Backend Engineer

Position: Lead Backend Engineer

Location: Remote

Experience: 10+ Years

Budget: 1.7 LPM

Employment Type: [Contract]

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of proven backend engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Expertise in SQL (Postgres) and database optimization.
• Hands-on experience with OpenAI APIs.
• Strong command of FastAPI and microservices architecture.
• Solid knowledge of debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Agentic Systems or ability to quickly adopt them.
• Exposure to modern CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Job Title : Senior Software Engineer

Location : Gurugram (Full-time)

Job Description :

• We are looking for a skilled and experienced Java Engineer to join our dynamic team.
• The ideal candidate will have 4 to 10 Years of hands-on experience in software development, with a proven experience as Java Developer with a strong focus on Spring and Spring Boot, Relational Databases and AWS technologies.
• Strong understanding of monolithic & microservices architecture. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our applications.
• Ensuring their performance, quality and responsiveness.

Key Responsibilities :

● Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications using Java, Spring and Spring Boot.

● Develop and manage relational databases. Should be able to write complex SQL queries.

● Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.

● Have strong debugging skills to identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues.

● Deploy, manage, and scale applications on AWS.

● Conduct code reviews and integration testing to ensure software quality and reliability.

● Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

● Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Qualifications :

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

● 4 to 10 Years of experience in software development.

● Proficient in Java 8+, Spring and Spring Boot.

● Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL or other relational databases.

● Experience with microservices architecture.

● Understanding of Rest API design and development.

● Hands on experience with Unit Testing frameworks such as Junit, Mockito.

● Experience with version control systems such as Git.

● Solid understanding of object-oriented programming.

● Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

● Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

● Strong knowledge of AWS services and best practices.

● Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

● Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Java Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in Core Java and extensive experience in developing and deploying applications using Spring Boot, Apache Tomcat, and other related technologies. The candidate should possess expertise in building Restful Web Services, Microservices architecture, and be proficient in implementing multi-threading concepts.

Additionally, experience with Maven, Git, Jenkins, and Agile Scrum methodologies is essential for this role. The candidate should also have a solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes. Familiarity with various databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MongoDB, along with third-party API integration and payment gateway integration, is required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain Java-based applications.

• Design and implement Restful Web Services and Microservices using Spring Boot.

• Utilize multi-threading concepts to enhance application performance.

• Integrate third-party APIs and payment gateways into applications.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.

• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.

• Ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.

• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.

• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in production environments.

• Document design decisions, processes, and procedures.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Java Developer with expertise in Core Java.

• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot, Apache Tomcat, and multi-threading concepts.

• Hands-on experience in building Restful Web Services and Microservices architecture.

• Proficiency in using Maven, Git, and Jenkins for build and deployment processes.

• Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies and SDLC processes.

• Experience working with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MongoDB.

• Demonstrated ability to integrate third-party APIs and payment gateways.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

• Familiarity with NoSQL databases like MongoDB.

• Knowledge of Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines

As a Node.js Developer, you will be responsible for:

Designing, developing, and maintaining server-side applications and systems using Node.js, a JavaScript runtime environment. Your expertise in backend development, JavaScript, TypeScript, and REST APIs will play an essential role in creating efficient and powerful server-side applications.

Responsibilities:

● Design and implement efficient, secure, and maintainable server-side code using Node.js.

● Collaborate with the front-end development team to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.

● Develop APIs for seamless data flow between the front-end and back-end.

● Optimize application performance and ensure high availability and scalability.

To succeed in this role – you should have the following:

● Minimum of 3-4 years of experience as a backend developer.

● Must have proven experience as a Back-End Developer, with a focus on Node.js.

● Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and related frameworks (Express.js, Hapi.js, etc.).

● Experience with RESTful API design principles.

● Experience with agile development methodologies.

● Familiarity with working with at least one of PostgreSQL or MongoDB.

● Familiarity with version control systems (Git)

● Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team.

● Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Added bonus:

● Familiarity with frontend development technologies like HTML and CSS.

● Experience working with Docker, Github Actions, and other common CI/CD pipelines

● Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Core Competency:

• Extensiveexperiencewith C# and ASP.net/.NETCore 2.0 / .NET WebAPI core framework framework • concept's and fundamentals/ MVC and EF. • REST Web services&API Experience • Strong architectural knowledge with two or more of - MicroServices, 12 FactorApplications and • EventDriven architectures • Messaging knowledge(Topics, Queues & Publish Subscribe) • Knowledge of AWS, Docker and Kubernetes • Experience with database development including relational database design, SQL, and ORM • Agile Delivery experience • Deploying .Net Core web application/API in Windows and Linux • Experience with web developmenttechnologiesincludingASP.NET, MVC3, EF, HTML, JavaScript, • JQuery, AJAX and CSS, LINQ. • Experience with core Microsoft.Net technologies including WCF, LINQ, and EF • Experience designing and developing enterprise-grade software • Experience with source control management systems and deployment environment • Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization. • Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented applicationdevelopment,techniques and theories • Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment • Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders • Experience with user interface design and prototyping

Must-haves

• Strong proficiency in NodeJS and JavaScript.

• Strong proficiency in top NodeJS frameworks like Express.JS (Simply Express), Feathers.JS, StrongLoop, Koa.JS, or Hapi.

• Good knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases. Ability to develop services with polyglot persistence.

• Basic working knowledge of front-end technologies like HTML5 and CSS3.

• A strong presence of mind, excellent language, and communication skills.

Note:

• Should have hands-on core knowledge of Java.
• Must have min 3-5 years of experience.

Kindly do not apply otherwise.

Candidates must also fill out this form to start their processes. -> https://forms.gle/mBUAdg2NfrL6DF479

Looking for 5+ years of experienced Java developers to work on a new-age lending finance company based in Pune. We empower established banks with the lending ecosystem of the future. Backed by HDFC, we are on a mission to grow our current transactional amount of 13 Bn+ to tenfolds in the near future.

Our tech stack is one of the most exciting and ahead of its times where we would be expecting you to get your hands practical on these things.

- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

- Mentoring junior developers with code reviews design reviews and unit tests.

- Code Versioning (Git, Bitbucket)

- Java

• Collections

• Multi-threading, Background Scheduling

• Design & Architecture patterns

• Springboot, MVC, API-first philosophy

• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

• Work with database versioning concepts using Java.

- Api Gateways - APiCurio, Kong, Open API Concept

- Redis, Kafka, ElasticSearch

- DB - PSQL, Aurora, MongoDB

- Deployment - basic understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform AWS

- Alerting & Monitoring - grafana, elasticsearch, kibana, fluentd, prometheus

Although the full list of the tech stack is very vast, and we've multiple developers for each part of the stack, we would expect any senior role to understand the basics of other services end of the day, but be fluent in Core Java.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing high-quality applications. They will also be responsible for designing and implementing testable and scalable code. 

Responsibilities

• Develop quality software and web applications
• Analyze and maintain existing software applications
• Design highly scalable, testable code
• Discover and fix programming bugs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Development experience with programming languages
• MongoDb database or relational database skills