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Freecharge a subsidiary of Axis Bank Limited founded in 2010, is a Fin-Tech organisation revolutionizing Financial Products through technology.
At our core, we’re a creative company. Ideas and pixels is where we live and we love building magical products that make our users feel ‘wow’. At Freecharge, you'll have the chance to do the best work of your life. We’re on a journey to build something new, something different and something innovative & that requires passion to build such incredible products.
Come join us and shape the future of Fin-Tech.
Do You Make The Cut?
We are looking for a motivated developer to join our agile team of developers as a Lead to mentor and as an individual contributor to drive best practices in the product.
You will be responsible for the design, architecture, and delivery of a feature/product with the highest quality. Providing the product with visible benefit to end-users in an iterative fast-paced environment by creating solutions suitable for the job in real-time.
Title: Lead SDE (Backend)
Location: Gurugram
Experience: 3-7 Yrs.
Education: Bachelor’s / Master’s in Software Engineering
Responsibilities
- In this lead role, you will be designing and developing complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
- Ensure the quality of design of systems by serving as a technical lead on our most demanding, cross-functional teams
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Build highly available, high performance, scalable software and you will work on distributed systems for massive-scale systems
- Responsible for code quality of the product being developed along with unit and integration testing.
- Mentor junior developers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers.
- Communicate with technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.
Sounds Like You?
- 4+ years of software development experience with Enterprise Java (JDK 8 and above), Spring (Boot, MVC, AOP, DI), ORM Frameworks.
- 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (LLD, HLD, Solid principles and design patterns and scaling) of new and current systems.
- Strong experience in technically leading junior developers with a focus on the goal.
- Strong experience in data structures & algorithms and their space & time complexities.
- Solid understanding of multithreading, microservices, MVC and strong OO skills with demonstrated experience in developing complex and reusable APIs.
- Strong experience working with Databases like SQL & NoSQL.
- Experience working with microservices-based architecture.
- Experience in high traffic, highly scalable distributed system designs, complex web applications, and code reviews.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle and the domain.
- Good to have knowledge of messaging systems like SNS/ SQS /Kafka etc.
Life at Freecharge!
Our Playground!
- 450+ FCian’s, at Gurugram & Bengaluru locations
- Collaboration spaces & A flat and transparent culture
- Wow Corners, fun & reading Zone
- Best learning and development opportunities
Benefits
- Day-care facility
- Comprehensive Insurance Policy
- Wellness Benefits like Health check-ins
- 26 Weeks Maternity & 2 Weeks Paternity Leaves
- Adoption Assistance Program
- On-Site Parking at all locations
- A chance to have a big impact early in your career
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Job Overview:
We are looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in Java and Spring, with proven experience in building scalable microservices and backend systems. This role also requires familiarity with automation tools, Python development, and working knowledge of AI technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and microservices.
- Build and integrate RESTful APIs across distributed systems.
- Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in agile development.
- Deploy and maintain applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Contribute to automation initiatives and AI/ML feature integration.
- Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.
Required Skills:
- 4+ years of backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Java and Spring/Spring Boot frameworks.
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture.
- Experience with REST APIs, CI/CD, and debugging complex systems.
- Proficient in AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication in English (written and verbal).
Good to Have:
- Experience with automation tools like Workato or similar.
- Hands-on experience with Python development.
- Familiarity with AI/ML features or API integrations.
- Comfortable working with US-based teams (flexible hours).
Wordpress:
Should have hands-on experience in WordPress & HOOKS concepts.
Extensive knowledge and experience of building WordPress CMS websites using the best practice & de-facto standard plugins.
- Knowledge of Customization of themes & plugins
- Experience working with WordPress at a PHP code level.
- Knowledge of existing inbuilt WordPress functions.
- Theme Template integration.
- Good understanding of cross-platform and cross-browser issues.
- Experience in developing E-Commerce websites
Shopify:
Should have hands-on experience in Shopify API & APP concepts.
