Lead Developer - Java and Microservices

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically accomplished Application Dev Lead to join our team, responsible for architecting, developing, and leading our core banking integration strategies and modern microservices ecosystem. The ideal candidate will be a subject matter expert in integration technologies, possess deep, hands-on expertise in Java Microservices and enterprise Database engineering (Oracle/SQL), have extensive knowledge of the financial services domain, and demonstrate a proven track record of leading technical teams to deliver robust, scalable, and secure solutions. This role requires a unique blend of hands-on technical excellence, architectural vision, database performance optimization, and strong people management skills to drive the modernization and stability of our mission-critical banking systems. Key Responsibilities: Leadership & People Management Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, manage, and mentor a high-performing team of developers, backend engineers, and integration specialists, fostering technical capability, career growth, and engineering excellence across Java microservices and middleware platforms. Project & Delivery Ownership: Take full ownership of technical delivery across complex integration initiatives, including architectural scoping, task breakdown (WBS), accurate sprint estimation, resource planning, and milestone prioritization. Quality Assurance & Engineering Governance: Enforce best-in-class engineering practices by conducting rigorous code reviews, pull request audits, and comprehensive architectural design reviews (TDRs). Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate seamlessly across business lines, enterprise architecture, database administrators, infrastructure, Information Security, and third-party vendor teams to align technical delivery with strategic business goals. SME & Agile Delivery: Act as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) for complex escalations, production incident triage (Sev-1/MIM), and root-cause analysis, while driving Agile/Scrum ceremonies to ensure predictable, high-quality, and timely delivery. Technical & Domain Responsibilities Java Microservices Architecture: Architect, build, and deploy production-grade, containerized Java microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and RESTful/gRPC APIs, implementing distributed resilience patterns (Saga orchestrations, Circuit Breakers, Bulkheads, Outbox pattern). Database Engineering & Query Performance: Design robust database models and persistence layers (Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, JDBC), execute query tuning, analyze execution plans (EXPLAIN PLAN), optimize indexing strategies (B-Tree, Bitmap, composite), and resolve connection pool (HikariCP) and row-level locking contentions in enterprise Oracle/SQL environments.