Backend Engineer

JOB DETAILS:

* Job Title: Lead I - Software Engineering-Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Aws

* Industry: Global digital transformation solutions provide

* Salary: Best in Industry

* Experience: 5 -7 years

* Location: Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram

Role Proficiency:

Act creatively to develop applications and select appropriate technical options optimizing application development maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions account for others' developmental activities

Skill Examples:

1. Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer
2. Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications
3. Break down complex problems into logical components
4. Develop user interfaces business software components
5. Use data models
6. Estimate time and effort required for developing / debugging features / components
7. Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment
8. Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges
9. Manage a Team mentor and handle people related issues in team
10.  Maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics in the team.
11.  Interface with other teams’ designers and other parallel practices
12.  Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback to team members
13.  Create and articulate impactful technical presentations
14.  Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication
15.  Drive conference calls with customers addressing customer questions
16.   Proactively ask for and offer help
17.  Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning; handling multiple tasks.
18.  Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables on time with quality.
19.  Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components
20.  Make on appropriate utilization of Software / Hardware’s.
21.  Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Knowledge Examples:

•     Appropriate software programs / modules

1. Functional and technical designing
2. Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters
3. DBMS
4. Operating Systems and software platforms
5. Software Development Life Cycle
6. Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
7. Integrated development environment (IDE)
8. Rapid application development (RAD)
9. Modelling technology and languages
10. Interface definition languages (IDL)
11. Knowledge of customer domain and deep understanding of sub domain where problem is solved

Additional Comments:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Kotlin and Java to join our dynamic engineering team.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of backend frameworks, cloud technologies, and scalable microservices architectures, with a passion for clean code, resilience, and system observability.

You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining core backend services that power our high-availability e-commerce and promotion platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization) and Java.

Build robust microservices with Spring Boot and related Spring ecosystem components (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data).

Implement efficient serialization/deserialization using Jackson and Kotlin Serialization. Develop, maintain, and execute automated tests using JUnit 5, Mockk, and ArchUnit to ensure code quality.

Work with Kafka Streams (Avro), Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA), DynamoDB, and Redis for data storage and caching needs. Deploy and manage services in AWS environment leveraging DynamoDB, Lambdas, and IAM.

Implement CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI to automate build, test, and deployment processes.

Containerize applications using Docker and integrate monitoring using Datadog for tracing, metrics, and dashboards.

Define and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform for services including GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, and Optimizely.

Develop and maintain RESTful APIs with OpenAPI (Swagger) and JSON API standards.

Apply resilience patterns using Resilience4j to build fault-tolerant systems.

Adhere to architectural and design principles such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and Contract Testing (Pact).

Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile Scrum environment to deliver high-quality features.

Utilize feature flagging tools like Optimizely to enable controlled rollouts.

Mandatory Skills & Technologies Languages:

Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization),

Java Frameworks: Spring Boot (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data)

Serialization: Jackson, Kotlin Serialization

Testing: JUnit 5, Mockk, ArchUnit

Data: Kafka (Avro) Streams Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA) DynamoDB (NoSQL) Redis (Caching)

Cloud: AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, IAM)

CI/CD: GitLab CI Containers: Docker

Monitoring & Observability: Datadog (Tracing, Metrics, Dashboards, Monitors)

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, Optimizely)

API: OpenAPI (Swagger), REST API, JSON API

Resilience: Resilience4j

Architecture & Practices: Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Contract Testing (Pact) Feature Flags (Optimizely)

Platforms: E-Commerce Platform (CommerceTools), Promotion Engine (Talon.One)

Methodologies: Scrum, Agile

Skills: Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Aws

Must-Haves

Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization), Java, Spring Boot (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data), AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, IAM), Microservices Architecture

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Notice period - 0 to 15 days only

Job stability is mandatory

Location: Trivandrum

Virtual Weekend Interview on 7th Feb 2026 - Saturday

� � 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.)

