Java Developer

Job Summary:

Deqode is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Python + AWS Developer to join our growing technology team. This role demands hands-on experience in backend development, cloud infrastructure (AWS), containerization, automation, and client communication. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with a strong technical foundation and a passion for delivering high-quality, scalable solutions in a client-facing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs using Python.
• Build and maintain scalable infrastructure on AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.).
• Automate deployments and infrastructure with Terraform and Jenkins/GitHub Actions.
• Implement containerized environments using Docker and manage orchestration via Kubernetes.
• Write automation and scripting solutions in Bash/Shell to streamline operations.
• Work with relational databases like MySQL and SQL, including query optimization.
• Collaborate directly with clients to understand requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability across environments.

Required Skills:

• 3.5+ years of hands-on experience in Python development.
• Strong expertise in AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch.
• Good understanding of Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Proficient with Docker and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Strong command of SQL/MySQL and scripting with Bash/Shell.
• Experience working with external clients or in client-facing roles

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Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Developer or DevOps Engineer).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Job Details

- Job Title: Staff Engineer

- Industry: Technology

- Domain - Information technology (IT)

- Experience Required: 9-12 years

- Employment Type: Full Time

- Job Location: Bengaluru

- CTC Range: Best in Industry

Role & Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer at company, you will play a critical role in defining and driving our backend architecture as we scale globally. You’ll own key systems that handle high volumes of data and transactions, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability across distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities-

• Own one or more core applications end-to-end, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Lead the design, architecture, and development of complex, distributed systems, frameworks, and libraries aligned with company’s technical strategy.
• Drive engineering operational excellence by defining robust roadmaps for system reliability, observability, and performance improvements.
• Analyze and optimize existing systems for latency, throughput, and efficiency, ensuring they perform at scale.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Establish and uphold coding standards, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices across teams.
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies, frameworks, and patterns to strengthen company’s technology foundation.
• Contribute to hiring by identifying and attracting top-tier engineering talent.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong staff engineer profile
• Must have 9+ years in backend engineering with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and microservices building large and schalable systems
• Must have been SDE-3 / Tech Lead / Lead SE for at least 2.5 years
• Strong in DSA, system design, design patterns, and problem-solving
• Proven experience building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems
• Hands-on with SQL/NoSQL databases, REST/gRPC APIs, concurrency & async processing
• Experience in AWS/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and observability/monitoring
• Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders
• Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)
• Must have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies
• (Education): B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

What we Require

We are recruiting technical experts with the following core skills and hands-on experience on

Mandatory skills : Core java, Microservices, AWS/Azure/GCP, Spring, Spring Boot

Hands on experience on : Kafka , Redis ,SQL, Docker, Kubernetes

Expert proficiency in designing both producer and consumer types of Rest services.

Expert proficiency in Unit testing and Code Quality tools.

Expert proficiency in ensuring code coverage.

Expert proficiency in understanding High-Level Design and translating that to Low-Level design

Hands-on experience working with no-SQL databases.

Experience working in an Agile development process - Scrum.

Experience working closely with engineers and software cultures.

Ability to think at a high level about product strategy and customer journeys.

Ability to produce low level design considering the paradigm that journeys will be extensible in the future and translate that into components that can be easily extended and reused.

Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate design decisions.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including front-end developers, designers, and system administrators to develop robust and scalable server-side applications.

- Design and implement RESTful APIs and services using Node.js, ensuring efficient data handling and integration.

- Develop database schemas and models for MongoDB, optimizing queries and ensuring data integrity.

- Implement data migration and transformation tasks between different data sources.

- Write efficient and reusable code, following best practices and coding standards.

- Conduct thorough testing and debugging of applications to identify and fix issues promptly.

- Collaborate with DevOps team to deploy applications on servers or cloud platforms.

- Continuously monitor application performance and optimize it for scalability and reliability.

- Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends, actively suggesting improvements and innovative solutions.

Requirements:

- Strong proficiency in Node.js and JavaScript.

- Solid understanding of server-side development and asynchronous programming concepts.

- Experience working with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB).

- Knowledge of database design and query optimization techniques.

- Familiarity with web application security principles and best practices.

- Proficiency in using version control systems (e.g., Git).

