Backend Developer

We’re looking for a Java Backend Developer with strong experience in Spring Boot, AWS, and Microservices to join our growing team. If you're passionate about scalable backend systems and love working in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

What You’ll Bring:

• 4+ years of backend development experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in Core Java and Spring Boot
• Experience designing and developing Microservices architecture
• Solid working knowledge of AWS services
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, version control (Git), and CI/CD
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment
• Immediate joiners are highly preferred

Node.js Developer / NestJS Developer – Job Description

A Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science is preferred with excellent problem solving skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Bengaluru (on site)

Preferred Skills: TypeScript / Nodejs, SQL/ MySQL

Experience: Min 2yrs in similar Role.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and Maintain Server-side Logic: Design, implement, and maintain the server-side logic using Node.js, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
• API Development: Build and maintain RESTful APIs for seamless integration with front-end services and third-party applications.
• Database Management: Work with databases (such as MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL) to ensure data consistency, reliability, and optimal performance.
• Code Quality and Testing: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code. Implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Collaboration: Work closely with front-end developers, designers, and other team members to define and implement technical solutions that meet business requirements.
• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Identify issues, debug, and resolve bugs and other technical problems in a timely manner.
• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation related to application development, API usage, and system operations.
• Stay Updated: Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure the application remains modern and competitive.

• As a Senior Software Engineer you will work closely with the Tech Lead, and the rest of the engineering team to build and scale a data-driven platform. This role will act as a great springboard to accelerate career growth & transition into a Tech Lead level role.
• Your primary focus will be the development of server-side logic, building new services and APIs, developing UI components, supporting the maintenance of current APIs, reviewing work, and improving the performance and reliability of our systems as we rapidly scale our product and organization.
• An effective Senior Software Engineer will be a self-motivated learner; a highly creative engineer having obsessive attention towards detail and thoroughness.

Must Haves

• You’ve been building web applications professionally for 5+ years
• You’re proficient in NodeJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
• You possess strong OOP and design pattern knowledge
• Familiar with modern engineering practices: Code Reviews, Continuous Deployment, Automated Testing, etc
• You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and experienced with TDD (Test Driven Development)
• You’ve the ability to build RESTful APIs
• Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support team, and fellow engineers is not a problem for you
• Well versed with the fundamentals of computer science and distributed systems

Nice-to-haves

• FrontEnd experience; have built applications in either: React, Vue, Angular, or Svelte
• Startup experience, preferably a tech startup
• Open Source contributor
• You have experience with other programming languages -- e.g. Python, Ruby, PHP, Go, C, etc.
• Passionate about/experienced with open source and developer tools
• You have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience

Benefits

• Feel good factor / impact driven work- Be part of the journey that is creating an impact in people’s lives after retirement. The work we do has a direct impact on the size of someone’s retirement pot
• Ownership driven work- you own problems within the organisation and not an implementer of someone else’s idea. You have the ability to design solutions and work with multiple stakeholders to implement them
• Job stability- ClearGlass is very well funded by top tier VCs and can provide job stability in the COVID world
• Stock Options- we would love every employee of ClearGlass to have stock options
• Top-of-the-line gear- to help you be super-productive while working. No one likes a slow laptop
• Flexible work environment- we are working from home currently but will slowly move to a hybrid set-up; we offer support (incl. financial) to set-up your home office

• Exp- 3+ yrs
• Must be very good in Java- 2.5+ yrs
• At least 1 yr of working experience in any one DB of Neo4j, Cassandra, Elastic Search
• Should have good devops working knowledge - Knowledge of AWS, Ansibleetc is a necessity
• Experience in TDD/BDD is required
• Minimum 1 yr working experience in Samza& Kafka.
• Knowledge of Azure is added advantage
• Understanding of AKKA and Play framework