To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Over 8+ years in software development, preferably with Trade data.
• Hands-on expertise with Java 1.8+, Apache Spark (2.3/3.x), Hadoop (Spark/HDFS/Yarn), GCP, Elastic Search, RDBMS, SQL, Unix scripting, and ETL processes.
• Do code regularly, participate in technical discussions, aligns with business objectives, and takes ownership of all technical aspects of the platform AND stay updated with relevant technologies, patterns, and tools.
• Skilled in designing data frame objects, optimizing memory usage, and understanding database/file system write operations.
• Strong background in system and solution architecture, including cluster management for Spark workloads.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture, API-centric systems, and Spring Boot (4+), including reactive programming.
• Practical knowledge of cloud deployments, especially GCP or similar providers, and cloud infrastructure optimization.
• Knowledgeable in big data concepts, DevOps methodologies, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Skilled in using Bitbucket/GitHub, Jenkins, and similar CI/CD tools; designs and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
• Provides mentorship, technical guidance, and code reviews for team members; establishes frameworks for junior developers.
• Build relationship with other technical leads and principal engineers, promotes a collaborative, innovative, and growth-oriented team culture; conducts performance evaluations, delivers feedback
• Prepares detailed technical designs based on functional requirements and manages technical tasks/tickets.
• Engages with business analysts, product owners, and other technical teams for requirement clarification and integration.

Principal responsibilities

• Lead/ participate in Architectural design for items aligned to Future State Architecture
• Establish, document, and implement best practices for end-to-end application initiation and deployment processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability according to project requirements.
• Attend and actively participate in relevant project meetings.
• System Performance > to ensure deliverables satisfy Non-Functional requirements 
• Industrialisation > to ensure robust solutions are being developed and tech debt reduced
• Innovation > to ensure that we are continually improving and benefitting from industry advancements
• Ensuring that assigned work packages (EPIC, Story, Sub-Tasks) aligns with definition of ready and definition of done
• Ensuring high quality Testing Automation (e.g. Unit, Functional) in place at meets agreed level for delivered outputs
• Technical excellence > influence the pod to deliver technically excellent solutions
• The technical backlog is also in areas of interest and responsibilities for Tech Lead position.Follows sets standards.

  • Ensures principles like DRY, SOLID, and Clean Code. Ensures code quality, security, and scalability.