
Lead Software Engineer (Java, Javascript, Oracle Database)
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop high-quality software solutions to address customer escalations and support incidents. Collaborate with team members and cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve defects, delivering enhancements that improve user experiences.
- Troubleshoot and diagnose complex technical issues using tools like Nslookup, Ping, Traceroute, Wireshark, Netstat, Telnet/SSH, GDB, VisualVM, JStack, and JProfiler, ensuring timely resolution and sharing learnings to prevent future issues.
- Work closely with Engineering and Customer Support teams to understand customer problems, provide updates, and enhance satisfaction. Perform root cause analysis, create, validate, and deliver patches or solutions to customers.
- Support recruitment activities and technical onboarding of new team members.
- Continuously develop skills, learn new technologies, and contribute to team improvement. Establish and promote TDD/BDD strategies, Continuous Integration (CI), and Continuous Delivery (CD) processes within the team.
- Educational Background & Experience: Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or related field with 8+ years of software development experience.
- Technical Troubleshooting & Optimization: Proven skills in diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues, with a focus on security, performance, scalability, reliability, and memory management.
- Programming & Frontend Expertise: Extensive expertise in Java (OOP, multithreading, memory management) and knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and frontend frameworks like React or Angular. Testing Proficiency: Proficient in writing unit and integration tests using tools like JUnit, Jest, Mocha, Cypress, Playwright, and Jasmine.
- CI/CD & Database Skills: Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Gradle, Maven, Grunt, SonarQube) and experience with databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) including optimization and troubleshooting.
- Leadership experience in guiding, mentoring junior developers, fostering a collaborative environment, conducting code reviews, and proficiency in Agile methodologies and practices.
- Experience in the Life Sciences industry and regulated environments, participating in audits and ensuring compliance with QMS procedures.
- Ability to design scalable, maintainable, and efficient software architectures, including microservices and cloud-native solutions using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes, and knowledge of DevOps practices including automation, infrastructure as code, and continuous monitoring.
- Championing and promoting software engineering best practices, secure design, development, testing, and architectural practices, quality standards, with a good understanding of the OWASP top-10 for web- based applications, and monitoring metrics for system performance and customer issues. Proactively reviewing and improving procedures and processes. Utilizing the Danaher DBS toolkit to foster a culture of continuous improvement.