Backend Developer

What You’ll Do

• Build and scale backend services using Java & Spring Boot

• Work on API integrations (REST, SOAP), caching & rate limiting

• Contribute across the full SDLC – design, development, testing & deployment

• Solve problems around performance, scalability & reliability

What We’re Looking For

• Strong knowledge of Data Structures & Algorithms

• Experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP

• Hands-on with system & solution design

• Database experience: MongoDB / PostgreSQL / MySQL / Oracle

• Good debugging skills & unit testing

• Familiarity with Git and AI coding assistants (Copilot, Claude, etc.)

Your Impact:

•                 Interact clearly with clients and the on-shore and off-shore project teams

•                 Regular involvement in thought leadership Best Practices development

•                 Facilitate end to end project design & development while working closely with global client

Your Skills & Experience:

•                 4 to 14 years of development experience in SFDC

•                 Excellent hands-on experience in Salesforce application development including VF, Apex Triggers, Asynchronous Apex

•                 Deep knowledge of Lightning framework

•                 Expertise in Business Requirement gathering, Analysis & conceptualizing high-level architectural framework & design

•                 Experience working with Sales or Service cloud, Community Cloud, Marketing Cloud

•                 Conceptualize end to end integration projects & knowledge of authentication mechanism

•                 Experience in REST & SOAP APIs, knowledge of Governor limits involved during Integration

•                 Working knowledge on continuous integration, working with repositories (e.g. Git)

•                 Should have experience to design the data flow and work with any ETL or dataloader

•                 Excellent experience in designing and architecting large scale applications

•                 Thorough understanding of Solution architecting & Estimation process

•                 Excellent consulting skills, oral and written communication, presentation, and analytical skills 

Set Yourself Apart With:

•                 Salesforce Certifications

•                 Knowledge of Heroku, Angular.js and Salesforce Einstein, Salesforce CPQ, CloudCraze B2B

•                 Incident and problem management skills

•                 Ability to provide necessary coaching to bring juniors up to speed on the technology

•                 Exceptional written skill for solution documentation creation for both technical and non-technical material

•                 Background in force.com platform and deployment experience in an outsourced service environment

•                 Articulation skills & Good team player

•                 Self-starter and self-learner with keen interest to grow

•                 Process orientation and the ability to define and setup processes

•                 Mentoring team members

Benefits of Working Here:

•                 Gender Neutral Policy

•                 18 paid holidays throughout the year for NCR/BLR (22 For Mumbai)

•                 Generous parental leave and new parent transition program

•                 Flexible work arrangements

•                 Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well being  

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Ability to work on diverse backend stack such as Node JS, Java, Express JS
2. Ability to work on diverse frontend stack such as React JS, Angular 6/7/8/9, HTML5, CSS3
3. Ability to deliver quick POC’s using cutting edge technologies.
4. Preparing reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.
5. Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards
6. Developing, refining, and tuning integrations between applications. Analysing and resolving technical and application problems.
7. Ability to debug application.
8. Should have complete knowledge on developing RESTful Services.
9. Should be able to also work in agile development methodology.

Competency Requirements

1. Experience in NodeJS, Java and development using AngularJS / ReactJS
2. Experience in front end frameworks such as Angular.js, React.js, Bootstrap, Foundation etc
3. Experience in client/server application development
4. Knowledge of agile development methodologies
5. Knowledge of unit testing theory
6. Knowledge of AWS cloud
7. Experience in Java, Python and Go will be added advantage

Responsibilities:

• Design and create services and system architecture for your projects, while working.
• Closely with the product, design and engineering team.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas to our technology, algorithms and products.
• Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule.
• Own services related to OkCredit features in active development.
• Develop and deploy required services responsible for evolution of the overall product.
• Do server side development in golang/python preferably (or any other language).
• Deploying stuff in production in docker containers.
• Write tests.
• Invent awesome stuff to make your job easier

• Motivation to design and build reliable, elegant backend services.
• At least 2 - 5 years of backend development experience.
• Proficiency in GoLang is MANDATORY.
• Familiarity with infrastructure concepts related to docker, kubernetes is preferred.
• Familiarity with Protocol buffers. Protocol buffers are now OkCredit's lingua franca for data.
• Familiarity with message-oriented middleware like rabbitmq, google pubsub.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like gcp, aws etc.

Responsibilities

• You will design and develop large scale distributed services
• You will analyse and improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security of the platform as a whole.
• You will act as the primary owner of one or more components while driving innovation in your area of ownership
• You will proactively research & evaluate new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system.
• You will work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex development issues.
• You will work independently and handle dependencies with very minimal oversight
• You will take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the back-end.
• You will help identify systemic issues, performance bottlenecks and work on design/architect improvements.

Requirements

• You have 1 - 9 years of experience in software development.
• You have designed and scaled up the system.
• You have a strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• You are an incessant problem solver and tougher the problem gets, more fun you have.
• You have strong command in any one or more of the following languages: Python and Django
• You understand the business impact of your decisions.

Good To Have

• You have prior experience in fintech companies

Traits We Are Looking For

• Experience in a specific tech stack doesn't matter for us.
• The general engineering mindset and aptitude is what matters more.
• Technically strong and curious.
• Should have a hacker mindset and should love exploring new technologies.

Desired Skills and Experience

Java, Python, Data Structures, Algorithms