Technical Lead - Java Backend Developer

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

About Thales

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

Additional:

Imperva, a Thales Company is a cybersecurity leader— Together, we provide innovative platforms designed to reduce the complexity and risks of managing and protecting more applications, data, and identities than any other company can. Our solutions enable over 35,000 organizations to deliver trusted digital services to billions of consumers around the world every day.

Job Summary

We're looking for a C Senior software developer to join the AI Firewall backend team.

We're building a first-of-its-kind AI Firewall to protect applications using Large Language Models (LLMs). As a Java Developer, you'll help build the core backend services responsible for policy enforcement, real-time request analysis, and secure data handling.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable backend services in Java (Spring Boot)
• Implement real-time request inspection and policy decision points
• Integrate with LLM APIs, logging infrastructure, and enforcement components
• Write unit, integration, and contract tests to ensure robustness
• Collaborate with security researchers, architects, and platform engineers.

Job Knowledge, Skill and Qualifications

• BE, M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 10 to 15 years as a Java software developer
• Proficiency in SpringBoot, AWS, Kafka, Python, Linux and multi-threaded development.
• Experience in developing performance oriented applications.
• Experience in developing frequently released production code in a short cycled CI-CD environment
• Good to have:
• Background in AI/ML, Networking concepts such as TCP/UDP, HTTP, TLS etc.
• Knowledge and experience with DDOS solutions

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