Back-End Developer (Java & Kotlin)

Role : Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

As one of the key members of the development team, you will have the unique opportunity to redefine the architecture of our suite of products.
You will get to work directly with our founding team to deliver the most valuable and joyful experience to our customers. If you are looking to make a real impact on real people’s lives and accelerate your career to new heights in the meantime, then this is the perfect opportunity for you. You will help in refactoring certain codes to bring greater flexibility and micro service architecture. CurbWaste intends to execute event driven workflow architecture.Benchmark design patterns for security and scalability will need to be implemented.

Requirements
What you will do

• Review current code and anticipate engineering bottlenecks
• Designing and developing REST API interfaces
• Optimize queries
• Design SOLR based search solution
• Code review peer code
• Identifying code libraries and design patterns

What you will need

• Experience building out RESTful APIs for front-end clients
• Basic knowledge of a minimum one modern front-end framework such as React,Polymer, Angular or Vue.js
• Expert level understanding of NodeJS, and frameworks such as ExpressJS, Fast,LoopBack (preferred)
• Experience with a version control tool (we use git - GitHub and BitBucket)
• Familiarity with modern DevOps tools such as Ansible, Docker, Terraform,Fabric, Kubernetes, etc
• SOLR or ElasticSearch experience
• Advanced Knowledge of NoSQL (also SQL) databases - MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Extensive experience of any caching technologies - Redis (preferred),
Memcached
• Experience with AWS services like Elastic Beanstalk, S3, EC2 Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, etc
• Prior experience in notifications delivery tools - FCM
• Understanding of patterns and techniques for building scalable back-end
infrastructure including caching, rate limiting, authentication, and authorization schemes
• Experience with programming languages such as golang, Typescrip

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Execute a full software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to identify requirements and solutions
• Write well-designed, testable, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implement security and data protection
• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
• Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
• Document and maintain software functionality
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems
• Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback
• Comply with project plans and industry standards
• Ensure software is updated with latest features

 

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Good knowledge of Core Java (Minimum Version 8)
• J2EE with a good understanding of Servlets and JSP
• Experience in Spring Modules – Spring IOC and AOP, Spring Boot (version 2 plus), JDBC
• Expertise in design and development of various web and enterprise – level applications using Java/J2EE technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, Rest services.
• Web Services (including SOAP, XML, XML Schema, JSON, and REST)
• Tools required: Maven,Eclipse, Github, and Swagger
• Good knowledge of SQL and Redis (NOSql)
• Ability to document requirements and specifications
• Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer
• Ability to develop software in Java or any other OOPS languages
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in developing Web Applications using at least one popular Web Framework (Spring)
• Experience with test-driven development
• Proficiency in software engineering tools

PREFERRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related fields.
• Eight to Ten years of Software Engineering or Software Development experience, preferably in a related field.

REPORTING: This position will report to HOD

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time

LOCATION: Remote (Pan India) & In-Office – Jaipur, India

 

SHIFT TIMINGS:

