Aptroid Consulting India PVT LTD

About the company:

Aptroid Consulting (India) Pvt Ltd is a Web Development company focused on helping marketers transforms the customer experience increasing engagement and driving revenue, customer data to inform and drive it in every interaction in real time and with each individual behavior possibly.

About the Role:

We’re looking for Full Stack Engineers with a backend focus who can help scale this mission-critical system. This is a complex, high-impact engineering role that goes far beyond CRUD apps — you’ll work with recommendation engines, data pipelines, and distributed systems deeply integrated into our ad infrastructure.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain distributed backend services in Scala, leveraging ZIO, Akka, and functional programming for real-time personalization and recommendations
• Design and manage streaming pipelines using Akka Streams or ZIO Streams • Work with large-scale Postgres datasets and multi-system data pipelines involving SQS, SNS, and Kinesis
• Partner with data scientists and product engineers to integrate recommendation logic into ad serving systems
• Occasionally contribute to our Angular front end and Lua-based ad server logic
• Deliver production-grade code with strong attention to scalability, observability, and maintainability

Requirements:

Must-Have Experience

• Production-grade backend development in Scala, with deep understanding of functional programming principles (ZIO, Cats, etc.)
• Experience with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and streaming architectures
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL and working with large-scale structured data
• Hands-on experience with message queueing and event streaming systems like SQS, SNS, or Kinesis
• Strong reasoning about user behavior, recommendation algorithms, and lifecycle event tracking 

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with the AWS ecosystem and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CDK, etc.)
• Experience with Angular and/or Lua • Prior work in ad tech, real-time bidding systems, or recommendation engines

About the company:

Aptroid Consulting (India) Pvt Ltd is a Web Development company focused on helping marketers transforms the customer experience increasing engagement and driving revenue, customer data to inform and drive it in every interaction in real time and with each individual behavior possibly.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Senior Java & PHP Developer to join our backend engineering team that powers high-throughput, large-scale SaaS platforms — delivering billions of personalized communications and marketing events every month. You’ll work on mission-critical services that drive automation, data intelligence, and real-time campaign delivery across global clients. You’ll play a key role in designing scalable APIs, improving platform performance, and mentoring developers — while working closely with distributed teams aligned to US (EST) time zones. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and develop scalable backend services using Java (Spring Boot, Microservices) and PHP (Laravel/Symfony/custom frameworks).
• Lead system design and architecture reviews, ensuring clean code, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.
• Drive API integrations, microservices deployment, and modernization of legacy components.
• Collaborate with product managers, DevOps, and data engineering teams to deliver high impact features and performance improvements.
• Build, maintain, and monitor data-intensive systems that handle large message/event volumes with high reliability.
• Implement strong observability practices (metrics, tracing, alerting) and contribute to production incident reviews.
• Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and advocate engineering excellence.
• Work collaboratively across global teams during EST business hours for sprint planning, releases, and incident response.

Required Qualifications:

• 6–9 years of professional backend development experience.
• Expert in Java (Spring Boot, REST APIs, concurrency, JVM tuning) and PHP (Laravel/Symfony, Composer, PSR standards)
• Strong experience with MySQL / PostgreSQL, Redis, and NoSQL systems. • Familiarity with AWS services (S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions).
• Hands-on experience in scalable, distributed architectures and performance optimization.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and system performance tuning capabilities.
• Proven ability to deliver reliable, secure, and production-ready code in fast-paced agile environments.
• Excellent communication skills; able to coordinate with global teams across time zones.

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs and external SDKs.
• Prior experience in AdTech, Martech, or high-volume SaaS platforms (similar to Sailthru/Zeta Global ecosystem).
• Knowledge of Python/Go for cross-service utilities or internal tooling is a plus.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to work on high-scale enterprise systems with real-world impact.
• Exposure to global engineering practices and advanced cloud architectures.
• Collaborative culture with technical ownership and innovation freedom.
• Competitive compensation aligned with experience and global standards.