Technical Java Lead

About Santechture:

Santechture is a specialized healthcare technology firm providing innovative AI-powered Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solutions, health information exchange integrations, and clinical workflow software across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

We build robust, scalable, and secure technologies that enable healthcare providers and payers to streamline operations, optimize financial outcomes, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Role Summary:

Technical Java Lead will guide our software engineering team in designing, building, and maintaining high-performance, scalable enterprise applications.

In this role, you will combine hands-on Java development expertise with technical leadership, guiding architecture decisions, enforcing coding standards, mentoring developers, and collaborating closely with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver robust software solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Architecture:

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of scalable, high-availability enterprise Java applications.
• Define technical roadmaps, architecture patterns, and system design best practices.
• Perform code reviews, enforce coding standards, and ensure high code quality, security, and performance optimizations.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide root-cause analysis for production incidents.

Team Leadership & Mentorship:

• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Java engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Conduct technical performance reviews, assign project tasks, and balance team workloads.
• Support the future adoption of Agile/Scrum practices and, once introduced, guide the team through Agile/Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, retrospectives).

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with Product Managers, Solution Architects, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to refine requirements into clear technical specifications.
• Coordinate with DevOps teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure deployment.
• Ensure code adheres to high security and compliance standards (data encryption, role-based access control, ISO/IEC 27001 data protection guidelines).

Job Requirements:

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Core Experience:

• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience with Java (Java 8/ 11/17/21), JSF ,Hibernate,Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security).
• Strong experience in RESTful API design.
• Proficiency in relational databases (MS SQL server, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with cloud platforms, particularly GCP Virtual Machine (VM)-based environments, and CI/CD tools (GitLab CI).
• Hands-on experience with message brokers (Kafka), including consuming Kafka messages in integration use cases, and caching mechanisms.
• Hands-on experience on performance measurement and enhancement
• Experience with Ticketing tools (Jira)
• Proficiency in unit, integration, and automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers).

Leadership & Management Skills

• 2+ years of proven experience in a lead, supervisory, or principal engineer role.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical thinking, and system troubleshooting abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Prior experience in Healthcare IT / Healthtech, Integration with health care aggregators, HL7 / FHIR standards, or RCM (Claims/Billing Engine) processing.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience in Microservices design.
• Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD) and event-driven architectures (future roadmap).
• Experience with Docker (currently used on VMs for integration components) and Kubernetes (future roadmap).
• Familiarity with observability stacks (ELK ,Grafana Stack)
• Familiarity with caching tools (Redis) and elastic search tools (Elasticsearch).
• Understanding of AI/ML API integrations or Python-based microservices interoperability.

Soft Skills & Work Ethic

• Analytical Thinker: Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on writing clean, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Collaborative Team Player: Excellent communication skills to interface effectively with product managers, front-end developers, and technical leads.
• Adaptable & Proactive: Thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes ownership of deliverables from design to production deployment.

Ready to Shape the Future?

If you are passionate about Java development, technical leadership, and building scalable, high-quality software solutions, we'd love to hear from you.

Join SANTECHTURE and help us shape the future of healthcare technology.

Apply today by submitting your resume.