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Job Title: Senior Java Developer
Location: Mumbai (On-site)
Notice Period: Immediate Joiners Preferred / 15 Days or Less
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Java Developer with 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java-based application development. The ideal candidate should be adept at designing scalable systems, optimizing performance, and leading development efforts in collaboration with cross-functional teams. This is a full-time, on-site position for candidates currently residing in Mumbai and available to join within 15 days.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end design, development, and deployment of Java applications
- Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed design
- Build scalable, secure, and high-performing applications
- Develop and consume RESTful APIs and ensure seamless integration
- Implement microservices architecture and containerized deployments
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
- Perform code reviews, debugging, and performance tuning
- Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD and production deployments
- Guide junior developers and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions
- Stay updated on new technologies and industry trends
Required Technical Skills:
- Languages & Frameworks:
- Core Java, J2EE
- Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security)
- Hibernate / JPA
- Apache Maven / Gradle
- API Development & Integration:
- RESTful APIs, JSON, Swagger/OpenAPI
- Databases:
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
- MongoDB, Redis (preferred)
- Frontend Exposure (Optional but Preferred):
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
- Angular / React
- Tools & Platforms:
- Git, GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket
- Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes (basic knowledge)
- SonarQube, Log4j, ELK stack (preferred)
- Cloud & DevOps (Good to Have):
- AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS), Azure or GCP
- CI/CD pipeline setup
- Architecture & Patterns:
- Microservices, MVC, Design Patterns
- Event-driven architecture (Kafka/RabbitMQ is a plus)
- Testing:
- JUnit, Mockito
- Postman, REST Assured
Soft Skills:
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities
- Ability to lead and mentor a team
- Time management and task prioritization
- Adaptable and quick learner
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of relevant software development experience
- Relevant certifications (Oracle Java, AWS, PMP) are a plus
Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be currently residing in Mumbai
- Must be able to join within 15 days or less
- Immediate joiners preferred
About Sun King
Sun King is the world’s leading off-grid solar energy company, delivering energy access to 1.8 billion people without reliable grid connections through innovative product design, fintech solutions, and field operations.
Key highlights:
- Connected over 20 million homes to solar power across Africa and Asia, adding 200,000 homes monthly.
- Affordable ‘pay-as-you-go’ financing model; after 1-2 years, customers own their solar equipment.
- Saved customers over $4 billion to date.
- Collect 650,000 daily payments via 28,000 field agents using mobile money systems.
- Products range from home lighting to high-energy appliances, with expansion into clean cooking, electric mobility, and entertainment.
With 2,800 staff across 12 countries, our team includes experts in various fields, all passionate about serving off-grid communities.
Diversity Commitment:
44% of our workforce are women, reflecting our commitment to gender diversity.
About the role:
The Backend Developer works remotely as part of the technology team to help Sun King’s EasyBuy business unit design and develop software to improve its field team operations.
What you will be expected to do
- Design and develop applications/systems based on wireframes and product requirements documents.
- Design and develop logical and physical data models to meet application requirements.
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks and bugs based on operational requirements.
- Perform unit tests on code to ensure robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
- Write reusable and easily maintainable code following the principles of DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself).
- Integrate existing tools and business systems, both in-house and external services, such as ticketing software and communication tools.
- Collaborate with team members and product managers to understand project requirements and contribute to the overall system design.
You might be a strong candidate if you have/are
- Have development experience: 1-2 years backend development experience and have strong problem-solving abilities, proficiency in data structures, and algorithms.
- Have a profound grasp of object-oriented programming (OOPS) standards and expertise in Core Java.
- Have knowledge of SQL, MySQL, or similar database management.
- Have Experience in integrating web services, such as SOAP, REST, JSON, and XML.
- Have familiarity with RESTful APIs for linking Android applications to backend services.
- Have preferred experience with version control systems like Git, but not mandatory.
- Have additional knowledge of web technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like Spring or Hibernate would be advantageous.
What we offer (in addition to compensation and statutory benefits):
- A platform for professional growth in a rapidly expanding, high-impact sector.
- Immerse in a collaborative culture, energized by employees of Sun King who are collectively motivated by fostering a transformative, sustainable venture.
- A genuinely global environment: Engage and learn alongside a diverse group from varied geographies and backgrounds.
- Tailored learning pathways through the Sun King Center for Leadership to elevate your leadership and managerial capabilities.


