Lead Java Engineer (Security practices expereince)

ABOUT THE ROLE

In this role, you will contribute to the ongoing development of a distributed software product and deliver reliable back-end functionality across services and APIs. You will collaborate closely with senior engineers and technical leads, solve complex engineering challenges, and expand your expertise in Java, event-driven systems, and modern distributed architectures.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement reliable features across back-end components, services, and APIs using Java and modern distributed architectures
• Develop event-driven and multi-threaded solutions within a microservices environment, considering concurrency, scalability, performance, and system reliability
• Apply effective upsert patterns and distributed data management practices, including strategies for maintaining consistency across multiple copies of data
• Produce disciplined, testable, and maintainable code through small meaningful commits, clear commit messages, and regular high-quality pull requests
• Evaluate the broader system impact of technical changes and balance immediate delivery needs with long-term architectural goals
• Participate in code and design reviews, provide constructive technical feedback, and collaborate with engineers on implementation decisions
• Investigate and resolve complex software issues, including debugging and troubleshooting in customer environments
• Contribute to backlog refinement, estimation, technical scoping, and the identification of dependencies and delivery risks

REQUIREMENTS

• 6+ years of professional software development experience using Java
• Experience with back-end development, services, APIs, and distributed software systems
• Knowledge of concurrency, multi-threaded programming, object-oriented programming, design patterns, and SOLID principles
• Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, distributed data management, and data consistency approaches
• Strong background in writing clean, maintainable, and testable code supported by appropriate automated tests
• Understanding of software development practices, including version control, code reviews, pull requests, and incremental delivery
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for investigating complex issues across multiple system components
• Ability to balance long-term architectural considerations with short-term product and delivery priorities
• Intermediate English communication skills and willingness to learn Go, new technologies, programming languages, and products