Key Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable and secure backend services using Java and AWS.
Collaborate with architects, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Own the end-to-end technical delivery, including planning, estimation, architecture, development, and deployment.
Implement best practices in code quality, testing, and DevOps automation.
Guide and mentor junior developers and participate in code reviews and architecture reviews.
Champion Agile practices and participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
Ensure high performance, scalability, and reliability of application components in a cloud environment.
Stay current with new technologies and advocate for continuous improvement in engineering practices..
Required Skills & Qualifications
8+ years of experience in backend development with Java (Java 8/11/17).
Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, etc.).
Experience in building microservices and RESTful APIs.
Solid understanding of Spring Framework, especially Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security.
Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS/EKS.
Proficiency with build tools and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, etc.).
Experience with monitoring, logging, and performance tuning using tools like CloudWatch, ELK stack, Prometheus/Grafana.
Strong knowledge of design patterns, software architecture, and best coding practices.
About Virtusa
Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.
Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.
Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
