Backend Java Developer (Springboot)

Job Title:

Software Development Engineer II- Java

Responsibilities:

A typical SDE2 is expected to take up the following responsibilities:

● Work closely with Team Leads and Product Managers to gather requirements and estimate project timelines.

● Should be able to understand product specifications and come up with optimal scalable solutions.

● Should be aware of the Agile working model and follow JIRA hygiene

● Complete ownership of features worked upon should be able to perform RCAs and provide quick resolution of relevant issues/production bugs while training Tech Support Engineers to offload recurring chunks of work.

● Should be a full-time mentor for SDE1s and be able to assist all other SDE1s as and when required.

● Be part of the lateral hiring process and allocate fixed bandwidth for interviewing processes.

● Should strive to follow best coding practices throughout designing, development, and testing.

● Should have great communication skills over email and in-person discussions.

Requirements:

● Strong exposure to Java and Springboot

● Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures and basic APIs & database design

● Should have worked with MVC frameworks, web / client-based server architecture, and structured and unstructured databases.

● Ability to translate product spec to engineering actionable

● Ability to navigate and structure code bases

● Rudimentary skills around service hosting and infrastructure. Should understand the end-to-end deployment cycle

Ideal Candidate Persona:

● Education Background

○ B.Tech / Dual Degree with Computer Science as a major discipline, MCA.

○ Preferred to have graduated in CS or IT-related subjects.

● Worked as SDE for 2-4 years in startup / mid-tier product companies with a small team size (2-3 recent experiences even if the initial job is in service-based companies), preferably in the Fintech space

● Excellent internship record

● Executed on RCAs / challenging engg problems with an SDE III at work

● Won awards / Recognized by upper management for going above and beyond

● Has working experience with Linux. Any certification is good to have

● Open source/pet project contributions

● Active on GitHub / StackOverflow

● Published papers in A-level conferences like IEEE, ACM (optional)

Job Responsibilities:

● Design, test, and build scalable backend python services

● Closely collaborate with marketing and product teams to build innovative, robust, and easy-to-use features that serve.

● Developing high-quality code based on detailed designs that cater to the product requirements.

● Responsible for troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality

Required Skills:

● Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.

● Minimum 3+ years experience in software development.

● Expertise in Python 3.7, Django 2.2+, and REST APIs.

● Willingness to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment

● Hands-on, self-starter, capable of working independently

● True love for technology and what you do

● Maniacal attention to detail

RazerTech Consulting is mandated to hire a Technical Lead for a US based Tech Company that offers a cloud-based, AI?powered image editing and automation platform for leading brands in ecommerce, fashion, marketplaces & photo studios. The platform helps creatives and marketers produce stunningly consistent imagery and video content at scale.

Role Overview :

Were looking for a hands-on engineering lead to own the delivery of our GenAI-centric product from the backend up to the UI while integrating visual AI pipelines built by ML engineers. Youll be both a builder and a leader : writing clean Java and TypeScript/Node.js, scaling AWS-based systems, mentoring engineers, and making architectural decisions that stand the test of scale. Ideally, youre also familiar with Python for deploying ML pipelines.

(Note : This role requires both technical mastery and leadership skills - we're looking for someone who can write production code, make architectural decisions, and lead a team to success.)

What Youll Do :

• Lead development of the Java, Node.js and Python (FastAPI) backend services on AWS
• Build high-performance image processing pipelines using ImageMagick, SharpJS, and SVG manipulation
• Implement automated visual content generation using Headless Chrome and Puppeteer or similar tools.
• Deploy ML pipelines (built by the ML team) into containerized inference workflows using FastAPI, Docker, and GPU-enabled ECS EC2.
• Deploy and manage services on AWS ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, and GPU-powered EC2
• Contribute to React/TypeScript frontend when needed to accelerate product delivery
• Work closely with the founder, product, and UX teams to translate business needs and PRDs into features that drive productmarket fit.
• Make architecture and infrastructure decisions from media processing to task queues to storage
• Own the performance and cost-optimization of our AWS platform
• Hire and mentor junior/mid engineers over time
• Drive technical planning, sprint prioritization, and trade-off decisions

