IND Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack

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Software Engineer - Java Full Stack Developer

Purpose: Recruit and assess a hands-on Java fullstack engineer for the HIG India POD model, with emphasis on secure API/backend delivery, cloud readiness, AI-assisted engineering, ownership, and business-aligned execution.

Location

Hyderabad, India

Employment type

Full-time

Experience level

5-8 years preferred; strong candidates with lower tenure may be considered if they demonstrate excellent fundamentals, learnability, and analytical problem solving.

Role family

Software Engineering - Application Development

Operating model

HIG India POD / Agile delivery team with strong collaboration across US and India

Core expectation

Strong Java, API development, cloud awareness and Angular willingness to learn Python and playwright automation.

Position Overview

The Employee Benefits IT team is seeking a motivated Software Engineer to join the HIG India POD model supporting digital, claims, and benefits capabilities. This role will work closely with US-based technology leads and business partners to deliver secure, scalable and production-ready services.

The ideal candidate has strong backend engineering fundamentals in Java and Angular, is comfortable working with APIs, data, automation and cloud services, and demonstrates ownership beyond assigned tasks. The role requires technical execution, practical leadership within a scrum team, and the judgment to connect engineering choices to claimant, employer, operations and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own design, development, unit/integration testing, implementation, and support for assigned components within enterprise Employee Benefits applications.

• Design and maintain Java micro services, APIs, backend components and Angular UI.

• Translate business and technical requirements into secure, maintainable application modules and APIs.

• Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to accelerate coding, test generation, documentation, analysis, and refactoring while validating quality, security, and compliance.

• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, estimation, feature/story refinement, demos, retrospectives, and production readiness discussions.

• Collaborate with product owners, scrum masters, architects, QA/SDET, UX, platform, DevOps, and business partners to deliver outcomes, not just code.

• Partner with Java/API, Angular/UI, and QA/SDET engineers when the same business capability spans BFF, domain APIs, UI, integrations, and batch platforms.

• Perform peer code reviews and contribute to engineering standards for code quality, testing, security, accessibility, observability, and performance.

• Troubleshoot production/non-production issues using logs, monitoring dashboards, traces, database analysis, and structured root-cause thinking.

• Support modernization and reverse-engineering of using analysis, tests, documentation, and AI-assisted tools to reduce SME dependency.

• Document technical decisions, implementation notes, runbooks, operational impacts, and knowledge-transfer artifacts for the POD.

• Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in enterprise application environments.

• Hands-on Java, Spring boot microservices, Design patterns, Angular.

• Experience building or consuming REST APIs and integrating with enterprise systems.

• Experience with Agile delivery and sprint-based planning/execution.

• Working knowledge of Git/GitHub workflows, pull requests, branch management, and peer code reviews.

• Understanding of unit/integration testing and DevSecOps practices.

• Cloud fundamentals, with AWS exposure strongly preferred.

• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools and review AI-generated output responsibly.

• Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Python for backend for api development.

• Experience with AWS ECS, Lambda, Batch, CloudWatch, SQS, or similar services.

• Observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, or equivalent.

• Experience supporting production applications and participating in incident/problem resolution.

• Insurance, underwriting domain experience.

What We Offer

Collaborative work environment with global teams.

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.

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