
Java Lead Engineer _ Vice President _Software Engineering
Marks & Spencer Group plc1 hour ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Java-based enterprise applications.
- Design and build new platforms while following established engineering standards and best practices.
- Own the complete software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, integration, and maintenance.
- Apply Java, Spring Boot, microservices, Kafka, caching, databases, cloud architecture, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Drive cloud adoption, usability, user experience, and GenAI adoption for the platform.
- Coordinate with internal and external teams, including offshore development and QA, infrastructure, vendors, and support teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of the team’s software development practices.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of hands-on Java EE and Core Java experience, with strong leadership qualities.
- Experience developing web services and working with Kafka, service-oriented architecture, object-oriented design, design patterns, application architecture, and integration.
- Strong database design and SQL skills.
- Experience with Spring and automated testing tools or practices, including JUnit and BDD.
- Experience with Unix/Linux and technical problem solving involving system integration, infrastructure debugging, or system administration.
- Ability to translate technical designs into workable solutions and coordinate across multiple groups.
- Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and work in large, distributed teams.
- Awareness or experience with GenAI agentic tools or other GenAI tooling.
- At least 6 years of relevant experience would generally be expected for the role.
- Preferred experience includes AngularJS, ExtJS, AWS or Azure certifications, distributed caching, MongoDB, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Elasticsearch, and vendor-feed data management.
Benefits
- Morgan Stanley offers comprehensive employee benefits and perks for employees and their families.
- Employees have opportunities for internal career mobility across the business.
- The company supports an inclusive, diverse, and collaborative work environment.