Principal Java Engineer / Technical Lead
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Job title: Principal Java Engineer / Technical Lead
Location: Abuja / Lagos Work Mode: On-site Contract: Contract Salary: ₦2.5M – ₦3M net/month
We’re looking for a Principal-level Java Engineer / Technical Lead to lead the Java engineering team and establish technical standards across multiple systems.
MUST-HAVE: Strong Java & Spring Boot experience on Tier-1/national production systems Experience setting engineering standards across multiple teams Strong Kubernetes, Helm & GitOps experience Strong PostgreSQL experience at scale Event-driven architecture, idempotency & dead-letter handling Proven experience mentoring engineers into technical leads
NICE TO HAVE: Payments / national settlement systems USSD, SMPP or telecom integrations Keycloak / OpenID Connect MOSIP / national identity platforms
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