Backend Developer at TrusTrace · Coimbatore · 3 - 6 years · Profitable · Posted 30 Nov 2023

About the role:
As a team member at TrusTrace, you’ll get to solve challenging, real-world problems that truly make a difference to society.
As a Product Developer at TrusTrace, you’ll get to solve challenging and real-time problems using cutting edge technologies. You get to work with industry thought leaders and big-name brands. You will work with the product team to materialize the requirements into pieces of user stories and priorities. You will get hands-on experience in polyglot programming to build solutions and write tests to ensure quality code. (We primarily work on Java, typescript/node, and golang). If you build it, you will own it, i.e . you will be generating metrics, track improvements, and bug fixes for features that are built and shipped by you.
Experience & Skills: (3 – 6 Years) The successful candidate will have
- Passion for problem-solving.
- Flexibility to multitask and re-priorities when necessary.
- Ability to work in an agile and customer-eccentric team.
- Open to learning new technologies.
- Prior saas/start-up experience is preferable, but not mandatory.
- Hands-on experience in back-end technologies and have a strong understanding of core data structure and design patterns.
- Commanding knowledge in HLD/LLD
- Basics of system design and distributed systems
- Strong fundamentals in frameworks like Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data, and Spring-boot.
- Sound knowledge in Java and JVM ecosystem.
- Write the production-grade test code. Junit/ TestNG
- Proficiency with Rest API performance and OpenAPI standards.
- Experience in building cache layers and invalidate them properly ;-)
- Strong knowledge of NoSQL(Mongo) database.
- Experience with Elastic search or Solr is preferred.
- Basics understanding of cloud infrastructures (Preferably AWS) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Should have startup/product Experience
Educational Qualification : Preferably from CS/Circuit Background

About TrusTrace
About
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Stockholm, TrusTrace has evolved from a grassroots initiative in Coimbatore, India into a high-tech supply chain traceability company with 100+ employees.
TrusTrace offers supply chain transparency and material traceability for global fashion and apparel brands. With our technology and automation, we empower brands and suppliers around the world to collaborate on product and materials traceability digitally with our SaaS products. The technology uses artificial intelligence to streamline data collection, and it is also available to plug into existing supply chain solutions (PLM and ERP) via open API. With this connectivity, we start to gain that traceability and develop Responsible Supply Chains, and more importantly, we are attracting global talent to help us build out this industry-leading solution for a better future.
TrusTrace is available on the global market, and today we have memberships in influential industry advisory groups such as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Forest Stewardship Council and the Swedish Institute of Standards. Currently, TrusTrace is trusted by 50+ global brands including Adidas, Fjällräven and Decathlon. No matter how complex your products are, TrusTrace will team up with you to trace beyond Tier 1.
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TrusTrace offers supply chain transparency and material traceability for global fashion and apparel brands. With our technology and automation, we empower brands and suppliers around the world to collaborate on product and materials traceability digitally with our SaaS products. The technology uses artificial intelligence to streamline data collection, and it is also available to plug into existing supply chain solutions (PLM and ERP) via open API. With this connectivity, we start to gain that traceability and develop Responsible Supply Chains, and more importantly, we are attracting global talent to help us build out this industry-leading solution for a better future.
TrusTrace is available on the global market, and today we have memberships in influential industry advisory groups such as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Forest Stewardship Council and the Swedish Institute of Standards. Currently, TrusTrace is trusted by 50+ global brands including Adidas, Fjällräven and Decathlon. No matter how complex your products are, TrusTrace will team up with you to trace beyond Tier 1.
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- Role: Senior Staff Engineer, Java, Node JS
- Experience: 7.5 -9 Years
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Work Mode: Bengaluru (Onsite- 5 days)
Job description
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong experience in Backend Engineering, Microservices, and Distributed Systems
- Deep hands-on expertise in Java and Node.js development
- Strong experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs and backend services
- Strong understanding of OOP, Data Structures, Algorithms, and Software Design Principles
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar databases
- Experience with system design, scalability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization
- Experience with Redis, messaging systems, and event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of API security, authentication, and authorization
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and production support
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience with Spring Boot, TypeScript, NestJS, Kafka, and AI-assisted coding tools is preferred
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, microservices, and APIs
- Build high-performance RESTful and event-driven applications
- Own system design, data models, integrations, scalability, and reliability
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver business solutions
- Write clean, secure, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Conduct code reviews and mentor junior engineers
- Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, and operational practices
- Optimize application performance, database efficiency, and system scalability
- Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and technical decision-making
- Implement security best practices and engineering standards
- Support platform modernization and continuous improvement initiatives
- Leverage modern development tools and AI-assisted coding practices to improve productivity
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders
- Ensure delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable backend solutions.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related fields
Job Summary:
We are seeking highly skilled Java Developers with hands-on experience in developing
enterprise-scale applications, preferably within the financial services domain. The role
requires expertise in Core Java, Microservices, and high-performance server-side
development.
Key Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-scale n-tier applications in the financial
domain.
