Backend Engineer (SDE2)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Experience: 5+ years

Wissen Technology is now hiring for a Java Developer - Bangalore with hands-on experience in Core Java, algorithms, data structures, multithreading and SQL. We are solving complex technical problems in the industry and need talented software engineers to join our mission and be a part of a global software development team. A brilliant opportunity to become a part of a highly motivated and expert team which has made a mark as a high-end technical consulting. 

Required Skills:

• Exp. - 5+ years
• Experience in Core Java and Spring Boot.
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale applications and systems. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
• Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client- facing applications.
• Good development experience with RDBMS.
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high-performance server-side development.
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
• Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts.

Job Details

- Job Title: SDE-3

- Industry: Technology

- Domain - Information technology (IT)

- Experience Required: 5-8 years

- Employment Type: Full Time

- Job Location: Bengaluru

- CTC Range: Best in Industry

Role & Responsibilities

As a Software Development Engineer - 3, Backend Engineer at company, you will play a critical role in architecting, designing, and delivering robust backend systems that power our platform. You will lead by example, driving technical excellence and mentoring peers while solving complex engineering problems. This position offers the opportunity to work with a highly motivated team in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership-

• Design and develop highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and maintainable backend systems using Java and related frameworks.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
• Review code and ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and security guidelines.

System Architecture and Design-

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and frontend engineers, to translate business requirements into efficient technical solutions.
• Own the architecture of core modules and contribute to overall platform scalability and reliability.
• Advocate for and implement microservices architecture, ensuring modularity and reusability.

Problem Solving and Optimization-

• Analyze and resolve complex system issues, ensuring high availability and performance of the platform.
• Optimize database queries and design scalable data storage solutions.
• Implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting systems to proactively identify and mitigate issues.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement-

• Stay updated on emerging backend technologies and incorporate relevant advancements into our systems.
• Identify and drive initiatives to improve codebase quality, deployment processes, and team productivity.
• Contribute to an advocate for a DevOps culture, supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

Collaboration and Communication-

• Act as a liaison between the backend team and other technical and non-technical teams, ensuring smooth communication and alignment.
• Document system designs, APIs, and workflows to maintain clarity and knowledge transfer across the team.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Java Backend Engineer.
• Must have 5+ years of backend development with strong focus on Java (Spring / Spring Boot)
• Must have been SDE-2 for at least 2.5 years
• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, multithreading, and async programming
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Exposure to Kafka/RabbitMQ and Redis/Memcached
• Experience with AWS / GCP / Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)
• have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies
• (Education): B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

Role overview

• Overall 5 to 7 years of experience. Node.js experience is must.
• At least 3+ years of experience or couple of large-scale products delivered on microservices.
• Strong design skills on microservices and AWS platform infrastructure.
• Excellent programming skill in Python, Node.js and Java.
• Hands on development in rest API’s.
• Good understanding of nuances of distributed systems, scalability, and availability.

What would you do here

• To Work as a Backend Developer in developing Cloud Web Applications
• To be part of the team working on various types of web applications related to Mortgage Finance.
• Experience in solving a real-world problem of Implementing, Designing and helping develop a new Enterprise-class Product from ground-up.
• You have expertise in the AWS Cloud Infrastructure and Micro-services architecture around the AWS Service stack like Lambdas, SQS, SNS, MySQL Databases along with Dockers and containerized solutions/applications.
• Experienced in Relational and No-SQL databases and scalable design.
• Experience in solving challenging problems by developing elegant, maintainable code.
• Delivered rapid iterations of software based on user feedback and metrics.
• Help the team make key decisions on our product and technology direction.
• You actively contribute to the adoption of frameworks, standards, and new technologies.

What’s the opportunity?

Are you a backend developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world-class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?

We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers. We’re laser-focused on delivering a world-class product again, and looking for an ambitious backend engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers. 

If it excites you to think of a fast-paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating new APIs, working on performance issues, getting hands-on with DevOps initiatives, and showcasing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Some of the tech problems you get to work on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault-tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization.

About you:

● 3- 5 years of experience

● Expertise in the following areas ○ Java ○ HTTP Protocol

● You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks/products ○ Spring ○ PostgreSQL ○ Redis ○ Docker ○ Message brokers ○ GitHub

● These non-functional areas are familiar to you ○ Performance ○ Debugging ○ Log management

Nice to have:

● Familiarity with AWS

What’s in it for me?

● Great opportunity: We genuinely care about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.

● Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.

● Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.

● Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other roles you might like.

● Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.

● Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive stipend, flexible leave policy, and more

SaaS (Mandatory)and Java, Spring boot, Azure is good go

Skills Required:

· Strong application development and design experience in highly Scalable enterprise JAVA/J2EE systems.

· Strong experience in complex application design, ability to provide solutions, design Concepts, design patterns.

· Strong understanding of Java best practices, system scalability, and performance tuning.

· Expertise in Spring (MVC, CORE, Boot, JDBC).

· Strong Knowledge of Restful services, XML, JSON are required.

· Having knowledge in Hadoop/Bigdata/ETL/Reporting systems is a plus.