Who we are
ixigo is an AI-based travel app that helps millions of users plan and book their trips every day. Launched in 2007, ixigo is proud to have built numerous industry-first AI-innovations over the last decade. With pre-emptive help from ixigo at every touch-point of their journey, 150 million Indians are now making smarter travel decisions every year. ixigo uses Artificial Intelligence for deal discovery, personalized recommendations, dynamic marketing, airfare predictions, train delay information, PNR confirmation status, infrastructure cost optimization, business intelligence and providing fully-automated customer service over chat and voice. This makes ixigo a lean, tech-intensive and capital-efficient travel business, serving millions of travelers with a team size of under 200. Founded in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo’s investors include Sequoia Capital India, Fosun RZ Capital, SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax.
Role & Responsibility
As a Backend Developer, You will be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development. You will be working closely with Tech, Design and Quality team to build and launch the product.
- Code, develop, design and architect features related to the existing application. We expect you to own modules end to end and take pride in the work products you ship
- Design, implement and maintain highly scalable, multi-tier, distributed server software applications
- Deliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
- Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test and release products
- Take responsibility for performance and stability for all server functions
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
Skills & Qualifications:
- At least an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, preferably from IITs/Top RECs
- 2-5 years of experience at cutting edge organizations or startups
- Extensive experience in a Java server-side software design and development
- Proficiency in the implementation of algorithms and the use of advanced data structures to solve problems in computing.
- Experience with e-business/e-commerce applications and business environment is a must
- Any experience with internet companies or the travel industry will be a plus
Must have
- Good understanding of Java/J2EE and design patterns
- Strong knowledge of data structures and designing for performance, scalability and availability Knowledge in MongoDB and Web services
- Extensive use of Instruments and Shark to detect memory leaks and for performance optimization
- Good grasp of algorithms, memory management, and multithreaded programming
- Good to have - Python, NodeJS, Mysql, Redis, ElasticSearchGreat people skills!
- Able to fit in well within an informal startup environment and to provide hands-on management
- The high energy level and untiring commitment to drive oneself & the team towards goals
Compensation: Commensurate to skills & experience; comparable to the best in the industry.
Culture: ixigo is proud to have built an entrepreneurial culture that has become a folk-lore in the startup ecosystem. One in every four ixigems has gone on to build successful startups and companies. Our cultural values of integrity, empathy, ingenuity, awesomeness, and resilience have stood the tests of time and we’ve built a fun, flexible and creative work environment that is driven by people with a high degree of ownership. You will get to work with some of the smartest folks in the Indian startup ecosystem, and solve some of the toughest problems for the next billion users by using bleeding-edge technologies. Oh, and we have an awesome “play” area, great chai/coffee, free lunches (yes, they exist!) and a workspace you will fall in love with.

About ixigo.com
About
Connect with the team
Similar jobs

Job Description:
- He / She candidate must possess a strong technology background with advanced knowledge of Java and Python based technology stack.
- Java, JEE, Spring MVC, Python, JPA, Spring Boot, REST API, Database, Playwright, CI/CD pipelines
- * At least 3 years of Hand-on Java EE and Core Java experience with strong leadership qualities.
- * Experience with Web Service development, REST and Services Oriented Architecture.
- * Expertise in Object Oriented Design, Design patterns, Architecture and Application Integration.
- * Working knowledge of Databases including Design, SOL proficiency.
- * Strong experience with frameworks used for development and automated testing like SpringBoot, Junit, BDD etc.
- * Experience with Unix/Linux Operating System and Basic Linux Commands.
- * Strong development skills with ability to understand technical design and translate the same into workable solution.
- * Basic knowledge of Python and Hand-on experience on Python scripting
- * Build, deploy, and monitor applications using CI/CD pipelines, * Experience with agile development methodology.
- Good to Have - Elastic Index Database, MongoDB. - No SQL Database Docker Deployments, Cloud Deployments Any Al ML. snowflake Experience
The ideal candidate should be a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team player. You will be responsible for the production support of software products and coordinating with various teams for support. You should have outstanding communication and Team-Player skills.
Educational Qualification: BCA, MCA or BE/B.Tech (CS)
Must-know technologies: Java,
Good to know technologies: DMN tools
Experience: 02 Years - 05 Years
Skill Level: Good
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to Java development work as well as the latest Decision model and notation tools
-
Comply with coding standards and directions given by his direct manager Collaborate with an international and diverse team of Data Architects, Business Analysts, and Project Managers
-
Tasks will be assigned and after completion, code need to be committed and task assigned for review by Senior Java developer
-
Work with technology stakeholders to devise solutions that will fulfill business requirements and meet organizational strategic goals
-
Develop application functionality which meets business requirements with high quality within given deadlines - develop maintainable, well-documented application functionality with an eye toward standardization, common components, simplicity, performance, robustness and other attributes of enterprise-strength solutions
-
Thoroughly test all functionality - utilize detailed and thorough practices including negative testing, testing of boundary conditions, , and work collaboratively with business areas.
-
Support interfaces between the deployment of developed applications and the decommissioning of legacy applications
-
Support with the Development and Infrastructure Teams
-
Design, and develop scalable, high-performance, highly reliable and secure applications using waterfall and agile methodologies
-
Create reusable code
Involvement in the full software development life cycle within broadly defined parameters and providing software solutions keeping into consideration the software quality needs
Design and defining the interaction between the different component pieces
Write efficient code based on brief given by team lead.
Fast prototyping of proof-of concept features / application based on brief.
Develop and maintain new features on Java stack
Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application
Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
Work closely with the peers and Leads to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
Build software solutions for complex problems.
Compliance with build/release and configuration management process
Responsibility to develop unit test cases for his/her project module.
Execution of appropriate quality plans ,project plans ,test strategies and processes for development activities in concern with business and project management effort
Desired Profile:
GoodunderstandingofObjectOrien
Development across multiple browsers/platforms on Website
Good Understanding of SQL/NoSQL data stores
Fair Understanding of Responsive High Level Designs
Work experience in product/start-up company is a plus
Familiarity to MVC, SOA, RESTFull web services
Work with other teams and manage time across multiple projects and tasks in a deadline driven, team environment
Good to have knowledge of Javascript (AngularJS/ReactJS)/HTML/CSS/
Understand agile methodology and instill best practices into the process.