- Good understanding of agile development methodologies.

- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Effective communication and collaboration abilities.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Combine excellent abstract reasoning ability to document, architect, develop and test software with the commitment to excellence/defect free before being deployed.
• Write and implement low latency applications & software solutions that integrate with different systems.
• Rapidly incorporate new technologies as required & deliver successfully by self.
• Work closely with mentors, team members, team leads, program managers and stakeholders to investigate, fix, optimize, test and deploy high quality solutions.
• Drive the technical design, implementation and maintenance of larger tech initiatives geared toward improving and scaling of products.
• Accurately schedule & and track progress of self & team members. Create end to end Work Breakdown & estimates for modules being implemented.
• Participate in planning & recognizing inconsistencies (e.g., scope, resources, feasibility, usability, customer value, etc.) in product requirements and alert the Project Mentor. Handle independently or assist the Mentor in building, testing, and documenting product releases.
• Support the team in deploying product functionality & assist the TLs in troubleshooting in the production environment.
• Proactively promote Tech Culture by writing blogs, making presentations which will help you learn & grow.
• Effectively communicate one-on-one with on-shore / off-shore product teams / developers; gather and clarify requirements from technical folks / product managers / business teams.
• Proactively assist and serve as a role model for the team members to follow the team software development process; consistently innovate the team processes to improve team productivity and quality.

Skill Set:

• Strong Analytical, Problem Solving Skills and participates in all activities with urgency, a results orientation, and a strong work ethic.
• Must have technical knowledge of Python.
• Must have hands-on experience in developing Restful APIs and Web Services.
• Knowledge of Django (or any other established Python web frameworks) would be a plus.
• Knowledge of Angular or React or similar technologies would be an added advantage.
• Strong experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience with unit testing and test-driven development.
• Experience working with Linux/Unix Operating system & comfortable with command line.
• Experience with modern software engineering workflows and tools (e.g. Agile, JIRA, Git, CI/CD, Amazon Web Services, Observability and Monitoring tools like ELK, Datadog, NewRelic, etc.).
• Experience in all areas of SDLC, including architecture and design, development, and testing.
• Extremely passionate about code reviews, engineering best practices and mentoring/coaching the developers to make them successful.
• Excellent understanding of feature estimation and ability to communicate issues and risks that may impact timelines, budget, or resources.
• Experience with Agile development lifecycle.
• Can gather and clarify requirements from technical folks / product managers / business teams.
• Lead by example & act as a role model for the team.

How will you grow here:

• Work in multiple projects & teams spread across different domains and technologies.
• Work & interact directly with senior directors in an open and flat hierarchical structure.
• You can own all aspects of leading software products and projects.
• You get to work with top-notch engineers and leaders with decades of experience in building and delivering great software.
• Work with CXOs / Senior Directors of various emergent companies in US & India.
• Get involved with the newest products, latest technologies and different methodologies.
• Opportunity to Mentor the Best and Get Mentored by the Best.

• Events, activities and outings aplenty (We really party hard!).
• A stimulating and energetic work environment which encourages creativity.
• Hackathons, Gaming Evenings, Poker Nights and much more!
• Flexible Timings, Flexible Holiday Calendar, Work from Home Option.
• Competitive salary (best in the industry).
• Beverages and snacks throughout the day, on the house!
• Recreation center to let off some steam.
• Office lunch option (fresh and savoury ghar ka khana).
• Medical Insurance (stay healthy, stay happy)

• Min 5 years of software development experience, with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Proficiency in a Go programming language
• Strong software development fundamentals (Data structures,  Algorithms, problem-solving,  OO  design,  systems architecture,  and development methods).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills. Self-motivated attitude with the ability to multitask, learn and thrive in a timeline-driven environment
• Good understanding of memory/SQL/NoSQL database concepts (key-value, schemas, indexing, etc)
• Writing scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code
• Translating software requirements into stable, working, high-performance software
• Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward an efficient microservice distributed architecture

Skills

• Strong knowledge of Go programming language, paradigms, constructs, and idioms
• Knowledge of common Goroutine and channel patterns
• Experience with the full site of Go frameworks and tools, including:
• Dependency management tools such as Godep, Sltr, etc.