Full Stack Java Lead

We are a forward-thinking company Hookux seeking a skilled Full Stack Developer to join our team. You will work on a variety of exciting projects that require problem-solving, innovation, and scalability. One such project is, a stock market and crypto investing simulation platform that teaches children financial skills through gamified competition.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient front-end and back-end systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Design and implement API endpoints and server-side logic.
• Work closely with the design and product teams to ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Write well-documented, clean code.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Technical Skills & Experience:

• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript, with expertise in React.js for front-end development.
• Strong experience with Node.js, Express.js, or other backend technologies.
• Familiarity with database technologies such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or MySQL.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Proficient in version control (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools.
• Experience with agile methodologies and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD).

Bonus Skills:

• Experience with React Native for mobile app development.
• Familiarity with blockchain technology or cryptocurrency-related platforms.
• Experience with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of testing frameworks and tools.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• years of experience in full stack development.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently as well as in a team environment.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and performance bonuses.
• Opportunities for career growth and learning.
• Flexible working hours and remote working options.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Full Stack Developer to join our dynamic team in Bangalore. The ideal candidate will lead full-stack development initiatives, mentor the development team, and deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions using modern technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain front-end components using AngularJS.
• Build secure RESTful APIs and backend services using Spring Boot.
• Integrate and manage MongoDB for efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers, product managers, and QA teams.
• Ensure application performance, responsiveness, and scalability.
• Participate in code reviews and enforce coding best practices.
• Debug and resolve technical issues across the full stack.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests for frontend and backend.
• Manage Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior developers.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven track record in full-stack development.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in AngularJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS.
• Strong backend skills using Java & Spring Boot.
• Experience with MongoDB, including schema design and queries.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, HTTP protocols, and web architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Postman, Maven, Git.
• Familiarity with JSON, XML, and serialization formats.
• Strong knowledge of web security best practices.
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines.

Leadership Skills:

• Prior experience leading a development team (preferred).
• Ability to mentor, guide, and coach junior developers.
• Strong project planning and coordination abilities.

Soft Skills:

• Exceptional leadership and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Strategic thinking with attention to detail.
• Adaptability to rapidly changing technologies.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.

Preferred (Good-to-Have):

• Background or understanding of electrical systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms & deployment strategies.
• Knowledge of modern frameworks and emerging technologies.

What You’ll Do

● Architect, develop, and optimize full-stack applications with modern web technologies.

● Lead the design and implementation of scalable microservices, APIs, and cloud-based solutions.

● Develop and maintain front-end applications using React, Angular, or Vue.js, ensuring a seamless user experience.

● Build robust backend services using Java, Node.js, or Python, integrating with databases and external systems.

● Drive best practices in software engineering, including code reviews, design patterns, and scalable architectures.

● Work with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

● Optimize database performance with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)

solutions.

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and DevOps, to deliver high-quality

software.

● Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.

● Ensure high availability, security, and performance of applications through proactive monitoring and testing.

● Continuously improve CI/CD pipelines, development workflows, and automation strategies.

What You Need

● 5+ years of experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer, with a focus on scalable web applications.

● Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and front-end frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js).

● Deep experience with backend development using Java, Node.js, Python, or Go.

● Expertise in building RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures.

● Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and serverless computing.

● Strong knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible).

● Experience working with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and distributed systems.

● Familiarity with secure coding practices and software supply chain security principles.

● A track record of technical leadership in driving projects and mentoring engineers.

● Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a remote-first, agile environment.

● A passion for open-source technologies and a drive to stay ahead of industry trends.

Why Join Us?

● Help secure the software supply chain for millions of developers worldwide.

● Build meaningful software in a collaborative, fast-moving environment with strong technical peers.

● Stay hands-on while leading—technical leadership is part of the job, not separate from it.

● Join a global engineering organization with deep local roots and a strong team culture.

● Competitive salary, great benefits, and opportunities for growth and innovation.

Job Description:

- Experience with Java 4 to 8 years, Spring Boot, Microservices, Angular, Docker, and Kubernetes

Knowledge of multi-threading concepts, TCPIP, databases, and REST-based JSON APIs

- Experience with build and deployment tools: Maven, Git, JUnit

- Experience building and working with DevOps Toolchains (Github actions, Jenkins)

Experience with responsive UI development

Demonstrates great communication skills and initiative to solve problems and convey solutions to peers and product owners.

Experience with the scrum process

Experience with event-driven architecture.

Knowledge of UI testing and continuous integration

Working knowledge of TDD TDD mindset

- Pair Programming experience

Functional knowledge of the Accounts Payable domain is an added advantage.

Our Client is focused on democratizing Insurance through technology. It is a cloud-based platform connecting distributors to the Insurance Ecosystem to sell and manage Insurance programs. They are creating a middleware connecting consumers, traditional insurance institutions, intermediaries, and service partners on a single platform. Basically, give distributors the ability access to the entire Insurance ecosystem via 1 API / 1 platform.

Their goal is simple - Provide a new way to do Insurance, which is secure, easy, and focuses on the consumer while staying compliant with the frameworks laid down by the regulator.

