Lead Software Engineer

What You'll Do

HTS is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with strong expertise in AWS, Liferay DXP, Elastic Search, and AI tools who can both lead and contribute hands-on.

In this role, you will guide a small team of developers, collaborate with vendors, and drive end-to-end delivery of enterprise applications.

The ideal candidate combines technical depth with leadership skills — ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business goals.

Technical Leadership


* Lead a team of 23 developers, providing mentorship, code reviews, and technical guidance.


* Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of projects.


* Define and enforce best practices for coding, security, and application performance.


* Partner with product owners to build application architecture and drive development efforts.

Responsibilities


* Design and implement enterprise applications leveraging AWS cloud services, Elastic Search, and Liferay DXP.


* Contribute hands-on in Java, Python, and serverless AWS frameworks (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB).


* Drive CI/CD automation.


* Develop and optimize databases (Oracle, MySQL) and secure data models.


* Build web services and APIs to integrate with external systems.


* Customize and enhance Liferay DXP including Hooks, Plugins, Service Builder, CMS, Themes, and APIs.


* Champion DevOps best practices for continuous integration, continuous deployment, and automated testing using CloudFormation, AWS Code Pipeline and Code Build.


* Ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability through code reviews and best practices.


* Create and maintain technical documentation, including system design, architecture diagrams, and API documentation.


* Support existing applications, reviews application architecture/design and identify opportunities to optimize (Performance, Security, Maintenance, etc.).

Skills:


* 810 years of experience in software engineering with at least 2+ years in a lead role.


* Strong expertise in AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFormation, Code Pipeline, Code Build).


* Proven Liferay DXP experience — design, customization, upgrades, integration.


* Hands-on proficiency in Java and Python development.


* Elastic Search configuration for scalable search capabilities.


* Experience implementing and integrating AI tools in enterprise applications.


* Experience with database technologies (SQL, NoSQL) and data modeling.


* Experience with modern version control systems (GitHub)


* Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in an agile development environment.


* Demonstrated self-motivation, leadership, and driving capabilities.


* Motivated, self-starter, independent, results oriented and professional.


* Experience with Agile project management tools (e.g., JIRA, ServiceNow)


* Continuous learner with a growth mindset

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