Java Backend Developer

Lead Software Engineer - Backend

It is evolving the way people discover the world by connecting them with exceptional experiences in their city at the push of a button. We are building a magical platform that gets everyone to head out and have fun in a matter of seconds; no matter where you are and what you want to do. We are combining a delightful product experience, data-driven decisions, sophisticated supply side logistics network, and world-class operations to solve a huge basic human problem: how do we have a good time?

We’re growing rapidly with over $200M in annualized sales, 150,000 monthly transactions and profitable unit economics. We are backed by some of the finest investors in Silicon Valley & India. 

We like to solve real-world problems in the simplest, most elegant manner possible. We’re looking for a QA Lead with the ability and passion for building solutions to people-centered problems that are created at the intersection of human behavior and technology. You should also be capable of building and mentoring a fast-growing passionate, young, and talented team. We love folks who have a sense of humor and know how to have fun.Dream, build and iterate. That's our mantra. Because good just isn't good enough.

👩‍💻 The Role

• Full responsibility of designing and building core modules on the application and infrastructure layer.
• Lead a fast-growing team of young, passionate, talented and fun loving superstars.
• Solve challenging architectural and design problems.
• Get your hands dirty with clustering, replication, databases, build systems and infrastructure automation etc.
• Be responsible for building concurrent, performant and scalable services which will power the entire Headout ecosystem.
• Build and contribute to open-source libraries and components.

🌟 Our Dream Engineer

• A penchant for learning and building with new technologies and frameworks.
• You love working with people and have worked in a lead position in the past.
• A knack for writing the most performance optimized code along with it being modular and scalable.
• No challenge is too big to solve; love thinking product and excited to ideate & build stuff all by yourself.
• You're interested in being an early employee at a growing company, with the influence and responsibility that entails.
• You have broad and deep knowledge across a variety of contemporary technologies.

💝 We like

• Strong CS fundamentals, good working knowledge of classic algorithms and data structures.
• 2+years experience developing server-side technologies using any language or framework.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and people management skills.
• Experience working with Spring, Relational Databases, Concurrent Programming, NoSQL flavors, AWS.
• Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant systems and databases.
• Experience with setting setting up systems and infrastructure.
• Solid understanding of how the web works and its underlying communication protocols.
• People who can't live without solving that algorithm problem that they just stumbled upon.
• People who will give up anything to squeeze in that last bit-level performance.
• Anything else than can surprise us.
• Nice to Haves: An interest in travel, local experiences & hospitality.

Requirements:

1.3+ years of strong programming experience with .Net Framework and .Net Core based software applications. (.NET,.NET Core, C#, ASP.Net, JavaScript framworks, Web API, MS SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Docker, Azure Cloud)

2. Strong knowledge of Microservices based Architecture, Design Patterns and Principles.(Optional) / Hands on experience on React Js /Redux (Optional)

3. Prior experience in handling application with larger volumes of data .

4. 3+ years of experience of designing high-performance enterprise software application.

5. Works with application development team to solve technical challenges with industry best practices.

6. Addresses and resolves complex technical issues with internal/external customers.

7. Design software systems with various Microsoft technologies and ensure compliance to all architecture requirements.

8. Review infrastructure for any issues and recommend solutions.

9. Very important to be good communicator and updates management team with the weekly/monthly status.

10. Analyzes enterprise system performance. Develops and implements system performance improvements.

11. Participates in development activities including code reviews, as well as coding and testing of new enhancements.

About Company

Our client is in the business of delivering cutting-edge software solutions, hardware systems, and IT services. It lends the right technological edge to governments and businesses. This enables them to achieve their organizational objectives efficiently and effectively to scale their businesses to newer heights.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or a related field is preferred.

• Must have at least 5 to 7 years of experience in application development (Java,Spring Framework), Deployment(Apache Tomcat & Nginx)

• Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts.

• Knowledge & hands-on experience of Java, Spring Framework, Spring Security, JSP, Apache Tomcat, Nginx is a must.

• Must have experience with Bootstrap CSS, jQuery etc.

• Basic Understanding of PostgreSQL, MVC (Model-View-Controller) Pattern, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services.

• Relevant Knowledge of Java GUI frameworks according to project requirements.

• Experience in handling external and embedded databases.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop new modules, patches & Updates/upgrades for an existing application (developed in-house by the client)

• Bug fixing, and updating of software.

• Analyze user requirements to define business objectives.

• Maintain Java-based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency.

• Identify and resolve any technical issues arising.

• Write well-designed, testable code.

• Conducting software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging.

• Support continuous improvement, investigating alternatives and technologies, and presenting for architectural review.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Desired Experience: 3+ years

Roles and Responsibilities :

We are seeking an experienced Java Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and developing scalable applications using Java and related frameworks.