Extensive knowledge and experience of building custom stores.
- Knowledge of Customization of themes & apps
- Experience working with Shopify API's
- Knowledge of existing inbuilt Shopify system.
- Theme Template integration.
- Good understanding of cross-platform and cross-browser issues
Key Responsibilities:
- Involve in the Design And Development Of Scalable Backend Applications Using Java (Spring Boot).
- Mentor And Guide A Team Of Developers To Ensure High-Quality Deliverables.
- Take Ownership Of Solution Architecture, Coding Standards, And Design Patterns.
- Develop And Manage Restful Apis And Integrate Third-Party Services.
- Collaborate With Front-End Teams, Qa, And Stakeholders To Align Technical Implementation With Business Goals.
- Oversee Deployments In Hybrid Cloud Environments In Coordination With Devops Teams.
- Conduct Code Reviews, Lead Design Discussions, And Manage Agile Development Processes (Scrum/Kanban).
- Monitor Application Performance And Drive Improvements Proactively.
- Troubleshoot And Resolve Complex Software Issues Across Systems And Services.
Required Skills:
- 6+ Years Of Professional Experience In Java Development.
- Strong Hands-On Expertise In Spring Boot And Microservices Architecture.
- Working Knowledge Of Node.Js And Javascript/Typescript.
- Experience With Rest Apis, Sql/Nosql Databases (Mysql, Postgresql, Mongodb).
- Familiar With Ci/Cd Pipelines, Git, And Modern Devops Practices.
- Proven Ability To Lead Distributed Teams And Manage Deliverables In A Remote/Hybrid Work Setup.
- Strong Communication, Leadership, And Problem-Solving Skills.
These values bound our employees, customers and future businesses to keep trust and faith in the services we provide in covering Software and Hardware developments, Mechanical & Electronics that can translate into end-to-end design, development and maintenance of products and services to enable business growth and value creation.We think Business value add (as a first step) to create, design and deliver our solutions !!!
Job Description:
Key Responsibility Areas:
Design, build and deliver Enterprise software solutions.
Write code with standards and conventions and follow best practices.
Encourage and lead innovation and solid lifecycle processes.
Collaborate with development teams on work definition, estimation and prioritization
Lead and grow as a professional software engineer.
Full ownership of product deliveries and mentoring junior team members.
Preparing curriculum to train junior developers for Java Web Development
Strong client interactions to provide excellent Quality of Service.
Owning the code base and making sure all code is reviewed and is of very high quality.
Write and modify coding conventions and standards documents for all development
Required Skills:
Technologies/Frameworks –
Core Java, J2EE,
Spring Core and Spring MVC, Sprint Boot, Spring Security,
JDBC, Hibernate, RESTful APIs, SOAP WebServices
Knowledge of JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, HTML5, and CSS3, Angular is added advantage
Junit or Mockito frameworks
Maven, Git
Knowledge Data Structures,
SQL, MySQL
Designing relational database schemas
Basics of AWS, Cloud, Microservices
Must have strong knowledge and experience in Agile based software development methodologies.
Knowledge of an Agile tool like Jira.
Strong knowledge of working in Integrations of 3rd party APIs and creating the new APIs.
Must have good knowledge of creating Flow diagrams, UMLs and all the required documentations.
Must have Team Lead exposure
Domain Preference
BFSI, FinTech
Qualification:
B.E., B.Tech. from reputed institutes with good academic record
● You should be able to take ownership of a project end to end.
● Your primary focus will be to build, implement & maintain the complete back-end stack of the product.
● You will create production-grade code and will implement the solutions which run bug-free.
● Participate in product development discussions and product development road-maps.
● Collaborate with members across departments to identify and build on
improvements to products, processes, and systems.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
2 to 6 years of software development experience.
● Experience in working on application architecture design will be preferred.
● Experience in working on at least 1 or 2 projects, managing or leading the entire
tasks.
● Experience in Docker/Kubernetes, Agile methodologies & CI/CD automation process.