• Develop complex, low-latency, client-facing applications with a focus on performance
and scalability.
• Work with Microservices architecture, Data Structures, OOPs, Algorithms, and
Multithreading.
• Perform high-level and low-level design for critical applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Ensure best practices in coding, architecture, and application performance.
Requirements:
• Strong experience in Core Java 5.0 and above, Spring, and CXF.
• Extensive experience in enterprise application design patterns and architecture.
• Strong development experience with RDBMS (preferably Sybase).
Experience: 7+ years
Location: Mumbai
Mode of Work: Hybrid
• Hands-on expertise in multithreading and high-volume server-side applications.
• Experience in sales and trading platforms in investment banking/capital markets.
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Excellent problem-solving and coding skills in Java.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and analytical skills.
• Ability to express design ideas and collaborate effectively with teams
This Is NOT a Typical Java Role If your experience is mostly CRUD APIs, controller wiring, or shallow service layers — this role is not for you. We are looking for a top tier backend engineer who thrives on:
* Designing complex algorithms
* Building high-performance, memory-efficient systems
* Owning deep backend logic that actually moves the needle
You will work close to the core engine of the product, not the edges.
What You’ll Be Trusted With
* Architect and build backend systems that must perform under load
* Design and implement custom algorithms for real-world, non-trivial problems
* Solve performance bottlenecks involving CPU, memory, I/O, and concurrency
* Build backend services where latency, throughput, and correctness matter
* Own document & PDF processing pipelines end-to-end:
-Composition
-Rendering
-Optimization
- High-volume generation
* Make hard technical decisions and stand by them
Non-Negotiable Skills
* Exceptional Java expertise (Core Java, Spring Boot, Java 8+)
* Strong command over:
- Data structures & algorithms
- Multithreading & concurrency models
- JVM internals & memory management
* Proven experience building custom algorithms (this will be evaluated)
* Deep backend engineering experience with Spring / Spring Boot
* Strong understanding of:
- API design principles
- Fault tolerance & resilience
- Performance tuning & profiling
* Ability to reason about time complexity, space complexity, and trade-offs
* Strong database fundamentals (query optimization, indexing, transactions)
* Experience with message brokers (ActiveMQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
* Exposure to Kubernetes-based deployments or large-scale microservices
Interview Focus (Be Prepared)
* Algorithm design & problem solving
* Deep Java fundamentals
* System design discussions (backend-heavy)
* Performance tuning scenarios
* Real-world debugging and optimization challenges
Skills Required:
- 7+ years of experience as software engineer.
- Experience in Dot.Net technologies - Asp.Net MVC, WebAPI, .NetCore
- Experience in ORM like Entity Framework /Dapper
- Experience with Object-Oriented Design and SOLID principles
- Experience with Unit Testing, Mocking and Dependency Injection frameworks
- Experience with SQL Server, NoSQL or other database technology
- Experience with software quality, testing procedures and build automation tools
- Knowledge of the Principles & Patterns of Agile Software
- Ability to understand and troubleshoot existing code and maintain existing systems.
- Ability to identity performance bottlenecks.
- Experience working with version control tools such as GIT and CI/CD tools.
Job Location: New Delhi
What you’ll do:
- Contribute to all phases of the Software development lifecycle
- Write well-designed testable, efficient code and complex code with Data Structure & Algorithms.
- Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications on Java and RestAPI.
- Prepare and produce releases of software component
- Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
- A Developer whose job includes writing complex code, testing, and fixing bugs.
- Maintain, design the database and organize collected information.
- A specialized programmer who focuses on multiple types of development.
What you’ll bring:
- 2 year to 5 years of proven hands-on Software Development experience.
- Strong experience in Java programming
- Expertise Knowledge of Data structures and Algorithms
- Proven working experience in a product-based organization (preferred)
- Understanding with Java frameworks Spring boot, Microservices and ORM frameworks.
- Must have the experience to design and build scalable REST APIs.
- Object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
Job Description / Roles & Responsibilities (in Detail)Job Description
Work with Architect to define Application, Integration and Security Design for various components involved.
Design, development and build of java solution components/modules and integrations
Hands on knowledge in technology areas like Core Java, Java 8, Web services (SOAP and REST), Spring boot, Spring Frameworks, Spring Data JPA, REST/SOAP services, Spring cloud, Spring MVC, JSON & XML based processing. Strong command on Java/J2EE & OOPs concepts and current industry trends. Working knowledge of Java 8, 11 new features.
Working knowledge of cloud based server less application development on any of cloud platforms like AWS/Azure/GCP. Candidate with experience in Cloud native application development experience will be preferred.
Working knowledge in any of the databases like Mongo DB/Oracle/MySQL/SQL Server.
Working knowledge in any of messaging platforms like Apache Kafka/Rabbit MQ/JMS/AWS SQS/Azure Event Hub/Service Bus.
Production implementation experience for large enterprise applications using Java/J2EE will be preferred.
