: Bangalore | Experience: 8+ Years | Role: 70% Hands-on IC | 30% Technical Leadership

Role Overview

IDFC FIRST Bank is looking for a hands-on Technology Lead with strong expertise in Java and/or Golang to build and scale digital banking platforms. This is a predominantly Individual Contributor (70% hands-on) role focused on coding, system design, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures, while providing technical leadership and mentoring across engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Engineering

• Design and develop scalable, secure, highly available backend systems using Java (Spring Boot) and/or Golang.
• Architect and build Microservices, REST APIs, Event-Driven Systems, and Distributed Applications.
• Drive technical design, system architecture, scalability, resiliency, and performance optimization initiatives.
• Lead modernization efforts for enterprise applications and digital banking platforms.
• Ensure production readiness through robust observability, monitoring, fault tolerance, and security controls.

Hands-on Development (70%)

• Perform code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical deep dives.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive root-cause analysis.
• Drive engineering excellence through test automation, CI/CD, DevOps, and secure coding practices.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality.

Technical Leadership (30%)

• Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, SRE, DevOps, and business stakeholders.
• Manage technical dependencies across multiple platforms and engineering pods.
• Drive Agile delivery, technical governance, and engineering standards.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Java 8+/17, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud and/or Golang
• Kafka / Messaging Platforms
• System Design, Scalability & Performance Engineering
• Monitoring & Observability (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Splunk)

Design Patterns, Automated Testing & Engineering Best Practices Ideal Candidate

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Currently hands-on with coding and architecture.
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives without moving away from development.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions.
• Passionate about building scalable, resilient, and secure platforms.