Lead SWE

**Lead Software Engineer** **The Role** A Lead Software Engineer's roles include providing technical accumen, defining and creating software , mentoring other engineers, code reviews. They also ensure code quality, evaluate new technologies, and collaborate with teams to align technical solutions with business goals.  **What You’ll Do** Deep dive on large-scale SaaS products and be prepared to assist architecture with setting the vision, organizing and evolving the code-base for the entire product **Build reliable systems that integrate large language models into our products** * Leverage  **AI tools** like Copilot and automation platforms to enhance product capabilities and engineering efficiency. * Champion best practices in **Java**, **Spring Boot**, and **microservices**\-based architecture.  * Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment between technical strategy and product goals.  * Conduct architectural reviews, lead PoCs, and evaluate emerging technologies to meet evolving business needs.  * Mentor and coach engineers, fostering continuous improvement and skill development across the team.  * Contribute to technical decision-making, risk mitigation, and delivery assurance across multiple projects.  . **Key Job Functions/Requirements** * Hands-on experience with construction of complex engineering solutions and knowledge of software development methodologies * 8+ years of experience * Architect and implement end-to-end software solutions with a focus on **scalability**, **resilience**, and **performance**.  * **LLM Skills:** Hands-on experience building AI agents with Large Language Models (LLMs), including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), as well as tuning models. * **LLM Model**: Apt with GPTs, Llama, or any other LLM using frameworks such as LangChain,  LangGraph. Knowledge of vector databases, memory systems, and human-in-the-loop workflows. * **AI Tools**:Hands-on with AI-driven development tools, intelligent code assistance, and workflow automation . * **Languages & Frameworks**: Strong programming background on Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA, Hibernate  * **Architecture**: Microservices, REST, Domain-driven design, Event-driven architecture  * **Queues & Messaging**: Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar message brokers  * **Databases**: PostgreSQL, advanced SQL, data modelling, query tuning  * **Build & Deployment**: Gradle, Git, Docker, Kubernetes  * **Best Practices**: TDD, CI/CD, design patterns, code quality, security, observability  * **Cloud & DevOps**: Cloud-native development (AWS), containerization, monitoring tools  **Technical leadership and expertise** * Object oriented design principles (SOLID), design patterns, enterprise integration patterns, Microservice architecture * Familiarity with non-functional software qualities (resilience, maintainability, etc), and experience implementing related design patterns and analysing trade-offs * Architectural design: Lead the architectural design of complex, scalable, and high-performance software systems.  * Technical direction: Define the technical vision and roadmap for software development, ensuring alignment with business objectives.  * Problem-solving: Solve complex technical challenges and optimize existing applications.  * Code quality: Ensure adherence to coding standards, conduct code reviews, and uphold best practices.  **EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER** _The Solera group is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws._