Description

• Typically 5–8 years of hands-on full-stack development experience.
• Works independently on complex features, with minimal day-to-day hand-holding.
• Owns design and delivery of stories end-to-end, from refinement through production support.
• Acts as a go-to engineer within the squad but is not yet an enterprise or architectural authority.
• AI tool exposure like Kiro and Amazon Q is a plus but not required.

Frontend Development

• Strong working experience with Angular or React.
• Develops maintainable, modular UI components and integrates them with backend APIs.
• Understands:
  • State management
  • Routing
  • Performance considerations
  • Error handling
• Awareness of accessibility and usability standards expected in enterprise applications.
• Any exposure to MFE (Micro Frontend) is a plus.

Backend Development (Strong Focus)

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Designs and implements production-grade REST APIs following standards.
• Solid understanding of Microservices Architecture, including:
  • Service boundaries
  • Configuration management
  • Inter-service communication
  • Error handling and resiliency
• Working experience with Kafka or equivalent messaging systems:
  • Producers/Consumers
  • Topic usage
  • Message versioning awareness
• Applies logging, monitoring, and exception strategies suitable for regulated environments.

Database & SQL
Strong SQL proficiency, including:

• Complex joins
• Subqueries
• Aggregations
• Can diagnose and fix basic query or data-related performance issues.

Cloud, Platform & DevOps
Working knowledge of:

• Docker
• OpenShift / Kubernetes concepts
• Understands CI/CD pipelines and can troubleshoot build or deployment failures.
• Not responsible for platform strategy but expected to be platform-aware and self-sufficient.

Quality, Security & Compliance

• Writes unit and component tests as part of normal development.
• Participates in code reviews with a strong quality mindset.
• Understands secure coding principles and follows Client security standards.
• Aware of audit, compliance, and resilience expectations in a financial-services environment.

Interview & Hiring Expectations (Key Differentiator)
Candidates at this level must be able to demonstrate depth, not just familiarity.
Expected to:

• Walk through real production projects they've worked on.
• Explain design decisions, not just implementations.
• Debug or reason through problems live using an IDE.

Interviews will assess:

• Frontend integration scenarios
• Practical coding and reasoning skills
• Java & Spring Boot depth
• SQL problem-solving

Screen sharing is mandatory, and answers should reflect hands-on experience, not memorized theory.

Collaboration & Leadership (Lightweight)

• Supports junior engineers through guidance and code reviews.
• Partners effectively with QA, DevOps, and product teams.
• Communicates clearly with managers and stakeholders on technical risks and progress.
• Does not formally lead teams but demonstrates informal technical leadership within the squad

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree