Japanese Bilingual Java Technical Lead (Hyderabad)

Overview MetLife is seeking an experienced bilingual-Japanese Technical Lead to help modernize business-critical distribution applications using cloud-ready, secure, and scalable engineering practices. This chance is ideal for a delivery-focused full-stack technologist who can lead engineering teams, collaborate effectively with global stakeholders, and drive high-quality application development aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and operational excellence standards. What will you do: Design, build, and modernize full-stack applications using approved cloud solutions and modern engineering practices. Work closely with application owners, business analysts, architects, and engineering teams to align with the MetLife Global Platform Reference Architecture. Lead and coordinate a mid-sized team of employees and/or vendor resources to deliver application features in an Agile model. Collaborate with global and local stakeholders, engineers, and delivery teams to support shared delivery goals. Drive progressive delivery, release readiness, and operational stability with a focus on reducing production incidents. Ensure required quality, security, and change-management practices are followed, including Veracode, SonarQube, ServiceNow, and release governance processes. Support documentation, delivery governance, and process artifacts required for financial institution technology delivery. What we are looking for: 8+ years of experience in the IT industry, including hands-on application development and delivery leadership. 5+ years of experience in web or full-stack application development. 3+ years of experience delivering projects using Agile practices. Experience leading a team of 510 engineers or vendor team members. Strong experience in cloud migration, deployment automation, build automation, and release automation. Hands-on knowledge of microservices and modern application frameworks such as Spring Boot, Netflix OSS, Kubernetes, Docker, or equivalent platforms. Strong understanding of REST API design and integration patterns. Exposure to AI-assisted software engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar developer productivity platforms. Mandatory Japanese language proficiency with good business conversation skills; JLPT N3 or above preferred/required based on hiring criteria. Technical Skills Full-stack application development and application deployment automation. Strong hands-on experience in Java development, including core Java concepts, object-oriented design, collections, concurrency, exception handling, and enterprise application development. Hands-on expertise with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, RESTful services, dependency injection, configuration management, security integration, and production-ready microservices development. Containers and orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm, or equivalent. Cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, GCP, or equivalent enterprise cloud environments. CI/CD and DevOps tools: Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, UCD, or similar. Observability and monitoring tools: Splunk, AppDynamics, or equivalent. NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cosmos DB, Cassandra, or similar. Preferred Qualifications Scrum knowledge and experience working in Agile delivery teams. Project management, stakeholder coordination, and delivery tracking skills. Incident management and release management exposure. Automated testing mindset and experience with quality engineering practices. Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure certification or equivalent Azure development experience. .