Lead Technical Specialist/Architect-Java

General Information

Team:

Sonata

Close date:

Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Working pattern:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Location:

Gurgaon (SEZ1)

Department:

79 - 79 Engineering - Sonata Digital

Description & Requirements:

Bravura’s Commitment and Mission

At Bravura Solutions, collaboration, diversity and excellence matter. We value your ideas, giving you room to be curious and innovate in an exciting, fast-paced, and flexible environment. We look for many different skills and abilities, as well as how you can add value to Bravura and our culture.

As a Global FinTech market leader and ASX listed company, Bravura is a trusted partner to over 350 leading financial services clients, delivering wealth management technology and products. We invest significantly in our technology hubs and innovation labs, which inspire and drive our creative, future-focused mindset. We take pride in developing cutting-edge, digital first technology solutions that support our clients to achieve financial security and prosperity for their customers.

About The Role

The Lead Technical Specialist is responsible for providing hands-on technical leadership across the design, development, delivery, and ongoing maintenance of technology solutions. This role focuses on guiding engineering teams through complex technical challenges, ensuring solutions are aligned with business objectives, and driving high-quality outcomes through strong engineering practices.

The Lead Technical Specialist collaborates closely with product, business, and engineering stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical designs, contribute to accurate effort estimations, and ensure technical excellence throughout the development lifecycle. The role also involves proactively identifying technical risks, improving system performance and scalability, and upholding quality standards through best practices and technical governance.

A strong hands-on development background is essential to understand solution requirements, mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and lead the implementation of innovative, scalable solutions that meet both business and client needs.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and review software solutions using established coding standards, documentation practices, and configuration management techniques
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams across the full software development lifecycle
• Work within an agile delivery model to design, test, and implement effective development methodologies
• Collaborate with Product Owners and team members to estimate development effort for user stories and features
• Deliver ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements for existing systems and platforms, with a focus on improving quality and performance
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including business, product, and engineering colleagues, to deliver robust and elegant solutions
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in design, development processes, tooling, and practices
• Support Service Delivery and Production Support teams by troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues
• Lead by example to create a psychologically safe team environment where ideas, questions, and challenges are openly shared
• Establish and enforce best practices such as code reviews, technical standards, and knowledge sharing

Unleash your potential

To be successful in this role, your background and experience will include:

• B.E./B.Tech/MCA with 8+ years of relevant software development experience
• Experience in the financial services, wealth management, or insurance domain is preferred.
• Strong hands-on experience in Java and modern backend frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot, Micronaut)
• Experience with ORM technologies such as JPA/Hibernate
• Exposure to frontend technologies such as React or Angular, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Experience with databases (relational and/or NoSQL such as MongoDB)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and modern development practices
• Understanding of containerization and cloud-native environments (Docker, Kubernetes – exposure preferred)
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and build high-performing, self-reliant teams
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software within agreed timelines.

Working at Bravura

Our people are the heart of our business. We work hard to provide a rich employee experience and a robust framework for ongoing career development.

• Competitive salary and employee benefits scheme.
• Flexible working hours, we value work-life balance.
• Maternity/ Parental (including secondary) leave policy.
• Cab facility available in Delhi/NCR.
• Meal facility available
• Free Medical Insurance

So, what’s next?

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion so even if you don’t match every listed skill or tick all the boxes, we’d still love to hear from you.

Please note that interviews are primarily conducted virtually and if you require any reasonable adjustments or would like to note which pronouns you use, please let us know.

All final applicants for this position will be asked to consent to a criminal record and background check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.