Summer - 1:30pm-10:30pm IST

Winter    - 2:30pm-11:30pm IST

About PhonePe
PhonePe is India’s leading digital payments platform with over 280 million registered users. Using
PhonePe, users can send and receive money, recharge mobile, DTH, data cards, pay at stores,
make utility payments, buy gold, and make investments. PhonePe went live for customers in
August 2016 and was the first non-banking UPI app and offered money transfer to individuals
and merchants, recharges and bill payments to begin with. In 2017, PhonePe forayed into
financial services with the launch of digital gold, providing users with a safe and convenient
option to buy 24-karat gold securely on its platform. PhonePe has since launched Mutual Funds
and Insurance products like tax-saving funds, liquid funds, international travel insurance, Corona
Care, a dedicated insurance product for the COVID-19 pandemic among others.
PhonePe launched its Switch platform in 2018, and today its customers can place orders on over
300 apps including Ola, Myntra, IRCTC, Goibibo, RedBus, Oyo etc. directly from within the
PhonePe mobile app. PhonePe is accepted at over 18 million merchant outlets across 500 cities
nationally.
Culture
At PhonePe, we take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, Everyday! And creating
the right environment for you is just one of the things we do. We empower people and trust
them to do the right thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one.
Being enthusiastic about tech is a big part of being at PhonePe. If you like building technology
that impacts millions, ideating with some of the best minds in the country and executing on your
dreams with purpose and speed, join us!
Challenges
Building for Scale, Rapid Iterative Development, and Customer-centric Product Thinking at each
step defines every day for a developer at PhonePe. Though we engineer for a 50million+ strong
user base, we code with every individual user in mind. While we are quick to adopt the latest in
Engineering, we care utmost for security, stability, and automation. Apply if you want to
experience the best combination of passionate application development and product-driven
thinking
As a Software Engineer:
 3+ years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems on a Large Scale.
 You will build Robust and scalable web-based applications You will need to think of
platforms & reuse
 Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns for a larger scope
 Drive problem-solving skills for high-level business and technical problems.
 Do high-level design with guidance; Functional modeling, break-down of a module
 Do incremental changes to architecture: impact analysis of the same
 Do performance tuning and improvements in large scale distributed systems
 Mentor young minds and foster team spirit, break down execution into phases to bring
predictability to overall execution
 Work closely with Product Manager to derive capability view from features/solutions, Lead
execution of medium-sized projects
 Work with broader stakeholders to track the impact of projects/features and proactively
iterate to improve them As a senior software engineer you must have
 Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming
language (e.g. Java, C, C++) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
 Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming
 Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and
huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
 Excellent coding skills – should be able to convert the design into code fluently
 Knowledge of Test Driven Development
 Good understanding of databases (e.g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g. HBase, Elasticsearch,
Aerospike, etc)
 Strong desire to solving complex and interesting real-world problems
 Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux
platform
 Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks
 Worked in a startups environment with high levels of ownership and commitment
 BTech, MTech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
 Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing
large complex business flows and dealing with a huge amount of data.
 An open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently listens intently and
takes constructive feedback.
As a Software Engineer, good to have
 The ability to drive the design and architecture of multiple subsystems
 Ability to break-down larger/fuzzier problems into smaller ones in the scope of the product
 Understanding of the industry’s coding standards and an ability to create appropriate
technical documentation.
PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits
 Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life
Insurance
 Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program, Onsite Medical Center, Emergency
Support System
 Parental Support - Maternity Benefit, Paternity Benefit Program, Adoption Assistance
Program, Day-care Support Program
 Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits, Transfer Support Policy, Travel Policy
 Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution, Flexible PF Contribution, Gratuity, NPS,
Leave Encashment
 Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance, Car Lease, Mobile & Broadband
Reimbursements, Salary Advance Policy

Requirements
Programming expertise in latest technologies including; Java
Expertise in MuleSoft, Maven, Gradle, oAuth2.0, JWT, Spring Boot, Microservice Architecture, Web services (SOAP/ REST), Hibernate.
Expertise in DB (MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
Experience in developing Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery pipelines (CI/ CD)
Proficiency in AWS, AZURE, Docker, DevOps, Git, Jenkins
Extensive experience in parsing XML and JSON and integration with API/ WS
Well versed in software engineering principles, frameworks and technologies.
Excellent communication and team management skills
Self-directed team player who thrives in a continually changing environment
Strong customer service/client service skills.

Desired Candidate Profile
Experience developing and analysing code for a web-based application
Maintain a flexible work schedule and perform other duties when assigned

1. Experience with Java and Spring boot

2. Experience with Microservices Architectures

3. Experience with RESTful and Stateless services

4. Broad and deep knowledge of design patterns and algorithms

3 RoR developers with 2 to 5 years experience: Skill Set: Ruby, Rails, OOPS concepts, design pattern, heroku, amazon, deployment, knowledge of front end technologies is a big plus.

Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.

Designs, develops, and implements web-based Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing. Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.

 

Additional Job Details:

Strong in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST and developing MicroServices.

Knowledge or experience , Cassandra preferred

Knowledge or experience on Kafka

Good to have but not must

 

Good to know:

Reporting tools like Splunk/Grafana

Protobuf

Python/Ruby

Senior Java Developer with Microservices, Spring boot, Hibernate, JPA, Spring MVC, JUnit Primary Purpose: Java Developer with Minimum 4+ Years of relevant Experience. Should have strong Experience with Spring, Hibernate, Java Web services (SOAP/REST). Should have Some exposure to MS SQL, PostgreSQL, JavaScript / JQuery, HTML/CSS. Roles and Responsibilities: You will lead a group of Java, AngularJS, Full stack developers focused on delivering high-quality enterprise solutions, ensuring delivery of high-end experiences to our customers You will help AirFi to quickly iterate and scale development to different segments of customers with standard processes, automation, monitoring and rapid quality assurance Continuously monitor production environment and also look for continuous improvements and optimizations, open to accept new opportunities and challenges What we look for : - Proficiency in Core Java with an experience of 4+ years - Proficiency in Data Structures and Algorithms - Experience in Spring, Spring Boot, and Hibernate is a must - Experience writing unit tests for development code. - Exposure to AngularJS - NoSQL (MongoDB, CouchDB, ElasticSearch, etc) experience - Experience with Git (GitHub), automatic deployments, continuous integration - Design and architecture of (secure) REST APIs