Lead Application Developer

About the role

UPS is hiring a Lead Application Developer in India. The role combines hands-on development of complex applications with leading a team of developers and managing a community of practice. It is a permanent position.

Key responsibilities

• Perform systems analysis and design.
• Design and develop moderate to highly complex applications.
• Develop application documentation and produce integration builds.
• Perform maintenance and support.
• Support emerging technologies and products.
• Lead a team of developers.
• Manage a community of practice and run guild sessions for backend developers.

Required profile

• B.E./B.Tech/MCA or equivalent degree with a good academic record.
• 12+ years of total software development experience.
• Experience leading a team of software developers.
• Demonstrable experience creating and owning application/solution design, from scratch rather than just enhancements.
• Good knowledge of Lean Agile / SAFe ways of working.
• Experience handling L2/L3 incidents and designing application security solutions.
• Previous work on container-based hosting of applications.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with strong communication skills in English.

Required skills

• Azure cloud services and Azure Cloud developer certification (a plus).
• .NET Core, C#, SQL Server and Cosmos DB.
• REST-based and WebSocket APIs, microservices, SOLID principles and design patterns.
• CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, AKS, Jfrog, SonarQube, Visual Studio and Git.
• Unit testing frameworks and integration patterns.
• Desirable: Angular 7.0+, Micro Frontend architecture.