Experience in implementing Web services Security using WS-Security, SAML, OAUTH2, Kerberos and integrating with Identity providers, LDAP and ADFS. Experience working with credential vaults will be add-on.
Strong knowledge on design and integration patterns especially in applications involving Portals/SSO, legacy applications, B2B Applications, external partners using enterprise service bus.
Well versed with ensuring coding standards, DevOps CICD implementations, version management, branching strategy, security principles.
Ensure code quality and standards are followed. Experience in test automation is plus.
Up-to-date technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications
The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase is building layers of technology to help improve the productivity and profits of the manufacturer. For this we are building the OS (Operating System) that will seamlessly connect factory equipment such as furnaces and spectrometers to our software systems that provide real time optimisations.
The end-game is to use this interconnected system to do great production planning and autonomous procurement of their raw materials. The Heart of NowPurchase will be a marketplace consisting of these smart factories and raw material suppliers.
Here a video that explains our product journey:
[https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21](https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21)
**Role Description**
NowPurchase is looking to add an immensely talented Backend Developer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet the above vision.
- Expect to build a lot of services and APIs in the cloud and stand-alone IoT devices to serve both the browser as well as native IoT enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises.
- Expect designing algorithms that model the metallurgy of the manufacturing processes as well as using tools such as linear programming, machine learning etc.
**What are the expectations from this role?**
- Deliver high quality modular code deployed to serve web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets. This would include algorithms for real time optimizations that are critical for the manufacturing process.
- You are empowered to work directly with leadership and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
- Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
- Own your Agile projects and responsible for software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
- Collaborate on the end to end design and implementation of the platform, including data modeling, systems architecture, data security, access controls, architecture, user experience, deployment, automation, and monitoring.
- Maintain a high level of data integrity, quality and security checks.
- Develop data pipelines and RESTful services that are distributed, robust and highly performant.
- Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.
**Qualifications and Experience**
- 1+ years of demonstrated software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting and implementing robust scalable systems preferably for modern SaaS application
- Experience with modern server-side programming languages such as Python, Scala, Go. Experience with web frameworks such as Django Rest Framework, Flask.
- Experience with architecting asynchronous services with design patters leveraging PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Celery for storage and multi-tenant servers over AWS Elastic BeanStalk.
**Compensation & Benefits**
- **Cash Compensation:** As per industry standards & pedigree of candidate
- **ESOPs:** 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
- **Medical Insurance:** Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
- **Generous leave structure and WFHs** including Marriage, Maternity & Paternity leaves
- **Complete Relocation Expenses:** We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.
**Possible Growth path**
Backend Developer > Senior Backend End Engineer > Engineering Manager > VP of Engineering
## **Tech Stack**
- React/Redux
- Python/Django/Celery
- Git, AWS, ELB (Elastic Beanstalk), Netlify
- PostgreSQL/Redis/S3
**Hiring Process**
1. Screening of applicants & initial telephonic call with Manager -HR
2. F2F/Video Interview with Engineering Manager and Cofounder CTO
3. Take home written assessment
4. F2F/Video Interview with Cofounder CEO
5. Email communication on final feedback
The end to end process shall take less than 10 days. We pride ourselves on being transparent & moving fast.
*Candidates who accept an offer may join within 1 hour, 1 week or up to 45days of signing - though, we have a preference for as short a gap period between signing and joining since we're at the most exciting part of our journey - laying the foundation for the NowPurchase platform!*
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
Minimum 5-7years of professional experience building web-applications
Strong experience in backend development
Strong experience in AI/Machine Learning development, Data Analysis/Processing
Experience in creating robust and secure REST APIs
Hands-on exposure to RDBMS like PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB etc.
Proficiency with one or more programming languages from Java, Python, Node/JavaScript
Solid familiarity working with cloud and related technologies, AWS, GCP and Azure cloud environments
Ability to do very quick research in unknown technologies
Startup mindset, comfort with chaos and multi-tasking ability
Strong programming fundamentals in Data Structures, Algorithms
An eye for writing performance optimum code in any tool set
1 Bachelor’s / Masters’ degree from a reputed university
2 Technical certifications in Java is a good to have. Other programming certifications and
experience e.g., Python or C# is a plus.
3 Years of experience: 4-7 years for Senior Developer and 0-3 years for Developer
Technical Competencies
1 Hands on experience in writing software applications, in particular server side and backend
applications. Web development expertise is a plus.
2 Software development expertise
• Server technologies – Java based application development. Familiarity with various
Java based development frameworks. Spring development experience is a plus.
• Database technologies - Knowledge and familiarity with SQL. Experience with MySQL
as well as NoSQL databases such as MongoDB is a plus.
• Cloud technologies – Experience in building applications on cloud platforms,
especially on MS Azure, including familiarity with Cloud APIs, is a plus.
• Web technologies – Experience building web applications with JavaScript, CSS,
HTML, and expertise with frameworks such as Angular, Express, Node and others
3 Experience in agile software development and development in sprints














