We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and creative Lead Production Support Project to join our Cognitive/AI Automation Support team, supporting AI solutions using Java/J2EE across our 450+ customer base. This role requires independent execution, hands-on technical leadership, ownership, and responsibility for customer success.
The Manager of Development/Support is expected to be resourceful in executing support tasks swiftly, maintaining high-quality coding standards. This varied role offers exposure to a wide range of technologies and requires a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and delivering quality products.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, develop, support, and automate applications using Java/J2EE and related technologies.
- Provide technical leadership to small development teams working on Java and web applications.
- Perform hands-on technical leadership, including coding when needed.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
- Prepare effort and cost estimates, ensuring minimal deviation from plans.
- Provide technical designs and documentation for business problems.
- Meet project timelines and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Set up development, testing, support, and production environments.
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks and bugs proactively.
- Maintain code quality, organization, and automation.
- Conduct code reviews and promote best practices.
- Support AI application deployment in production.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science required; Master’s preferred.
- 10+ years of enterprise application development and support experience.
- At least 6 years’ experience with Java/J2EE.
- 3+ years’ experience leading small agile teams.
- Strong experience with RESTful Web Services, Spring/Jersey, ORM (JPA/Hibernate), SQL Server, and cloud hosting.
- Web development skills with HTML5, CSS, AJAX/JQuery, AngularJS/Dojo.
- Experience with CI/Build tools like Maven, Ant, Jenkins.
- Knowledge of Test Driven Development, design patterns, application servers, UNIX scripting.
- Experience with cognitive technologies (IBM Watson, Amazon Alexa, Microsoft LUIS) is a plus.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with SDLC, deploying solutions across environments, and contact center platforms is preferred.
Additional Details
- Location: Gurgaon, India (Work-at-Home options available)
- Language Requirements: Full-time