Lead Engineer, VP
D.B. Group1 day ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the development team.
- Develop core services and critical components of the Fraud Monitoring Platform as a hands-on backend engineer.
- Define and implement scalable, resilient, secure solution architecture in partnership with the platform architect.
- Collaborate with engineering heads, project management, and related platform leaders to build, integrate, and deliver software.
- Improve code quality, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and post-release operational activities across the SDLC.
- Act as the platform’s primary technical expert in strategy, stakeholder, and product development discussions.
- Partner with SRE and L3 support teams to improve reliability and reduce operational toil.
Requirements
- 15+ years of software engineering experience with a record of leading complex, business-critical systems.
- Expert hands-on proficiency with Java 17+ and Spring Boot, plus backend application development experience.
- Experience designing, building, and deploying complex scalable applications on a major public cloud platform; GCP is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, cloud-native applications, event-driven architecture, and messaging systems such as Kafka or MQ.
- Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis.
- Understanding of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps/SRE principles.
- Experience with high-load and high-traffic systems, performance testing and tuning, and zero-downtime releases.
- Understanding of API security, including mTLS and OAuth2, data protection, and secure coding practices.
- Familiarity with AI/ML, generative AI, and agentic AI patterns, including safe integration and orchestration of models, LLMs, or AI agents in real-time decisioning systems.
- Experience applying AI-assisted engineering techniques and using AI tools responsibly to improve productivity and workflows.
- Proven ability to provide technical leadership, coaching, architectural guidance, and cross-functional collaboration.
Benefits
- Flexible benefits scheme with best-in-class leave policy.
- Gender-neutral parental leave and 100% reimbursement under the gender-neutral childcare assistance benefit.
- Sponsorship for industry-relevant certifications and education.
- Employee Assistance Program for employees and family members.
- Comprehensive hospitalization insurance for employees and dependents.
- Accident and term life insurance.
- Complimentary health screening for employees aged 35 and above.
- Training, development, coaching, and continuous learning support.
- The role is located in Pune, India.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaDockerGitGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJenkinsKubernetesMySQLPostgreSQLRedisSpring Boot
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About D.B. Group
D.B. Group is an Italian freight forwarder and logistics provider offering air, ocean, road, and rail transport, customs brokerage, and supply chain management for global shippers. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Montebelluna, Veneto, it is privately held and operates through 79 subsidiaries with a worldwide partner network. The company delivers end-to-end forwarding and integrated logistics services, from consolidation and warehousing to door-to-door deliveries and trade compliance.