Java Team Lead (Mandarin Speaker)

About the Company:

Our client is a Malaysia-based IT service provider specialising in custom software development, web and mobile application solutions, as well as IT consulting services. They focus on delivering tailored, scalable digital solutions with strong emphasis on user-centric design, quality assurance, and innovative technologies to help businesses enhance and transform their digital platforms.

About the Role:

• We are seeking a hands-on Java Team Lead to oversee the design, development, and optimization of our backend services.
• You will lead a team of Java developers in building and maintaining a real-time, high-availability API platform for live sports data.
• The ideal candidate combines strong technical skills in Spring Boot, MySQL, and AWS, with leadership experience and a deep understanding of agile CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities:

System Design & Architecture

• Lead backend architecture decisions in collaboration with product and infrastructure teams.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and high-performance services using Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Own the system architecture, refactoring strategy, and technical roadmap for backend services.

Development & Quality

• Write and review clean, testable code in Java.
• Establish coding standards and best practices for the team.
• Guide adoption of automated testing, code reviews, and static analysis tools.

Team Leadership

• Mentor junior and mid-level Java developers; conduct regular code walkthroughs.
• Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, and sprint retrospectives.
• Coordinate with frontend and QA teams for seamless integration.

DevOps & CI/CD

• Collaborate on deployment pipelines using GitLab CI, Jenkins, and AWS services (e.g., RDS, EC2, S3).
• Support monitoring, logging, and performance optimization (e.g., ElastiCache, load balancers).

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
• Strong in Java 11+, Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA.
• Solid experience with MySQL or equivalent RDBMS.
• Familiar with AWS stack: RDS, EC2, S3, ElastiCache.
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI) and build tools (Maven).
• Version control via GitLab or GitHub
• Proven experience building RESTful APIs and scalable backend systems.

Kindly contact Dharsh via WhatsApp at 012-9191780 or via email at dharshini.nelamagan@peoplelake.asia if you are keen to explore this opportunity.

Thank you.