
Senior Software Engineer - Backend: Innovation Accelerator
Cloudera is looking for a passionate Backend Software Engineer to play a key role in advancing Cloudera’s database offerings across multiple cloud providers. Since its origin, Cloudera has enabled several enterprise organizations to effectively manage and use their data using the on-premise infrastructure. We are now building software solutions that enable our customers to leverage cloud infrastructure to facilitate their growing data needs, and thereby accelerating Cloudera’s next stage of growth.
At Cloudera, our culture, our ethos, is centered on our values. We're here not only because we're experts at what we do, but also because we hold these values in common.
We are always moving forward. We believe in open. We are empathetic. We believe in We.
The Team
The team is a new and growing Innovation Accelerator that is exploring new ideas to expand the business. As part of the team, you will work on innovative projects that are fast paced and iterate quickly. You will learn about the modern data stack ecosystem. You will also be involved in every stage of the project - from ideation to delivering products and features to customers. Cloudera customers include the largest banks, telecom providers, and companies in pharma, financial services, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas and government.
You will:
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Build robust and scalable data infrastructure software
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Design and create services and system architecture for your projects
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Contribute to and provide feedback to other team members
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Improve code quality through writing unit tests, automation, and code reviews
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Brainstorm and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products
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Work with product, design, customer-success teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and translate those into effective technical solutions
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Dive into challenging technical problems and successfully deliver results
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And since we believe in high quality software engineering environments, you likely have:
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Worked with a team of designers/engineers who reviewed each other's code/designs and held each other to an extremely high bar for quality of code/designs
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Be comfortable providing estimates and sticking to estimates!
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Written unit tests and testable code
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Depended on continuous integration, and participated in build and release processes
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Own the quality of the code you wrote even (especially!) when it is running in production
You have:
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Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field/experience
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5+ years of experience building software
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Experience building distributed systems/databases
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Experience with one or more of the following:
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Nodejs, Python, java
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Cloud services like Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Platform, Microsoft Azure
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Kubernetes
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About the Role
We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer with strong experience in building scalable microservices, integrating with distributed data systems, and deploying web APIs that serve UI applications in the cloud. You’ll work on high-performance systems involving Kafka, DynamoDB, Redis, and other modern backend technologies.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy backend microservices and APIs that power UI applications.
- Implement event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
- Build scalable and highly available systems using NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB).
- Optimize backend systems using caching layers like Redis to enhance performance.
- Ensure seamless deployment and operation of services in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code; contribute to code reviews and architecture discussions.
- Collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Monitor and troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations as needed.
Required Qualifications
- 3–7 years of professional experience in backend development.
- Strong programming skills in one or more languages: Java, Python, Go, Node.js.
- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture and API design (REST/gRPC).
- Practical experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other event streaming/message queue systems.
- Solid knowledge of NoSQL databases, especially DynamoDB or equivalents.
- Experience using Redis or Memcached for caching or pub/sub mechanisms.
- Proficiency with cloud platforms (preferably AWS – e.g., Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway).
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.


Roles and Responsibilities:
● Design, architect, and drive implementation of entire products and key engineering features
● Plan and track the development and release schedules, and provide visible leadership in crisis
● Establish and follow best practices, including coding standards and technical task management
● Involve in the end-to-end architecture design and implementation
● Deal with a dynamic project or feature with changing requirements
● Recruit, motivate and develop a superior team, establish a clear definition of functional excellence and create a culture based on those practices
Experience and Skills you MUST have:
● Web application development and micro-services architecture using JavaScript, Python, and JavaScript libraries and ReactJs and other web technologies - HTML, CSS, and JS
● Experience with RDBMS or NoSQL Database technologies like MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, and Redis
● End to end deployment and DevOps using - Kubernetes, Docker, GCP Stack
● Knowledge of Jenkins, Prometheus, New Relic, and other tools
● Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests
● Rock solid at working with third-party dependencies and debugging dependency conflict
Roles and Responsibilities;-
- Include managing Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
- Designing, developing and delivering high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems
Framework required – spring boot, Hibernate
Skills - Should have knowledge of JPA, js, Ajax