Must have Skills :

• Backend Development (57 years) : Java, Node.js, TypeScript, RESTful API, Docker
• AWS Expertise (5+ years) : AWS Lambda, ECS, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, IAM, roles
• Image Processing & Media Technologies : ImageMagick, SharpJS, SVG manipulation and programmatic generation, Headless Chrome, Puppeteer
• System Optimization & Middleware (35 years) : AWS cloud cost optimization, Celery, BullMQ, AWS Step Functions
• Frontend Development (23 years) : React, TypeScript, Redux, Context API, CI/CD pipelines.
• System Design & Architecture (46 years) : Event-driven architectures using queues, microservices-based systems, caching strategies (e.g., Redis, CDN edge caching)
• Leadership & Communication (23 years) : Lead engineering teams and drive project delivery

Responsibilities

Build distributed, highly available, and fault-tolerant applications using Java, Spring, Kafka, and other technologies

Build large-scale and highly available APIs, both internal and external

Build, deploy, release, and support applications in the early stages

Skills

Must have

Overall 10+ years of experience as a Java Developer

Core Java 10+ years

Good hands-on coding skills

Must have experience in investment banking-related projects

Should have working experience in Trading life cycle project

Spring framework 5+ years

Kafka or other messaging

Knowledge of key APIs: JPA, JTA, CDI, etc.

Knowledge of various design and architectural patterns

Understanding of microservices architecture

Containerization solutions (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)

Building tools (e.g. Maven, Gradle)

Version Control (e.g. Git)

Continuous Integration systems (e.g. TeamCity, Jenkins)

Experience in the finance industry and work with the Fintech community

Looking For Java Developer who will help Build large scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate will be a thinker and a team player with a passion for technology and with a knack for benchmarking and optimization.

• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, problem solving, and complexity analysis

• Must have hands on experience on coding in Core Java, multithreading, concurrency and collection.

Good knowledge of Microservices.

• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices. Understanding of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews.

• Strong technical Design and Development skills

• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a dynamic environment.

• Agility to switch across multiple teams/ products/ applications and perform

• Experience in translating requirements into technical design specifications and documentation, as well as executing development projects from conception to delivery

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Role Description

The SDE 2/3 will be part of the engineering/development team in Games24x7 Pvt. Ltd. and will be responsible for taking ownership of the core products of the company. The applicant must have good communication, interpersonal, technical and analytical skills in order to take part in the collaborative and cooperative development process that delivers the high quality software we use to provide the best possible playing experience to our players. He/she must be an expert in the Java programming language and needs to be familiar with popular IDEs, tools and scripting languages on the Linux operating system. Familiarity with an RDBMS, preferably PostgreSQL, is essential to succeed in this position.

General Accountabilities/Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in the requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• Write clean and efficient code and stay hands-on with it.
• Write high level code, code review, unit testing and deployment.
• Ensure practical application of design principles with a focus on the user experience, usability, template designs, cross browser issues and client server concepts.
• Contribute to the development of project estimates, scheduling, and deliverables.
• Work closely with QA team to determine testing requirements to ensure full coverage and best quality of product.
• Take up the opportunities to mentor and guide junior team members in excelling their jobs.

Requirements:

• B.E. /B.Tech. in Computer Science or MCA from a reputed university.
• 3-12 years of experience in software development, with emphasis on JAVA/J2EE Server side programming.
• Hands on experience in core Java, multithreading, RMI, socket programing, JDBC, NIO, webservices and design patterns.
• Knowledge of distributed system, distributed caching, messaging frameworks, ESB etc.
• Experience in Linux operating system and PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB/Cassandra database
• Additionally, knowledge of HBase, Hadoop and Hive is desirable.
• Familiarity with message queue systems and AMQP and Kafka is desirable.
• Experience as a participant in agile methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• This is not a fullstack requirement, we are looking for a purely backend expert.