Lead Java Backend Engineer

Job Title – Lead Java Backend Engineer
Location – Reston, VA 20191 (Onsite)
Duration – 6+ Contract (Possibility of extension)

W2/C2C all visa workable

Job Description:
Expectations from this role:
Act creatively to develop applications by selecting appropriate technical options, optimizing application development, maintenance, and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions. Account for others' developmental activities; assisting Project Manager in day-to-day project execution.

• Interpret the application, feature, and component designs to develop the same in accordance with specifications.
• Code, debug, test, document and communicate product, component, and feature development stages.
• Validate results with user representatives, integrating and commissions the overall solution.
• Select and create appropriate technical options for development such as reusing, improving or reconfiguration of existing components while creating own solutions for new contexts.
• Optimises efficiency, cost, and quality.
• Influence and improve customer satisfaction.
• Influence and improve employee engagement within the project teams.

Set FAST goals for self-Typical performance measures:

• Adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards)
• Adherence to project schedule / timelines
• Number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project.
• Number of defects in the code
• Number of defects post-delivery.
• Number of non-compliance issues
• Percent of voluntary attrition
• On time completion of mandatory compliance trainings Performance Areas:

Code:

• Code as per the design.
• Define coding standards, templates, and checklists.
• Review code – for team and peers.

Documentation:

• Create/review templates, checklists, guidelines, standards for design/process/development.
• Create/review deliverable documents. Design documentation, requirements, test cases and results.

Configure:

• Define and govern configuration management plan.
• Ensure compliance from the team.

Test:

• Review/Create unit test cases, scenarios, and execution.
• Review test plan created by testing team.
• Provide clarifications to the testing team.

Domain relevance:

• Advise software developers on design and development of features and components with deeper understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client.
• Learn more about the customer domain and identify opportunities to provide value addition to customers
  Complete relevant domain certifications.

Manage Project:

• Support Project Manager with inputs for the projects.
• Manage delivery of modules
• Manage complex user stories.

Manage Defects:

• Perform defect RCA and mitigation.
• Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality.

Estimate:

• Create and provide input for effort and size estimation and plan resources for projects.

Manage knowledge:

• Consume and contribute to project related documents, share point, libraries, and client universities.
• Review the reusable documents created by the team.

Release:

• Execute and monitor release process.

Design:

• Contribute to creation of design (HLD, LLD, SAD)/architecture for applications, features business components and data models.

Interface with Customer:

• Clarify requirements and provide guidance to Development Team
• Present design options to customers
• Conduct product demos.
• Work closely with customer architects for finalizing design.

Manage Team:

• Set FAST goals and provide feedback.
• Understand aspirations of the team members and provide guidance, opportunities, etc.
• Ensure team members are upskilled.
• Ensure team is engaged in project.
• Proactively identify attrition risks and work with BSE on retention measures

Certifications:
Obtain relevant domain and technology certifications.
Skill Examples:

• Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer.
• Perform and evaluate test results aProductst product specifications.
• Break down complex problems into logical components.
• Develop user interfaces, business software components.
• Use data models.
• Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components.
• Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment.
• Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges.
• Manage a team, mentor and handle people related issues in team.
• Have the ability to maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics within the team.
• Interface with other teams, designers, and other parallel practices
• Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback for team members.
• Create and articulate impactful technical presentations.
• Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication.
• Drive conference calls with customers and answer customers questions.
• Proactively ask for and offer help.
• Ability to work under pressure, determine dependencies, risks, facilitate planning handling multiple tasks.
• Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables timely with a quality product.
• Estimate time and effort of resources required for developing / debugging features /

Components Knowledge Examples:

• Appropriate software programs / modules
• Functional & technical designing
• Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters
• DBMS
• Operating Systems and software platforms
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
• Integrated development environment (IDE)
• Rapid application development (RAD)
• Modelling technology and languages
• Interface definition languages (IDL)
• Broad knowledge of customer domain and deep knowledge of sub domain where problem is solved

Mandatory Skills:

• Java /J2EE -12-15 Years
• Microservices/Springboot- 12-15 Years
• Docker/Kubernetes -5 Years
• Kafka- 8+ Years
• NoSQL DBA- 5+ Years
• Domain Experience (If any) – Retail

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