Core Accountabilities:

• Design and develop high-quality Java applications using best practices and design patterns Write clean, maintainable, and testable code using Java and related frameworks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy applications
• Develop and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines using Git and related tools
• Troubleshoot and debug applications in production and development environments
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and Java development

Experience required :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in developing applications using Java and related frameworks
• Strong experience in Core Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate, and related Java frameworks
• Experience in working with Git for version control and collaboration.

Additional optional requirements

• Knowledge of AWS services
• Experience in working with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Cassandra
• Experience in other programming languages such as Python and Node.js

Skills required :

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment Strong communication and collaboration skills

Must have experience on Java, Spring MVC / Boot, Hibernate / MyBatis 

- Must have experience on building large scale application 

- Must have experience on RESTful Web-Services 

- Must be good in problem solving, Data structures and Algorithms. 

- Strong understanding of Web Architectures, E-commerce solutions 

- Strong understanding of any MySql / Postgresql 

- Strong understanding of any Redis / Memcached / Mongodb / Elasticsearch 

- Hands-on experience on GCP / AWS would be an added advantage 

- Hands-on experience on Kubernetes / Docker would be an added advantage 

- Basic knowledge of version control system like Git / Mercurial / Bitbucket 

- Writes well managed and clean codes 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Principal Engineers  are responsible for driving Technology and Engineering Best Practices in their respective teams.
• They should demonstrate a high level of ownership and accountability for their product and software systems.
• They are expected to go above and beyond their role by contributing in tools, processes and practices which bring operational efficiency and are aligned with business goals.
• They are expected to actively participate in development along with team members and create systems and modules which represent a working model of engineering best practices.
• They are expected to participate in code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions.
• They are responsible for the Engineering metrics/health of their systems including strong alerting and monitoring mechanisms.
• They are expected to lead the adoption of best practices around coding, designing, performance of systems in a team.

Experience or Skills Required:

• B.Tech or Advanced degree in Computer Science with 6-12 years of industry experience in product based companies.
• Proficiency with Basic libraries for machine learning such as scikit-learn and pandas
• Experience in building solutions based on Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, K Nearest neighbor, SVM, Random Forest, Decision Trees.
• Strong experience with at least one of programming languages: Python, Java, Vertx, Golang
• Strong experience in building Server side reusable components based on Microservices or Distributed Architecture.
• Solid coding skills with ability to lead teams in identifying clearing tech debts for large scale code base.
• Good understanding & experience in improving performance of scalable and real time responsive applications.
• Excellent Problem Solving skills and an aptitude to approach problems from first principles and build solutions for those.
• Must have excellent communication (verbal & written), interpersonal, leadership, and problem solving skills.
• Must be able to work independently and enjoy working at a fast paced start-up environment
• Excellent Mentoring skills. Be the technical mentor to your team.
• Must be comfortable working in fuzzy environments where boundaries are not clearly defined.

• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development

• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in the Spring boot , hibernate Framework

• Team with top-notch engineers, product managers, program managers, DevOps and QA following agile development methodologies
• Review functional requirements, providing technical feedback on feasibility and architectural approach and framework.
• Design and develop web / mobile applications
• Create Prototype and/or Proof of Concepts (POCs) when necessary
• Act in a technical leadership capacity: Mentor junior engineers and new team members, perform code reviews and apply technical expertise to challenging programming and design problems
• Utilize Agile Development, SCRUM / Pair / Extreme Programming methodologies
• Design and develop supporting components and microservices for the backend tiers focusing on fault-tolerance and scalability in a multi-tenant enterprise environment
• Maintain and improve the functionality and performance of the existing web applications
• Help shape and execute the technical roadmap to develop next generation features; integrate corporate- and product-level architecture principles and goals into the teams project work through designs, implementation strategies, and project planning.
• Drive a culture of quality, technical curiosity, continuous improvement, and evidence-based data driven decision making in the organization.
• Execute other Duties as assigned

• 3+ years of experience developing Backend, API and data-based applications/software
• Experience with one of the major relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres) and NoSQL databases (Mongo DB, Cassandra, Dynamo DB or such)
• Expert object-oriented programming experience using Java
• Strong OO design and programming skills in Java, Hibernate, JPA, Spring Boot
• Worked in Maven, JPA, REST services, Postman
• Working knowledge on Spring Security / Spring Batch / ZUUL / Eureka / Hysterix
• Exposure with Frontend technologies (React.js, Angular or Ruby-on-Rails)
• Require experience and Strong understanding of entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile (Scrum), Software design/architecture process, unit testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience with web services (consuming or creating)
• Experience managing Cloud infrastructure (resources and service) in AWS, Azure and/or GCP
• Strong knowledge of SOA, object-oriented programming, design patterns, multi-threaded application development
• Experience in reporting and analytics, queuing and real-time streaming systems
• Git or similar distributed SCM tools experience.