Java Backend Lead Developer

Infosys•Toms River, NJ

3d•$76,071 - $102,574

About The Position

The Java Backend Lead Developer will work in Infosys Financial Services, which supports digital transformation for financial institutions across banking, wealth management, and insurance. In the assigned role of Technology Consultant 2, the position contributes to software development across the SDLC, from requirements elicitation and application design through coding, testing, integration, deployment support, and ongoing reliability work. The role involves collaborating with technical and cross-functional teams, translating requirements into development tasks, maintaining software quality and stability, and documenting code, testing, and support activities. The position requires experience with Core Java, microservices, and Java/J2EE and Spring technologies. Experience with Struts is acceptable or valued for legacy migrations. Kafka, SQL, unit testing, and CI/CD are preferred. A bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent is required, although three years of progressive specialty experience may substitute for each year of education. Relocation and/or travel to the work or project location may be required. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship; Infosys will not provide immigration sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

Experience with Core Java concepts, including object-oriented programming, collections, streams, concurrency, and exception handling.
Experience with microservices, including REST API design, inter-service communication, resilience patterns, pagination, and error handling.
Experience with Java/J2EE and Spring, including Spring Boot and Spring MVC; Struts experience is acceptable or valued for legacy migrations.
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution, or three years of progressive specialty experience in lieu of each year of education.
Must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without employer-based visa sponsorship; sponsorship is not available now or in the future.
May be required to relocate and/or travel to the work or project location.
Collaborative spirit and excellent communication skills.
Ability to handle end-to-end SDLC phases, translate complex requirements into actionable development tasks, and work with cross-functional teams.
Passion for design and hands-on coding experience, with a proactive approach to testing, troubleshooting, and refining applications.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Kafka.
Experience with SQL, unit testing, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

Contribute to requirements elicitation by documenting assigned parts of business requirements in line with guidance.
Facilitate software application design discussions and document design decisions to guide the technical team.
Participate in coding and integrate new features or updates into existing applications while maintaining system stability.
Conduct code reviews, make changes to the codebase, and maintain code repositories.
Implement test strategies, analyze results, and coordinate bug fixes to uphold software quality standards.
Develop user training programs, documentation, and support frameworks to support transitions to new software applications.
Help resolve production issues and recommend preventive strategies to improve system reliability.
Maintain records of code, testing techniques, and support activities to enrich the knowledge base and assist similar projects.
Contribute across SDLC phases, from requirements gathering through implementation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on software integration.