Lead Software Developer

We're hiring a Lead Developer to lead the technical delivery of our Core Services — the shared backend (APIs, event-driven services, SDKs) that powers every Roojai application and entity.

• You will report to the Group Solution Architect, lead a squad of backend engineers, work hands-on with modern cloud-native technologies, and play a key role in scaling our platform.

Responsibilities

Architecture and platform evolution

• Work closely with the Solution Architect on system design and platform evolution
• Contribute to architecture decisions, design patterns, and standards
• Ensure API contract quality, versioning, and backward compatibility
• Support the adoption of event-driven architecture and scalable system design

Development and delivery activities

• Design and implement scalable, resilient, and efficient backend solutions
• Translate architectural direction into concrete designs and implementation plans
• Own the technical delivery of the Core platform sprint by sprint
• Help with the work assignment during sprint planning
• Help remove bottlenecks and manage technical dependencies
• Provide technical guidance to developers and promote teamwork
• Participate actively in coding activities (APIs, event-driven services, integrations, SDKs)
• Oversee system deployment activities and release readiness
• Ensure that technical documentation is adequate and up to date

Production support and maintenance

• Ensure that platform components run reliably in production
• Ensure that issues and exceptions are monitored and addressed promptly
• Ensure that Service Desk support is adequate and SLAs are met

Compliance and quality excellence

• Establish coding principles and best practices and ensure that developers adhere to them
• Perform regular code reviews and provide feedback
• Monitor and follow up on platform performance and third-party tools
• Optimize code and improve system performance when required
• Ensure compliance with IS27001 and security best practices

Lead the Core squad

• Mentor developers and support their progression
• Appraise team members
• Manage leave requests
• Recruit new developers and manage the on-boarding process
• Encourage regular trainings and identify relevant learning opportunities

• Architecture and platform evolution
• Work closely with the Solution Architect on system design and platform evolution
• Contribute to architecture decisions, design patterns, and standards
• Ensure API contract quality, versioning, and backward compatibility
• Support the adoption of event-driven architecture and scalable system design

• Development and delivery activities
• Design and implement scalable, resilient, and efficient backend solutions
• Translate architectural direction into concrete designs and implementation plans
• Own the technical delivery of the Core platform sprint by sprint
• Help with the work assignment during sprint planning
• Help remove bottlenecks and manage technical dependencies
• Provide technical guidance to developers and promote teamwork
• Participate actively in coding activities (APIs, event-driven services, integrations, SDKs)
• Oversee system deployment activities and release readiness
• Ensure that technical documentation is adequate and up to date

• Production support and maintenance
• Ensure that platform components run reliably in production
• Ensure that issues and exceptions are monitored and addressed promptly
• Ensure that Service Desk support is adequate and SLAs are met

• Compliance and quality excellence
• Establish coding principles and best practices and ensure that developers adhere to them
• Perform regular code reviews and provide feedback
• Monitor and follow up on platform performance and third-party tools
• Optimize code and improve system performance when required
• Ensure compliance with IS27001 and security best practices

• Lead the Core squad
• Mentor developers and support their progression
• Appraise team members
• Manage leave requests
• Recruit new developers and manage the on-boarding process
• Encourage regular trainings and identify relevant learning opportunities

Requirements

• 10 years of backend software development experience, with 5 years leading a team
• Strong skills in Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, REST API design, and SQL
• Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka / Confluent)
• Solid cloud-native experience (AWS and/or Azure, containers, CI/CD)
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Docker/Kubernetes, and observability tools
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Pragmatic and self-driven mindset
• Fluent in English
• Architect mindset — understanding of scalability, maintainability, and system design
• Insurance or fintech background is a plus