Requirements


Position: Software Developer (Golang Developer) Requirements
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Work experience between 2 years to 6 years in building large scale high user traffic consumer facing applications.
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Extremely proficient at writing performant, scalable and production ready code in Golang (comfortable with concepts like lambda, streams, multithreading etc)
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Should be at ease with writing neat and maintainable code.
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Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, Cassandra or Redis is required. Knowledge
of graph DBs like Neo4j is preferred.
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Strong in algorithms, problem solving and data structures.
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Knowledge of TDD and experience with building applications integrated with CI-CD
pipelines (automated build, tests and deployments).
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Exposure to micro-services with good understanding of logging and monitoring. Inter
services communication. Should know how to handle multiple versions of APIs.
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Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is desirable.
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Willing to work in a fast paced Startup.
What are we looking for:
We’re looking for a deeply skilled Senior Software Developer to work closely with the product and the open source community to build the Coredge.io vision. You'll join a highly collaborative team working along with talented engineers focusing to be the best in Cloud native ecosystem.
About the Organisation:
The team at Coredge.io is a combination of experienced and young professionals alike having many years of experience in working with Edge computing, Telecom application development and Kubernetes. The company has continuously collaborated with the open source community, universities and major industry players in furthering its goal of providing the industry with an indispensable tool to offer improved services to its customers. Coredge.io has a global market presence with its offices in US and New Delhi, India.



- Experience building and managing large scale data/analytics systems.
- Have a strong grasp of CS fundamentals and excellent problem solving abilities. Have a good
understanding of software design principles and architectural best practices.
- Be passionate about writing code and have experience coding in multiple languages, including at least
one scripting language, preferably Python.
- Be able to argue convincingly why feature X of language Y rocks/sucks, or why a certain design decision
is right/wrong, and so on.
- Be a self-starter—someone who thrives in fast paced environments with minimal ‘management’.
- Have exposure and working knowledge in AI environment with Machine learning experience
- Have experience working with multiple storage and indexing technologies such as MySQL, Redis,
MongoDB, Cassandra, Elastic.
- Good knowledge (including internals) of messaging systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.
- Use the command line like a pro. Be proficient in Git and other essential software development tools.
- Working knowledge of large-scale computational models such as MapReduce and Spark is a bonus.
- Exposure to one or more centralized logging, monitoring, and instrumentation tools, such as Kibana,
Graylog, StatsD, Datadog etc
Key Responsibilities:
- Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
- Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
- Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
- Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
- Write unit tests for API Testing.
- Automate the code testing and deployment process.
Skills Required:
- At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
- Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
- Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
- Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
- Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
- Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
- Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
- Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
- Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
- Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
- Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
- Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.



- Solid experience in RoR, Golang, NodeJS or Python. Good to have exposure to ML.
- Should have experience in cloud computing
- Has an ability to quickly learn and contribute in multiple codebase
- Overcomes roadblocks and requires minimal oversight
- Takes initiatives to fix issues/tech debts before assigned to him/her
- Able to deep dive into codebase and advise QA of possible regression impact
- Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks
- Has delivered projects with end-to-end accountability
- Keeps track of industry trends and introduces right tech/tools for a given job
- Excellent understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms

Primary Responsibilities
- Design, architect and develop advanced software solutions in a cross functional Agile team supporting multiple projects and initiatives
- Collaborate with product owners and/or the business on requirements definition, development of functional specifications, and design
- Collaborate on or lead development of technical design and specifications as required
- Code, test and document new applications as well as changes to existing system functionality and ensure successful completion
- Take on leadership roles as needed
Skills & Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years of software development experience using GoLang/Java programming language
- Experience with cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP/Pivotal Cloud Foundry/any private cloud) and containerization is required
- Experience with a micro-services architecture is a plus
- Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other Relational Databases
- Test-driven development mindset and a focus on quality, scalability and performance
- Strong programming fundamentals and ability to produce high quality code
- Solid understanding of Agile (SCRUM) Development Process required



