Java Technical Lead

• Provide hands-on technical leadership for day-to-day system development and maintenance.
• Manage complex assignments, remove bottlenecks, and meet sprint velocity SLAs.
• Develop technical roadmaps and prioritize work across quarterly PI planning.
• Partner with Solution Architects on implementation flows and lead code grooming and reviews.
• Drive QE methodologies and maintain daily automation regression suites.
• Ensure comprehensive Unit, System, Integration, and Performance testing coverage.
• Conduct Quality Inspections and walkthroughs across Requirements, Architecture, Design, and Security.
• Identify process improvements to enhance effectiveness and time-to-market.
• Mentor junior engineers and deliver training and brownbag sessions on emerging technologies.
• Lead production incident management, perform RCA, and drive remediation.

We are seeking a Java Technical Lead (Quality Engineering & Automation) to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Java, Spring ecosystem, Agile delivery, and quality engineering automation and a proven ability to lead cross-functional scrum teams, maintain robust automation suites, and deliver secure, high-performance applications., * Advanced Java with strong OOP concepts; Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud (Cloud Config, Cloud Foundry).

• Maven, Bitbucket (Git) for build and version control.
• API automation using BDD (JBehave) and GUI automation with Selenium WebDriver.
• Manual REST/SOAP testing with Insomnia, SoapUI, and Postman.
• Database testing with DBVisualizer for PostgreSQL and Oracle; unit testing with JUnit.
• CI/CD with Jenkins; defect tracking with Jira or ALM; Unix (RedHat, Mint).
• 7+ years of relevant software engineering and quality engineering experience.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience delivering secure solutions in Financial Services.
• Background testing Network Management Systems and operating as a Software Engineer in Test.
• Proven leadership of Agile scrum teams across the full SDLC in matrixed, distributed environments.

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for growth with global clients.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.

BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.