Technical Lead

Anaira AI; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaira AI in Mumbai seeks a hands-on Lead Backend Architect to own the technical architecture of scalable Java/Spring Boot services, microservices and AI-integrations. You will drive architecture decisions and mentor engineers across teams.

You will design, develop, and maintain backend systems, ensure security, reliability, observability, and performance, and contribute to the technology roadmap and hiring. This role demands deep expertise in distributed systems and API-first design.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable Java backends with Spring Boot and microservices.
• Hands-on leadership in architecture reviews and mentoring engineers.
• Experience integrating with AI agents and enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Architect microservices, APIs, and event-driven workflows.
• Lead architecture discussions, code reviews, and problem-solving.
• Contribute to technology roadmap and technical hiring.
• Ensure security, reliability, observability, and performance.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

OAuth2

JWT

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

JUnit 5

Mockito

TestContainers

Prometheus

Grafana

Distributed tracing

Job description

Own the technical architecture of Anaira's backend scalable services in Java/Spring Boot, distributed systems, and integrations with AI agents and enterprise cores. A hands-on lead who drives architecture and grows engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Architect microservices, APIs, and event-driven/asynchronous workflows.
• Build backend platforms that integrate with AI agents, automation, and enterprise systems.
• Own architecture scalability, security, reliability, observability, and performance.
• Lead design and implementation of distributed systems and design reviews.
• Lead engineers through code reviews and hands-on problem-solving.
• Contribute to technology roadmap and technical hiring.

Requirements:

• Java Spring (Boot, Cloud, Data JPA) and microservices architecture.
• PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, polyglot persistence.
• Docker, Kubernetes, API-first design.
• Security (JWT, OAuth2); testing (JUnit 5, Mockito, TestContainers).
• Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing).

Preferred:

• Neo4j, Elasticsearch, event sourcing, CQRS, DDD.
• Business process engines, workflow orchestration.
• Insurance domain knowledge (policies, claims, underwriting).
• GitOps and CI/CD.