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Software Engineer - Senior/Team Lead

Zensar Technologies

Full time
Location
India
Work mode
Not stated
Salary
₹11L – ₹25L a year estimatetypical for IT Jobs in India, 824 posts
Posted 10 days ago

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Role at a glance

You will
  • Lead daily squad activities: invoice ingestion, multi-funder allocation, settlement, supplier onboarding.
  • Translate epics into technical tasks; define HLD for sprint features and review LLDs.
  • Maintain code quality via PR reviews, pair programming, SonarQube; enforce 80%+ unit test coverage.
Must-have skills
JavaKubernetesPythonScalaSpring Boot

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Job description

Description

• Technical Leadership: Code reviews, sprint-level task definition, architectural blocker resolution
• Core Stack: Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud), Angular (TypeScript), Python
• Additional Stack: Scala (Akka Streams), Groovy (Gradle/Spock) (Nice to have, only few components)
• Data: Apache Spark (invoice aggregation, portfolio reporting), Elasticsearch, Talend ETL
• DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes (Helm), Terraform; Jenkins/GitLab CI; Azure DevOps
• Reporting: Jasper Reports — funder statements and programme utilisation report templates
• Agile: Scrum/Kanban facilitation; sprint planning, retros; Jira board management
• People: Mentoring/line management of 4–8 developers; 1:1s, onboarding
Key Responsibilities
• Lead daily squad activities: invoice ingestion, multi-funder allocation, settlement, supplier onboarding.
• Translate epics into technical tasks; define HLD for sprint features and review LLDs.
• Maintain code quality via PR reviews, pair programming, SonarQube; enforce 80%+ unit test coverage.
• Own squad Definition of Done and Definition of Ready; track velocity and flag risks.
• Ensure Kubernetes deployments and Helm charts are production-ready (resource limits, probes, rollback).
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers; run platform knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Coordinate with DevOps on pipeline improvements affecting squad-owned services.
Requirements
• 8+ yrs software engineering; 2+ yrs team lead or tech lead.
• Strong Java (Spring Boot); Scala or Python; Angular knowledge preferred.
• Delivered features on a cloud-native Kubernetes platform.
• Fintech or financial services background advantageous.
• Nice to have: Scala (Akka Streams), Groovy (Gradle/Spock)



Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
• Lead daily squad activities: invoice ingestion, multi-funder allocation, settlement, supplier onboarding.
• Translate epics into technical tasks; define HLD for sprint features and review LLDs.
• Maintain code quality via PR reviews, pair programming, SonarQube; enforce 80%+ unit test coverage.
• Own squad Definition of Done and Definition of Ready; track velocity and flag risks.
• Ensure Kubernetes deployments and Helm charts are production-ready (resource limits, probes, rollback).
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers; run platform knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Coordinate with DevOps on pipeline improvements affecting squad-owned services.



Qualifications

Requirements
• 8+ yrs software engineering; 2+ yrs team lead or tech lead.
• Strong Java (Spring Boot); Scala or Python; Angular knowledge preferred.
• Delivered features on a cloud-native Kubernetes platform.
• Fintech or financial services background advantageous.
• Nice to have: Scala (Akka Streams), Groovy (Gradle/Spock)



Key skills

Required

JavaKubernetesPythonScalaSpring Boot

Preferred

AgileAngularApache SparkAzure DevOpsDockerETLElasticsearchGitLab CIJIRAJenkinsKanbanScrumTerraform

Job market insights

2,197active Java jobs in India
1,832active Kubernetes jobs in India
4,571active Python jobs in India
₹11L – ₹25L advertised yearly salary for IT Jobs in India (middle half of 824 posts that show a salary; median ₹17L)
82 more open jobs at Zensar Technologies

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