Tech Lead - JAVA

About Netchex

We’re Netchex - the fastest growing Payroll, Human Resource, Time and Attendance, and Benefits services company in America. We give HR professionals time to work on what drives their businesses forward by providing efficient tools and quality personal service. We tackle big challenges, take pride in our work, and learn early and often so we can delight our clients with solutions that solve their problems every day.

Job Overview

As a Team Lead – JAVA Engineer, you will drive the architecture and development of high-performance backend services for our HR platform. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys solving deep technical challenges and shaping engineering standards across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the design of large-scale, distributed, highly available, and secure backend systems that power core parts of the platform.
• Drive architectural decisions, establish long-term technical direction, and define standards across multiple teams and services.
• Develop strategies for system performance, reliability, scalability, and long-term evolution.
• Mentor and grow engineers at all levels, shaping engineering culture and uplifting technical excellence across the org.
• Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle — requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production operations.
• Champion best practices by defining coding standards, leading complex code reviews, and driving engineering process improvements.
• Lead and deliver complex cross-functional initiatives in partnership with Product Managers, ML Engineers, Front-end Engineers, and QA Engineers.
• Research, evaluate, prototype, and introduce new technologies to solve complex business or technical challenges.
• Serve as a technical lead during incident response, ensuring rapid recovery, deep root cause analysis, and long-term fixes.
• Influence organizational technology decisions and contribute to strategic planning.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience designing and developing backend systems at scale.
• Expertise in Java and Spring (or equivalent frameworks), with solid understanding of architecture and design patterns.
• Deep knowledge of both SQL databases, including schema design, tuning, and scaling data systems.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, caching, messaging, event-driven architectures, concurrency, and search technologies.
• Solid understanding of cloud architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and microservices. Ability to define architectural direction, balance trade-offs, and make high-impact technical decisions.
• Proven experience leading large, complex projects end-to-end across multiple teams.
• Excellent troubleshooting and performance optimization skills, especially in critical production systems.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and influence senior engineers and shape engineering culture.
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Experience with fintech/payment systems, payment rails, ledger-like architectures, or regulated transaction flows is a plus.
• Experience working with or architecting .NET-based services is a plus.

Why Join Netchex?

• Innovative Environment:Dynamic andcutting-edgeHR and payroll technology.
• Career Growth:Numerous opportunities for advancement and skill enhancement.
• Collaborative Culture:Supportive team valuing creativity and teamwork.
• Impactful Work:Directly improve business success and employee experiences.
• Cutting-EdgeTools:Work with the latest technology to drive growth and efficiency