- Bachelor/Master's in computer science or relevant fields
- 10+ years of Relevant Experience
- Strong sense of ownership
- Excellent Java and object-oriented development skills
- Experience in building and scaling microservices
- Strong Knowledge in RDBMS & NoSQL databases
- Strong problem-solving skills, technical troubleshooting and diagnosing
- Expected to be a role model for young engineers, have a strong sense of code quality, and enforce code quality within the team
- Excellent understanding of Debugging performance and optimization techniques
- Experience in Java, Mongo, MySQL, AWS technologies, ELK stack, Spring boot, Kafka
- Experience in developing any large scale Experience in cloud technologies
- Demonstrated ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment
Role: Backend Developer-SDE2
- 3-5 years of exp into
Responsibilities:
- Work on the development backend systems for our first product.
- Build reliable, secure and performant backend systems.
- Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team.
Requirements:
- 3-4 years of software development experience.
- Strong computer science fundamentals.
- Good knowledge of Java ecosystem.
- Can write code that is readable, maintainable and performant.
- Good understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling.
- Comfortable writing multi-threaded programs.
Preferred Notice Period - Less Than 1 Month
Preferred Education - Tier 1 Engineering Colleges - IIT/NIT/DTU or similar
Preferred Work Background - Startup Engineering Experience
Job brief
- We are looking for a Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
- You will be part of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications. Java developer roles and responsibilities include managing Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
- Java developer responsibilities include designing, developing and delivering high-volume, low- latency applications for mission-critical systems.
Responsibilities
- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code
- Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
- Prepare and produce releases of software components
- Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
- Proven hands-on Software Development experience
- Proven working experience in Java development with Spring Framework
- Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
- Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
- Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
- Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate) - Experience in the Spring Framework
- Experience as a Sun Certified Java Developer
- Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC)
- Develop creative solutions and write technical design based on the requirements.
- Work closely with peer teams to ensure that applications are written to allow for overall system performance.
- Assist in tuning and optimization.
- Develop and execute unit tests for product components.
- Perform peer code reviews and provide feedback.
- Promote high quality, scalability, and timely completion of projects.
- Apply agile approach to coordinate development and determine project scope and limitations.
- Bachelor degree in Engineering, CS or equivalent experience
- Development in Core Java, J2EE, Struts, spring, Client-Side scripting, Hibernate, Database
- Development of scalable core-java applications, Web Applications and Web Services
- OOP concepts
- Data Structures, algorithms and their applications
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Experience in building microservices
- Strong experience with Spring Boot stack (spring cloud, spring-data)
- Extensive experience in developing and consuming REST APIs
- Experience in Kafka distributed messaging
- Hands-on experience in Redis, Apache Ignite, Hazelcast
- Strong experience in RDMS and NoSQL databases Mongo
- Experience in using Elastic Search
- Experience in profiling applications
- Strong analytical skills and general logical reasoning
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good understanding of Software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Basic SQL queries



