Java Developer

JOB DETAILS:

Job Role: Lead I - Software Engineering - Java, Spring Boot, Microservices

Industry: Global digital transformation solutions provider

Work Mode: 3 days in office, Hybrid model. 

Salary: Best in Industry

Experience: 5-7 years

Location: Trivandrum, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Java Developer Experience: 5+ years

Job Summary: We are looking for a Senior Java Developer with strong experience in Spring Boot and Microservices to work on high-performance applications for a leading financial services client. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Java backend development, cloud (preferably GCP), and strong problem-solving abilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Java-based microservices using Spring Boot

• Collaborate with Product Owners and teams to gather and review requirements

• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and unit testing

• Ensure application performance, scalability, and security

• Contribute to solution architecture and design documentation

• Support Agile development processes including daily stand-ups and sprint planning

• Mentor junior developers and lead small modules or features

Required Skills:

• Java, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture

• GCP (or other cloud platforms like AWS)

• REST/SOAP APIs, Hibernate, SQL, Tomcat

• CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Bitbucket

• Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)

• Unit testing (JUnit), debugging and troubleshooting

• Good communication and team leadership skills

Preferred Skills:

• Frontend familiarity (Angular, AJAX)

• Experience with API documentation tools (Swagger)

• Understanding of design patterns and UML

• Exposure to Confluence, Jira

Must-Haves

Java/J2EE (5+ years), Spring/Spring Boot (5+ years), Microservices (5+ years), AWS/GCP/Azure (mandatory), CI/CD (Jenkins, SonarQube, Git)

Mandatory Skills Required: Strong proficiency in Java, spring boot, microservices, GCP/AWS.

Experience Required: Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience

Java, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture

GCP (or other cloud platforms like AWS)

REST/SOAP APIs, Hibernate, SQL, Tomcat

CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Bitbucket

Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)

Unit testing (JUnit), debugging and troubleshooting

Good communication and team leadership skills

Notice period - 0 to 15 days only (Immediate or candidates who are serving notice period and who can join by Feb)

Job stability is mandatory

Location: Trivandrum, Kochi

Virtual Interview: 31st Jan-Saturday

Nice to Haves

Frontend familiarity (Angular, AJAX)

Experience with API documentation tools (Swagger)

Understanding of design patterns and UML

Exposure to Confluence, Jira

Job Description below :

Required Skills

BSc/B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science or an equivalent field.

7-10 years' solid commercial experience in software development using experience using Java8, Spring boot, Hibernate, Spring Cloud and related frameworks.

Experience with Angular 8+ versions, B.J‹JS 6, IS/TypeScript

Knowledge of HTML/CSS

Good understanding of Design Patterns

Proficiency with SQL database development, including data modelling and DB performance tuning

Ability to work with customers, gather requirements and create solutions independently

Active participation within and among teams and colleagues distributed globally

Excellent problem-solving skills, in particular a methodical approach to dealing with problems across distributed systems.

Agile development experience

Desired Skills

Experience with angular forms

Experience with dynamic forms/ dynamic angular components

Experience with java Spring boot

Knowledge of Kafka Stream Processing

Understanding of secure software development concepts, especially in a cloud platform

Good communication skills.

Strong organisational skills.

Understanding of test management and automation software (e.g. ALM, Jira, JMeter).

Familiarity with Agile frameworks and Regression testing.

Previous experience within the Financial domain.

Lead Java Developer for Chennai based Product Company

About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Java Developer with 8 to 15 years of expertise in Java development, AWS cloud infrastructure management and product development for 3 products. There is a clear path to leadership role within the organization. If you are not from Chennai, you should be willing to relocate to Chennai.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background with hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS or other cloud infrastructure management. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive product vision, align cross-functional teams, and ensure the successful execution of cloud-based solutions, while providing the necessary support to the team in planning, coordination, and execution of various projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage product road map ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, and the stakeholders to design & develop scalable cloud solutions.
• Lead product development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and iteration.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation.
• Develop technical documentation, user guides, and best practices for cloud infrastructure management.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and best practices in cloud deployments.
• Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to balance priorities and manage expectations.
• Conduct research on technical solutions and present findings to the project team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 8 to 10 years of experience in product management, & handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• More than 5 years of hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot & related technologies.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in AWS OR Azure, OR Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and scalability best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with google play store, app store, setting up app store accounts and handling deployments.
• Experience identifying, studying documentation and integrating with third parties for various needs such as identity verification, SMS integration and many such requirements.
• Proven ability to define product strategy and execute on complex technical roadmaps.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate business requirements to user stories.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as AWS CloudWatch, or ELK stack.
• Familiarity and experience with React Native architecture and libraries.
• Prior experience in a SaaS, PaaS, or cloud-native environment.
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or PMP.

