What are the responsibilities and job description for the Java Lead position at Photon?
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Greetings From Photon,
We hope you are good! We are hiring Java Lead to join our Digital Engineering team.
Who are we?
For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization.
Java Lead | Rocklin OR San Jose, CA | Contract or Fulltime
Job Summary :
Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs, and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or Internet-related computer programs. Using current programming language and technologies, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications. Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance
What will you do?
- Authors, reviews and approves technical designs, leading team.
Mastery of domain programming language
Engineers extensible solutions with the team in mind and can fix complex bugs
Reviews code to ensure it is functionally correct and consistent with the technical design
Accountable for domain dependencies and critical paths
Accountable for complex stories and integration or business requirements
Accountable for domain dependencies and critical paths
Anticipates risks and provides contingency solutions and timelines
Defines useful metrics and targets for domain
Measurably improves processes and best practices to achieve goals
Innovates measurable improvements
Stabilizes emerging technologies
Achieves team consent and buy-in
Interacts with business users, and/or functional peer group and managers
Sphere of influence is scrum or project development team
Actively shares through peer mentoring, shared resources and informal teachings
Inspires teamwork and gently guides the Agile/project team
Provides guidance for the work performed by contractors and delegates work
Assesses the quality of work and effectiveness of contractors
Participates in development of contractor agreements, including deliverables and SLAs
What are we looking for?
- 10 years of professional software development experience.
- 2 years in a technical leadership or team lead role.
- Proven experience with both backend development Java, Spring boot, Microservices.
- Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and system design.
- Strong working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and agile development practices.