Backend Tech Lead - Java

Role : Java Backend Tech Lead

Experience : 8+ Years

Work Location: Mumbai(Lower Parel)

Notice period: Immediate - max 30 days

Mode of work: All 5 days WFO

Role Overview

We are looking for a seasoned Backend Tech Lead to contribute to the architecture, quality, and delivery of our server-side systems. You will mentor engineers, drive technical architecture and standards across Ambit Ecosystem, and ensure our backend services are scalable, resilient, and performant.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute tothe design, development, and maintenance of backend services using Java + Spring Boot.
• Enforce backend architecture standards, coding best practices, and API design guidelines.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend leads, and DevOps to deliver robust, high-quality features.
• Conduct code reviews and foster a culture of engineering excellence across the team.
• Drive performance optimization, scalability improvements, and technical debt reduction.
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and backlog grooming as a technical authority.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through regular 1:1s, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party services, libraries, and cloud-native tools.
• Own incident response processes and drive root-cause analysis and post-mortems.
• Work closely with security and compliance teams to ensure backend systems meet regulatory requirements.
  
  

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience with at least 3 years in a tech lead or principal engineer role.
• Deep expertise in Java (Spring Boot / Spring Cloud)
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, REST and gRPC API design.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL / MySQL) and NoSQL stores (MongoDB / Redis).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) — Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, SQS/SNS.
• Proficiency in JUnit 5, Mockito, and TestContainers for Java, experience writing and enforcing unit, integration, and contract tests
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / Jenkins / GitLab CI) and containerization (Docker / Kubernetes).
• Strong command of distributed systems concepts — CAP theorem, eventual consistency, event-driven architecture, modular and loosely coupled systems
• Excellent communication skills; ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
  
  

• Experience with message brokers such as Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Familiarity with observability tooling — Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, JWT, and API security best practices.
• Open-source contributions or technical publications are a plus.