The Java Tech Lead will manage the development of digital commerce solutions, integrating various systems and leading technical teams. They must ensure high-quality implementations of Java-based platforms, emphasizing performance, security, and user experience.
Job Description:
About the Role
We're looking for a Java Tech Lead with 10-12 years of experience and a deep understanding of building high-performing, scalable, and personalized digital commerce solutions. You’ll lead the technical implementation of customer-facing storefronts, integrations, and backend services that power modern digital experiences. This role blends strong hands-on Java expertise with the strategic mindset needed for digital transformation and integration with pre-existing components running on non-Java platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Document and implement robust Java-based eCommerce platforms, storefront services, and headless APIs for digital experiences.
- Lead design and implementation of microservices for customer journeys such as search, browse, cart, checkout, and personalization.
- Experience designing, configuring and supporting RDBMS solutions in Azure Cloud.
- Work closely with Product Managers, UI/UX teams, and DevOps engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end customer experiences.
- Integrate with key systems like PIM, OMS, CRM, payment gateways, and third-party personalization engines.
- Design and implement component integration solutions using message brokers such as AMQP based messaging solutions such as RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus for real-time data processing, order events, customer activity tracking, etc.
- Support cloud-native deployments on Azure, AWS or GCP ensuring scalability, availability, and security.
- Drive performance tuning, caching strategies (Hazelcast, Redis), and low-latency API designs for high traffic storefronts.
- Provide technical leadership across squads, mentor engineers, and enforce best practices around DevSecOps and CI/CD.
- Ensure observability requirements are defined and met using tools such as Datadog and Splunk.
- Stay abreast of the latest in commerce tech, MACH architecture, and GenAI innovations relevant to digital commerce.
Must-Have Skills
- Core Tech: Java 11+ (preferably Java 17 or 21), Spring Boot, J2EE, RESTful APIs
- Architecture: Microservices, Design Patterns
- DevOps: Jenkins, Docker, Bitbucket/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud: Hands-on experience with Azure/ AWS / GCP (2+ years; certification preferred)
- Databases: Postgres/Oracle/DB2/SQL, SQL tuning
- Full-cycle exposure to SDLC stages: requirements, development, testing, deployment and on-going operations
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and eCommerce-specific security concerns (PCI DSS, OWASP)
- Domain Expertise: Experience in digital commerce
- Messaging & Integration: Messaging queue or streaming tools for backend-to-frontend event correlation and third-party integrations
- Agile Leadership: Strong understanding of Scrum, backlog grooming, iteration planning, technical sizing
- Customer-Centric Mindset: Ability to build as well as verify secure, fast, and intuitive systems for high engagement and conversion
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Domain-Driven Design.
- Front-end familiarity with React (especially for headless commerce architectures)
- Experience with application performance monitoring and distributed log tools (New Relic, Datadog, Splunk)
- Previous work with GenAI tools like GitHub Copilot or Amazon Q Developer
- Experience with data governance including controlling access to PII.
- RFP and pre-sales solution design experience for digital commerce platforms
- Design and implement solutions that externalized business rules in dedicated testable business rules engine
- Evaluate and integrate third-party APIs, legacy systems (.NET, IBM iSeries), REST and GraphQL services.
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code solutions such as Terraform.
- Understanding of product catalog and session management at scale
Preferred Certifications
- Cloud Certifications (AWS Solution Architect, Azure Architect, etc.)
- Java / Spring Certification
- eCommerce platform certifications (SAP Commerce Cloud, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Adobe Commerce/Magento – a plus)
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Azure Service Bus
Bitbucket
Datadog
Db2
Docker
GCP
Git
J2Ee
Java 11+
Jenkins
Oracle
Postgres
RabbitMQ
Restful Apis
Splunk
Spring Boot
SQL
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