JOB DESCRIPTION 

We seek a highly skilled Sr. Tech Lead – Software Engineering to join our product development project team. As a Sr. Tech Lead, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of complex web applications using React, focusing on front-end architecture and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will also guide the team on best practices, scalability, and performance optimization to deliver high-quality solutions. 

Key Responsibilities:  

Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following: 

·        Technical Leadership: Lead end-to-end full stack development efforts using latest React version, JAVA, Oracle and related tools, focusing on building scalable and efficient web applications.

·        Project Ownership: Take ownership of the full development lifecycle, from design and development to deployment, ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards.

·        Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams, including UX/UI designers, QA engineers, and product owners, to ensure seamless integration of front-end and back-end services.

·        Requirement Gathering: Engage with product team to understand business requirements, processes, and pain points.

·        Translation to Technical Solutions: Convert business requirements into technical implementation.

·        Code Reviews: Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and optimize performance, scalability, and security.

·        Mentorship: Guide junior developers on best practices and technologies.

·        Performance Optimization: Ensure applications' performance, scalability, and security by implementing industry-leading practices and tools.

·        Documentation: Maintain clear technical documentation for the solutions built to ensure ease of knowledge transfer and maintenance.

Required Technical Skills:  

Must Have Skills:

·        Front-End Development:

o   React:

§  Strong knowledge of React (version 18), including new features like Concurrent Rendering and Automatic Batching.

§  Expertise in building and optimizing applications with React functional components and leveraging React Hooks for state and side effects management (e.g., useState, useEffect, useCallback, useMemo).

§  Experience designing responsive, cross-browser compatible UIs using Flexbox, media queries etc

§  Ability to abstract logic using reusable custom hooks for cleaner and maintainable components.

o   Provider in React & Context API:

§  Experience with setting up Context Providers and effectively using React Context API for managing and passing data across component trees without prop drilling.

§  Experience using Redux Toolkit for global state management in complex applications.

o   Form Management:

§  Strong experience in building and managing forms in React using Formik, including handling complex form states and validations.

§  Expertise in using Yup library for schema-based validation of forms, ensuring comprehensive client-side form validation.

·        TypeScript:

o   Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript for building type-safe React applications.

o   Deep understanding of TypeScript features like interfaces, generics, type inference, and modules for ensuring code reliability and scalability.

·        Build Tools & Bundling Strategies

o   Proficient with modern JavaScript build tools such as Webpack, Vite, and Parcel for efficient module bundling, asset optimization, and development workflows.

o   Experience configuring custom build pipelines, including setting up loaders, plugins, environment variables, and code splitting strategies to optimize performance and build size.

·        HTML/CSS & UI Frameworks:

o   HTML/CSS:

§  Strong understanding of semantic HTML and modern CSS for responsive web design.

·        API & Backend Integration:

o   REST API Knowledge:

§  Experience consuming and integrating RESTful APIs into React applications, including error handling, request optimization, and managing API responses using tools like Axios or Fetch API.

·        Testing and Quality Assurance:

o   Experience in writing and executing Playwright/Jest/RTL test cases to ensure the quality and performance of end-to-end user flows.

·        Performance Optimization

o   Proven ability to optimize React applications using lazy loading, code splitting, and efficient state management techniques to improve application performance.

·        Build Tools:

o   Hands-on experience with build tools like Webpack, Vite, or Parcel to optimize development workflows and manage modern JavaScript applications efficiently.

·        Backend Development

o   Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Struts, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JSP, and Servlets.

o   Implement business logic and database interactions with Oracle 19c.

o   Develop RESTful APIs and microservices for distributed systems.

·        Database Management

o   Write efficient SQL queries, stored procedures, and triggers in Oracle 19c.

o   Perform database tuning, performance optimization.

·        Messaging & Integration

o   Implement asynchronous communication and message-driven architectures using RabbitMQ.

o   Integrate distributed systems and ensure reliable message delivery.

·        System Architecture & Design

o   Architect and design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

o   Apply design patterns and best practices in enterprise application development.

Nice to have skills:

·        Version Control & CI/CD:

o    Proficiency with Git and experience in managing feature branches and release cycles using GitLab.

o   Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deploying React applications using tools like GitLab.

·        Collaboration:

o   Collaboration Tools:

§  Proficiency in using tools like Rally and Teams to manage Agile workflows and communicate effectively across global teams.

o   Agile Methodologies:

§  Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, actively participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and iterative development cycles.

·        Platform/Tools:

o   Experience with AWS cloud platforms (EC2, S3 etc), Terraform.

Qualifications:  

·        Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

·        Have an intense passion for building software and mentoring their teams 

·        Are very strong in both design and implementation at an enterprise level. 

·        8 to 10 years of professional experience with ReactJS (version 18), Java, Struts, Hibernate, Oracle 19c, TypeScript, JavaScript, jQuery, SOAP/REST Services, JSP Servlets, Spring, Tomcat, Asynchronous programming, CSS. HTML

.        Good to have exposure to RabbitMQ, Maven/Ant, GitLab, Postman, NodeJS, Amazon Quicksight, Redshift, AWS, experience/exposure to Code Coverage/Quality tools, Vulnerability scanning tools,  CI/CD using Gitlab etc

·        Strong verbal and written communication ability.

·        Strong leadership skills with experience managing and mentoring teams.

·        Proven experience in requirement analysis and documentation.

·        Ability to translate complex business needs into technical implementations.

·        Problem-solving mindset with attention to detail. 

·        Are in-tune with high performance and high availability design/programming 

·        Have experience in security best practices for software and data platforms 

·        Design 'perfect-fit' solutions with engineering teams and business units to drive business growth and customer satisfaction.

·        Are interested and capable of learning other programming languages as needed.