Full Stack Java Developer & Team Lead

Job Summary

Job Title: Senior Full Stack Java Developer & Team Lead

Location: Pune | Hybrid

Experience: 8+ Years

Reports To: Engineering Manager / Architect

Primary Skills: Java 8 & Java EE/J2EE, Team/Tech Lead, Spring/MVC & Hibernate/JPA, jQuery, Bootstrap & DataTables

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Java Developer & Team Lead with 8+ years of experience to lead a small development team while remaining hands-on across the full technology stack supporting enterprise applications. The role requires strong Java 8 / Java EE expertise, front-end development capabilities, enterprise application architecture knowledge, and technical leadership skills.

Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), regulated industries, manufacturing, life sciences, or formula-based product environments is highly desirable.

Roles and Responsibilities Technical Leadership

• Lead and mentor a small team of developers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Own technical delivery across the full stack, including Java 8 / Java EE backend and jQuery / Bootstrap / DataTables front end.
• Drive technical decisions while balancing modernization with enterprise system stability.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, and QA teams to plan work, break down requirements, and estimate effort.
• Ensure appropriate security and data-handling practices for customer, product, and regulatory information.

Hands-On Development

• Develop, maintain, and enhance enterprise applications using Java 8 and Java EE/J2EE.
• Work with MVC-based architectures involving Servlets, EJBs, DAOs, DTOs, and persistence layers.
• Develop database integrations using JPA, Hibernate, JDBC, and SQL.
• Build and support RESTful web services using Jersey / JAX-RS.
• Support applications deployed on WildFly, JBoss, Apache TomEE, or similar application servers.
• Work with MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, DocumentDB, Neo4j, and other data platforms.
• Maintain and enhance web interfaces using jQuery, Bootstrap, and DataTables.
• Troubleshoot application, database, integration, and performance issues across the technology stack.

Qualifications & Required Skills

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Java 8 and Java EE/J2EE application development.
• Proven experience leading, mentoring, or providing technical direction to development teams.
• Strong understanding of MVC architecture and enterprise application design.
• Hands-on experience with EJBs, Servlets, JPA/Hibernate, JDBC, and DAO/DTO patterns.
• Strong front-end development experience with jQuery, Bootstrap, and DataTables.
• Strong SQL and relational database experience, preferably MySQL and/or Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs.
• Experience with Java application servers such as WildFly, JBoss, TomEE, or similar.
• Experience with Maven and/or ANT, Git, and GitHub.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand complex technical and business domains.
• Ability to balance hands-on development with team leadership responsibilities.

Mandatory Skills

• Java 8
• Java EE / J2EE
• Team Lead / Tech Lead experience
• MVC / Spring
• Hibernate / JPA
• jQuery
• Bootstrap
• DataTables
• SQL / Relational Databases
• REST APIs
• Git / GitHub
• Enterprise Application Development

Good to Have Skills

• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) experience.
• Experience in regulated industries such as life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food & beverage, cosmetics, or manufacturing.
• Experience with formula, recipe, ingredient, product specification, or regulatory data.
• Exposure to AWS RDS, DocumentDB, Neo4j, or OpenText Discovery Server/BRS.
• Experience integrating Java applications with C#/.NET services.
• Experience with BIRT Reports.
• Experience working with applications hosted on AWS.
• Experience maintaining or modernizing mature enterprise Java applications.

Success in This Role

• Lead a small team while remaining hands-on across the full stack.
• Quickly understand existing enterprise architecture and contribute without unnecessary disruption.
• Work effectively across application, database, API, and integration layers.
• Understand complex product, regulatory, and customer-data requirements.
• Balance modernization with system stability, security, and reliability.
• Translate complex business requirements into practical, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and unblock the team when required.