Backend Technical Lead - Java
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Job Description
Contribute to the 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.