Java Developer / Architect

JobTitle : Mission Control Software Engineer – Java Backend

Experience : 4+ Years

Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka (On-site)

Employment Type : Full-time

Industry : Space Technology

🧠 Role Overview :

As a Mission Control Software Engineer – Java Backend, you will be a founding member of the Mission Control Software team. You will design and develop the backend core of a distributed, high-reliability system responsible for streaming, processing, and routing satellite data.

This role offers high ownership and the opportunity to directly influence system architecture as it evolves from a single-node deployment to a scalable multi-node system.

🛠️ Tech Stack :

Java 11+, gRPC, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Docker, Linux, WebSockets, Git, CI/CD

⚙️ Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services in Java (11+) for data ingestion, processing, and control workflows
• Build and enhance gRPC and REST APIs for internal and external system integrations
• Develop modular plugins and middleware for routing, persistence, and automation
• Work with PostgreSQL and other databases for structured and time-series data
• Collaborate with frontend teams to support real-time dashboards via WebSockets/event streaming
• Ensure system scalability, reliability, and observability through logging, metrics, and testing
• Contribute to containerized deployments (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with strong test coverage

🧩 Required Skills & Experience :

• 4+ years of experience in backend or distributed systems development.
• Strong proficiency in Java (11+), including concurrency and networking concepts.
• Experience with frameworks like Spring Boot, Vert.x, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with gRPC and REST API design.
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and schema design.
• Experience working in Linux environments, with Git and Docker.
• Familiarity with event-driven systems / messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT, etc.).
• Ability to design scalable architectures and write automated tests.

⭐ Good to Have :

• Experience with real-time systems, telemetry, IoT, or satellite systems
• Exposure to distributed systems / microservices / high-availability architectures
• Working knowledge of Python for scripting or integrations
• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana
• Interest in hardware-software integrated systems

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

"Hands-on experience with minimum 3 years of programming experience in JAVA 8 (or) 11.
Good experience using Springboot, Hibernate or JPA frameworks, Spring Security, Spring MVC (or) Spring Ioc (or) Spring AoP (or) any other spring framework.
Good experience in utilizing & working in Restful Webservices & Java Collection."
"Experience in Swagger, Microservices, Basic security, Design patterns.
Good Experience in utilising & working with Cosmos (or) MySQL."

Requirements

• Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming language (e. g.

Java, C, C++) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.

• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming.

• Extensive experience in object oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and a huge passion

and ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces.

• Excellent coding skills - should be able to convert design into code fluently.

• Knowledge of Test Driven Development.

• Good understanding of databases (e. g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e. g. HBase, Elasticsearch, Aerospike etc).

• Strong desire to solve complex and interesting real world problems.

• Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux platform.

• Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks.

• Worked in a startup-like environment with high levels of ownership and commitment.

• BTech, MTech or Ph. D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).

• Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex

business flows and dealing with huge amounts of data.

• 3+ years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems on a large scale.

• Open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently, listens intently, and takes

constructive feedback.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of Java developers, providing guidance and support
• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment
• Design, develop, and implement Java-based solutions that meet project requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are achieved
• Conduct code reviews, provide technical guidance, and ensure code quality and best practices

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in Java development
• Strong knowledge of Java frameworks and technologies (Spring, Hibernate, etc.)
• Experience in leading and mentoring a team of developers
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Good understanding of software development methodologies and processes

Hello ,

Greetings from Talentika !!

we are having a job vacancy for Java Developer Along with the Skills

Java, Microservices, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure, devops background .

Best Regards,

Priya.

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