Remuneration

• Base Salary + Annual Performance Bonus (tied to KPIs, roadmap execution, team performance, delivery milestones)
• Equity/ESOPs - After 1st year of employment, Vesting: 4 years with 1-year cliff

Benefits

• Work-Life Balance & Paid time off
• Flexible working hours
• Work-from-home allowance (1–2 days a week or for emergencies)
• Company sponsored team offsites / retreats

Egregore Labs (www.egregorelabs.com) is a financial software company founded in 2017 by Prashant Vijay (ISB, Tulane) & Hari Balaji (IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Madras) both of whom have spent over a decade each in Financial Services, with a majority of their experience at Goldman Sachs across New York, Hong Kong & Singapore in roles across Trading, Quant & Technology.
Opportunity

Responsibilities:

• Implement responsive and performant UIs with a user-centered approach with frontend technologies including Angular 2, Javascript(ES 6), Typescript, SCSS, etc
• Build backend REST APIs on Python 3 based server frameworks for deployment and scaling of our product(s)
• Write meaningful test cases for frontend & backend platforms

• Integrate our products with 3rd party products/tools/services

• Develop Infrastructure for delivering services using a performance-driven approach, build databases, schedule automated jobs, etc

Ideal Background / Experience

• At least 24 months of diverse experience in web development for product or services-oriented environment with exposure to working production deployments
• Expertise in programming using Python/Javascript or similar scripting languages
• In-depth exposure to technologies used in web-based SaaS products, including REST APIs
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Nice to have exposure to any of

• AWS
• Azure
• ELK
• Object Relational Models (SQLAlchemy, etc)
• Google APIs
• Microservices Architecture Pattern
• NodeJS / ExpressJS

Work from Home, office in Noida

Experience: 2yrs plus

• Work closely with design, product management, and front-end teams to create REST APIs using NestJS
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Work on the implementation of security and data protection
• Review and optimize the app usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively

• 1+ years of experience in NodeJS-based frameworks like NestJS, and microservices-based architecture is a bonus.
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, persistence, threading, queuing, and caching.
• Thorough knowledge of designing, implementing and scaling relational and document-based databases
• A love for systems and an ability to think through and plan for their life cycles, edge cases, interactions, and failure modes
• First principles thinking, Excellent problem-solving ability
• A good all-rounder with a can-do, startup mentality

• Experience with ReactJS
• Cloud deployment and scaling experience

Requirements:

• Required experience of 3 to 8 years

• Required Skill Set: Core Java, Java 8, Spring, Spring Boot, Database, Unit Testing & Rest API.

• Good to have Microservices

• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful

• You will be responsible to perform- requirement analysis, high-level design, coding, unit testing, and general quality assurance of the web applications

• Knack for writing clean, readable Java code

• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

• Good to have knowledge of Spring Security, and JPA

Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing Java-based applications.

• Analyzing user requirements to inform application design.

• Defining application objectives and functionality.

• Aligning application design with business goals.

• Developing and testing software.

• Debugging and resolving technical problems that arise.

• Producing detailed design documentation.

• Recommending changes to existing Java infrastructure.

• Developing multimedia applications.

• Own and implement features used by large customers like Truecaller, Mozilla, Zomato, Netflix, etc.
• Performance, Security and Usability goals are in DNA.
• Full ownership and accountability of Microservices which includes day-to-day operations and maintenance.
• Business and technical Metric definitions and reviews.
• Drive CI & CD Evaluate technologies and development stacks for API-based platform which scales to 100,000 transactions per second.
• Perform push-button deployments of any version of the software to any environment on demand.
• Design and build web apps that are scalable and puts user experience front and center.
• Develop modular UI components for company-wide reuse.
• Evolve a common design language for UI across apps.
• Establish and advocate front-end coding guidelines.
• Meld UX and great-looking UI while keeping excellent code quality.
• Own end-to-end life cycle of the product from requirement analysis, design, development, test, release, and maintenance.
• Develop reusable tools/libraries
• Identify opportunities for automation and collaboration points.
• Continuously improve cycle time, throughput, and code quality.
• Continuously improve value-adding-activities/non-value-adding activities ratio.

• 4 - 6 years of experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Proficient in Python/Golang/Java/ http://node.js/">Node.js 
• Understanding of CSS, Advanced Javascript, http://vue.js/">Vue.js, http://react.js/">React.js, and other web technologies.
• Understanding of Rest based API Architecture
• Writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code.  
• Excellent microservices pattern understanding.  
• Ability to define cross-core contracts and bring them to closure through collaboration.
• Good knowledge of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.  
• Experience working with AWS components [EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, ECS, Lambda].
• Analytical and problem-solving skills  
• Good aptitude in multi-threading and concurrency concepts.  
• Working knowledge of Git and proficiency with at least one build server: Jenkins/Travis/Bamboo.
• Good to have a telecom background