● Knowledge of Queueing technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, and Version control using Git.
● Experience in microservices architecture, in-memory systems like Redis and basic knowledge of Linux/Unix systems.
● Experience in building applications processing large volumes of streaming data will be preferred.
● Experience from a middle size company or from a startup will be preferred.
● BE/MCA/MSc in Computers/Information technology with a good academic record.
Working in highly collaborative teams and building quality code
Working in lots of different domains and client environments also understanding the business domain deeply
Architect highly scalable, highly available, reliable, secure and fault-tolerant systems with minimal guidance
Suggest new architectural elements to improve the existing architecture
Design and implement low latency RESTful services; Define API contracts between services; Version APIs and make them backward compatible
Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design
Create platforms, reusable libraries and utilities wherever applicable
Continuously refactor applications to ensure high-quality design
Choose the right technology stack for the product systems/subsystems
Write high-quality code that are modular, functional and testable; Establish the best coding practices
Formally mentor junior engineers on design, coding and troubleshooting
Plan projects using agile methodologies and ensure timely delivery
Troubleshoot issues effectively in a distributed architecture
Communicate, collaborate and work effectively in a global environment
Operationalize releases by partnering with Tech operations on capacity planning and operability of the product.
Skills Required:
Proficient in JVM based language(like Java, Groovy), J2EE technology stack
Expertise in API design and development, experience in dealing with a large dataset
Strong in collections, algorithms, multithreading, also have worked on Springboot, Hibernate frameworks.
Practicing the coding standards (clean code, design patterns, etc)
Very strong object-oriented design skills, awareness of design patterns and architectural patterns
Performance tuning and Troubleshooting memory issues, GC tuning, resource leaks, etc.
Strong problem-solving skills, algorithmic skills and data structures
Experience in agile methodologies like Scrum
Good understanding of branching, build, deployment, continuous integration methodologies
Experience in leading a team (min 5)and mentoring engineers
Attitude to getting Stuff Done!
Ability to make decisions independently.
Good to have:
Hadoop knowledge
Cloud Platform Architecture
Groovy
- Collaborate with the team members to understand the client requirements.
- Advance coding skills in PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Scripting language desirable.
- Must have experience in working on frameworks such as Laravel, CodeIgniter.
- Write clean and well-structured codes.
- Produce detailed technical product descriptions.
- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software along with the databases to ensure strong functionality and optimization.
- Contribute to all the software development phases.
- Follow the industry’s best practices for writing clean code.
- Develop and deploy the latest features that facilitate the relevant tools and procedures if required.
- Improve the code-base of our products in a significant manner
Joining: Immediate Joining
No of Vacancy: 1
Designation: PHP Laravel Full-stack Developer
Location- Pune, Maharashtra.
Requirements:
- 1-2 years of experience in related field preferred
- Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects
- May contribute to the development of policies and procedures
- Works on complex projects of large scope
- Completes work independently receives general guidance on new projects
- Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives
- May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
Key Skills
- Extensive experience working in PHP.
- Experience with Laravel framework
- Should have a working knowledge of MySQL.
- Experience with Javascript, typescript.
- Must have knowledge of Java frameworks like ViewJS, AngularJS.
- Knowledge of JADE, Pug template.
- Strong debugging skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to understand and make changes to existing code.
What will you do?
- Website development using LAMP technologies.
- Responsible for the development of new applications and enhancements in an existing application.
- Responsible for testing of the application, performance analysis, etc.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong Analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines while staying focused.
- Attention to detail and ability to work with 100% efficiency.
What does it need?
- This is a role for a talented and ambitious PHP Developer. Experience in web development preferred with graduation in a similar field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience.
- Knowledge of PHP & MySQL is a must.
- Should be capable of deploying application on Apache Web Server.
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
- Knowledge of Linux/Ubuntu etc will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge of jQuery and Ajax will be an added advantage.










