Java Backend Technical Lead - Kubernetes

About the role

Capco, a Wipro company and global technology and management consulting firm, is looking for an experienced Java Backend Technical Lead based in Vadodara (client office, hybrid). The role leads application modernization, Kubernetes migration and regional deployment initiatives, requiring hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices and Kubernetes, along with experience in solution design, cloud-native development and production deployments.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, modernization and deployment of Java-based microservices applications.
• Drive migration of existing applications to Kubernetes-based environments.
• Define scalable, resilient, secure and maintainable microservices architecture aligned with enterprise engineering standards.
• Provide technical leadership to backend developers and SDET engineers, ensuring quality and consistent delivery.
• Design and review RESTful APIs, service integrations, asynchronous processing and application configuration.
• Work with the Architect and Tech Lead on solution design, technical decisions and delivery planning.
• Drive region-specific customizations and coordinate cross-team dependencies for regional deployments.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Kubernetes deployments, observability and release management.
• Conduct code reviews, technical design reviews, performance optimization and production troubleshooting.
• Ensure adherence to secure coding, automated testing, engineering standards and production readiness.

Required profile

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong hands-on Java backend development.
• Proven technical leadership, solution design and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Preferred: payments, digital payments, tokenization or financial services domain experience.

Required skills

• Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, Spring Framework and microservices architecture.
• Kubernetes, Docker, containerization and application migration/deployment on Kubernetes.
• REST APIs, distributed systems and enterprise integration patterns.
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI.
• SQL/NoSQL databases, Kafka or other messaging systems, and API security.
• Kubernetes deployment concepts: Helm, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Services, Ingress and scaling.
• Application monitoring, logging, performance tuning and incident management.
• Preferred: AWS, Azure or GCP; GitOps, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana and distributed tracing.