Company Description

Evoqins is an end-to-end digital product development team focused on maximizing the scalability and reliability of global businesses. We specialize in a wide range of domains including fintech, banking, e-commerce, supply chain, enterprises, logistics, healthcare, and hospitality. With ISO 9001 certification and a 4.9-star Google rating, we are proud to have 120+ satisfied customers and an 87% customer retention rate. Our services include UX/UI design, mobile app development, web app development, custom software development, and team augmentation. 

Role Description

We are looking for a passionate Senior Backend Developer.  You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend services and APIs using Python. 

• Role: Senor Backend Developer
• Location: Kochi
• Employment Type: Full Time
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Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Python-based applications and APIs.
• Build and optimize backend systems using FastAPI/Django/Flask.
• Work with PostgreSQL/MySQL databases, ensuring efficiency and reliability.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs (GraphQL experience is a plus).
• Collaborate using Git-based version control.
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure best practices in performance optimization, testing, and security.
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Required Skills & Experience

• 2– 5 years of hands-on Python development experience.
• Experience in Fintech projects is an advantage
• Proven experience in FastAPI and REST API development.
• Strong database skills with PostgreSQL (preferred) and MySQL.
• Practical exposure to API integrations and third-party services.
• Experience deploying and maintaining applications in production.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services.

We are looking for Flutter Developers responsible for developing cross-platform mobile

applications.

Work Details:

● Building modern and cross platform mobile applications using Flutter.

● Collaborating with the Planning and Design teams to bring ideas to life.

● Performing app profiling and improving performance.

● Improving code quality through code reviews.

● Developing new features, maintaining code, and fixing/debugging issues.

You need to have:

● One or more published Flutter apps on the App Store / Play Store.

● Good understanding of Flutter and Dart.

● Beginner to intermediate level knowledge of Java, Kotlin or Swift.

● Good understanding of code versioning tools such as Git etc.

● Willingness to learn about new technologies and trends in mobile.

● Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.

● Working knowledge of Reactive programming is a plus.

● Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging

technologies.

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional

experience.

● Experience working with agile teams and making rapid decisions in a dynamic and

disruptive environment.

● Strong communication skills.

Benefits:

● Working with the latest technologies in an early-stage product startup, with plenty of

opportunities to learn

● You will work directly under the mentorship of other senior designers/developers and the

startup's founders.

DeepSource is working on building tools that help developers ship good code. There are over 40 million developers in the world, and all of them write and review code in some form. The Language Engineering team works on the source code analyzers, including both programming languages and configuration-as-code systems. As a member of the Language Engineering team, you will work on building the best, most comprehensive, Ruby analyzer in the world. You will add new rules and Autofixes for finding more issues with code and automatically fixing them. You will be involved with the community to understand the problems with static analysis tools in the Ruby ecosystem.

• Identify bad code practices in Ruby and write new analyzers to detect them.

• Improve the coverage of automatically fixable issues.

• Ensure fewer false-positives are reported by the analyzer.

• Work on the internal tools that support analysis runtimes.

• Contribute to open-source static analysis tools.

• Strong foundational knowledge in Computer Science.

• At least 3 years of professional software development experience in Ruby.

• Understanding of the nuances of execution of the source code (AST, data flow graphs, etc).

• Familiarity with Ruby best practices followed in the industry.

• Native experience with Linux/Unix environment.

• A focus on delivering high-quality code through strong testing practices.

We offer competitive compensation with meaningful stock options, a generous vacation policy, and a workstation of your choice, to name a few of the perks.

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 1-2 years of experience in backend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Exposure with back-end programming languages with hands on JAVA, Node JS etc along with Spring framework.
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Post-gres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.
• Has handled scalability and worked on backend security protocols.
• Has worked on both mobile and web development.
• Has experience and inclination to work on architectural design and review.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Contribute in all phases of the software development life cycle.
2. Partake in software and architectural development activities.
3. Conduct software analysis, programming, unit-testing and debugging.
4. Transforming requirements into functional modules.
5. Recommend changes to improve established application processes.
6. Work quickly with a clear bias towards actions and continuous development.
7. Participate in regular code reviews of peers and be open to pairing when necessary.