Core Competency:
• Extensiveexperiencewith C#and ASP.net/.NETCore 2.0 / .NET WebAPI coreframework framework • concepts and fundamentals/ MVC and EF. • REST Web services&API Experience • Strong architectural knowledge with two or more of - MicroServices, 12 FactorApplications and • EventDriven architectures • Messaging knowledge(Topics,Queues&PublishSubscribe) • Knowledge of AWS, Docker and Kubernetes • Experience with databasedevelopmentincluding relational databasedesign,SQL, andORM • Agile Delivery experience • Deploying .Net Core web application/api inWindows and Linux • Experience withweb developmenttechnologiesincludingASP.NET, MVC3, EF, HTML,JavaScript, • JQuery, AJAX and CSS,LINQ. • Experience with core Microsoft.Nettechnologiesincluding:WCF, LINQ, and EF • Experience designing and developing enterprise gradesoftware • Experience with source controlmanagementsystems and deployment environment • Experience with debugging, performanceprofiling and optimization. • Comprehensiveunderstandingof object-orientedand service-oriented applicationdevelopment,techniquesand theories • Internallymotivated, able towork proficientlyboth independently and in a teamenvironment • Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external businessstakeholders • Experience with userinterfacedesign and prototyping
• Experience in the financial domain preferred.
• Hands-on developer in Core Java with an excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms and design patterns.
• Experience with frameworks like Spring, Restful Webservices, Queuing systems, Angular, and Python is highly desired.
• Deep understanding of several cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google etc.
• Hands-on experience developing CI/CD pipelines for continuous development and integration.
• Deep knowledge and experience of Java/J2EE and servers like Tomcat.
• Hands on experience in open source Technologies like java,j2ee, spring boot,spring mvc,mysql,jasper etc.
• Expertise in documentations like FRS,SRS,HLD,LLD, Traceability Matrix etc.
• Strong experience in application of UML, Design Patterns in design of solutions
• Strong Database skills including MySql etc.
• Must involved in at least one complete SDLC of a large size project
• Conversant with the latest technological developments including SOA and Agile
• Conversant with platforms, tools and frameworks used in application development
• Experience on the use of software development best practices, tools and technologies.
• Experience to Identify performance, reliability, security & integration bottlenecks and suggest recommendations.
• Expertise in REST API integration
Job Description:
We are looking for a Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable,enterprise-grade applications.
You will be part of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications. Java
developer roles and responsibilities include managing Java/Java EE application development
while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to
testing.
Responsibilities and Duties
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensure designs should follow compliance with specifications
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and
presenting these for architectural review
Qualifications
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject
• Minimum 2 to 6 years of software development experience
• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE
platforms
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2,
Hibernate)
• Experience in the Spring Framework
• Very good English communication skills
• Optional:
o Good to have the knowledge of Angular JS framework.
o Experience to work on the Microservice architecture.
o Experience to work with Git hub & bitbucket.
o Agile methodology.



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Please find the Eligible criteria and requirements:
Job title : SDE – II (Software Development Engineer)
Role Opportunity : Permanent/Full Time/FTE/Regular
Work Location : Hyderabad/Bangalore/ Gurgaon
Must Have
- Strong Exposure to Data Structures, Algorithms, Coding, System Design (LLD, HLD, OOAD), Distributed systems, problem solving skills, Architecture (MVC/Microservices), logical thinking.
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As an SDE, you will develop a deep understanding of our business, work closely with development teams and own the architecture and end-to-end delivery of software components.
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Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years’ experience building successful production software systems
- A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BS or MS in CS or related field)
- The ability to take convert raw requirements into good design while exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs
- Expertise in System design (design patterns, LLD, HLD, Solid principle, OOAD, Distributed systems etc..), Architecture (MVC/Micro services).
- Good understanding of at least some of the modern programming languages (Java) and open-source technologies (C++, Python, Scala, C#, PHP, Ruby etc..)
- Excellence in technical communication
- Has experience in mentoring other software developers
Preferred Qualifications:
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
- Experience developing service oriented architectures and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
- Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
- Expertise in delivering high-quality, innovative application
- Strong desire to build, sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Strong organizational and problem solving skills with great attention to detail
- Ability to triage issues, react well to changes, work with teams and ability to multi-task on multiple products and projects.
- Experience building highly scalable, high availability services
- The ideal candidate will be a visionary leader, builder and operator.
- He/she should have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous product development efforts and initiatives.
- He/she needs to balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.
- He/she needs to be constantly striving for simplicity, and at the same time demonstrate significant creativity, innovation and judgment
- Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language.
- Experience in SQL or Non-SQL database.
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills.
Good to Have:
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience with enterprise-wide systems
- Experience influencing software engineers best practices within your team
- Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between
- Strong written and verbal communication skills preferred
Key Points to remember:
- Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle methodology
- Technical design, development and implementation decisions on the use of technology in area(s) of specialization.
- Write or modify programming code to suit customer's needs.
- Unit test to assure meets requirements, including integration test as needed.
- Ability to understand and analyze issues and uses judgment to make decisions.
- Strong problem solving & troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication skills
- Responsible for self-development according to professional development plan
Libraries, Interface, Language Fundamentals
Data Structures, Algorithms, Collections
Design Patterns, Singletons
Multithreading
Messaging, CI/CD
Databases
Tooling:
Application Layering, Architectural Design
Unit Testing/ Integration Testing
Any Devops tooling experience (Docker/ Kubernates/ Terraforms)
Tool Configuration and Log Monitoring

