Software Development Team Lead

About FreeBalance
FreeBalance is a purpose-led global technology company empowering governments to achieve transparent, accountable, and effective public financial management through its proprietary FreeBalance Accountability Suite™, a comprehensive Government Resource Planning (GRP) solution designed exclusively for the public sector.
With over 40 years of experience supporting governments worldwide, FreeBalance drives digital transformation across the entire budget cycle—from policy-based budgeting and accounting to human resource management, performance measurement, treasury, and revenue management—all within a scalable, unified platform that supports fiscal transparency, citizen engagement, and data-driven decision-making.
As a Software Development Team Lead, you will lead a collaborative product development team responsible for designing, delivering, and maintaining robust, scalable, and high-performing back-end solutions and e-services across the FreeBalance Accountability Suite™. You will play a key role in shaping the architectural direction of our applications, ensuring that complex government business processes are translated into secure, efficient, and reliable digital solutions.

Position Summary
As a Software Development Team Lead, you will serve as both a technical and team leader responsible for the architecture, design, development, and optimization of enterprise-scale web-based application solutions. You will guide a high-performing engineering team, manage sprint planning and milestones, and work closely with Functional Analysts, QA, and Front-End Developers to deliver stable and highly responsive applications.
This role requires deep expertise in Java, Spring, Hibernate, and enterprise ERP product architectures. You will lead technical planning, architectural development, and modifications to application specifications, ensuring compatibility and integration across interdependent technologies to maintain a unified product ecosystem.The ideal candidate combines expert-level back-end engineering skills with a passion for leadership, team mentorship, and continuous innovation. You will establish coding standards,
drive engineering excellence, and contribute directly to the strategic evolution of FreeBalance's product platform.

Main Responsibilities:

• Participate in all phases of full life-cycle development of the project including requirements analysis, software design, software implementation, testing, deployment, training and user guide preparation;
• Employ best practices and a standardized IT methodology during the Analysis, Requirements and Detail Design phases;
• Execute and lead the preparation of all required technical documents, reports, plans and outputs as required by our customers;
• Design & develop IT Software (covering integrated process, applications, data, infrastructure, security & other technologies) to resolve business requirements;
• Responsible for technical planning, architectural development & modifications to specifications of all the application;
• Maintain the software application designs applicability and congruence to the business requirements;
• Assess the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards in order to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent technologies;
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

Back-End Architecture & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain modern, scalable, and secure software solutions (covering integrated processes, applications, data, infrastructure, and security) using Java, Spring, and Hibernate.
• Lead the implementation of architecture decisions, coding standards, and technical design approaches for portal and e-services.
• Ensure applications are optimized for performance, scalability, data integrity, and enterprise-grade security.
• Responsible for technical planning, architectural development, and ongoing modifications to core application specifications.
• Maintain the software application designs' applicability and congruence to changing business and technical requirements.

Technical Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of software developers, fostering a collaborative environment and promoting engineering excellence.
• Manage sprint planning, resource allocation, and project timelines, coordinating closely with project managers and stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery.
• Conduct thorough code reviews, provide technical guidance, and champion continuous knowledge sharing within the team.
• Evaluate emerging standards, tools, and technologies to improve development efficiency, maintainability, and system reliability.

Application Integration & Data Management

• Oversee the design and implementation of RESTful APIs, w