Description

This is a mission-critical role. They are a small, diverse, agile and high-performance, engineering team. They are looking for versatile developers who will:

• Innovate their existing product and work on creating tools that crunch integration times and time to market
• Improve through peer-learning and transmit them to the firm's dev ecosystem.
• Take ownership and get the job done.

They are clear. They need role shapers, not role takers.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for design, development and delivery our web-based application in an agile manner built on Java Spring Boot, React, My SQL and Mongo DB.
• You will be expected to write code on day-to-day basis while testing it on real world use cases
• You will be an independent owner of your feature on the platform.
• You will be a part of the core software development team and are expected to participate in all development cycles.
• You will be responsible for closure of business requirements end-to-end by working cross-functionally and will be expected to mentor and drive other members of the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer / Technology domain.
• 4-7 years of relevant work experience, preferably in a start-up environment/ building SaaS products.
• Excellent coding skills with ability to deliver in a hyper growth phase.
• Hands on experience in JAVA and practical experience in developing and designing scalable software solutions.
• Excellent Problem-solving skills & understanding of data structures in a complex environment.
• Extensive experience in Spring, Hibernate and SpringBoot
• Experience in building REST Services
• Experience in integrating third party APIs (Payment gateways, SMS gateways, Accounting software APIs, APIs of CRM tools etc.) into web applications
• Experience in working with SQL and no SQL DBs (Preferably Mongo DB)
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker is a plus
• Knowledge of how insurance processes and past experience in working on insurance applications is a plus.

What You will do

● Create beautiful software experiences for our customers using design thinking, lean and agile methodology.

● Design and develop software products from scratch using the latest cutting edge technologies, platforms and languages such as JAVA, python, Javascript, GoLang and Scala.

● Work in a dynamic, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchical culture.

● Help to grow the next generation of developers and have a positive impact on the industry.

Basic Qualifications

● Experience: 8+ years.

● Engineering Degree in Computer Science OR Equivalent.

● Hands-on development experience with a broad mix of languages such as JAVA, Python, Javascript etc.

● Server-side development experience mainly in JAVA, (Python and nodeJS can be considerable)

● UI development experience in ReactJS or AngularJS or PolymerJS or EmberJS or Jquery etc.

● Passion for software engineering and follow the best coding concepts. ● Good to great problem solving and communication skills.

● Must have experience in technical architecture and design , code reviews and mentoring junior developers.

● Should have experience in stakeholder management and work along with architects as and when necessary to lead the project.

Nice to have Qualifications

● Product engineering and customer-centric mindset.

● Great OOP skills, including design patterns.

● Experience with devops, continuous integration & deployment.

● Exposure to big data technologies, Machine Learning and NLP will be a plus.

Benefits

● Competitive salary.

● Work from anywhere.

● Reimbursements for remote work set up.

● Insurance (including a top up insurance for COVID).

● Free Access to Online learning libraries such as O'reilly or equivalent Location Remote - work from anywhere

• Should have strong knowledge and hands-on experience in JDK 1.8+ 
•  Should have worked in Struts, Ajax, Spring MVC, Spring Boot and Angular 
• Should have strong expertise in SOA and Microservices • Experience in Insurance domain would be an added advantage
• The responsibilities of Java technical leads include working with developers to ensure quality network frameworks, mentoring junior level staff, and identifying issues that affect product delivery.
• Experience of Software Engineering Process and in Design J2EE Design Patterns.
• Code Review and Best practices, Unit Testing
• Team mentoring

• MUST HAVES:
1. Top  Mandatory Skills: 6+ Years in: JAVA / J2EE, Spring MVC ,Springboot, Microservices
2. Domain Experience:- BFSI (Minimum 2 yrs latest)
3. Joining time / Notice Period: Immediately

As our Full Stack Engineer, you will be developing fast, reliable and scalable web applications while taking responsibility for shipping core backend features.

Roles and responsibilities:

1. Develop smooth, scalable and pixel-perfect web-app products
2. Architect, optimize and scale complex systems like the database engine and APIs
3. Follow TDD and write well designed, factored, and tested code
4. Develop new features and maintain existing code
5. Manage infrastructure and ensure security of applications
6. Solve complex product and engineering challenges alongside the core team

What we're looking for in you:

1. 4+ years of experience in Full Stack Development
2. Extensive programming skills with a proficiency in Java, Spring Boot and Javascript
3. Have strong fundamentals in systems design and RDBMS and NoSQL databases
4. Product minded: Strong UI/UX and design sense
5. Strong understanding of asynchronous request handling and dynamic web page development
6. Experience working with React.js, Next.js, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Redux, TypeScript
7. Stellar problem solving and research skills with the ability to design scalable systems
8. Exposure with AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD Setups
9. Experience in functional, L& P and security testing

Benefits of working with Rivi:

• Stock Options
• Flexible work hours
• More responsibilities and more opportunities
• The chance to exponentially grow in your career, as Rivi grows
• Work on real innovation and a futuristic vision
• Enhance your skill-sets and knowledge
• Opportunity to learn about many different verticals
• Feel empowered and change things - We value ideas and suggestions
• Work in an inclusive culture where transparency, creativity, accountability and ownership is encouraged