Java Developer

About the Company

We are hiring for a fast-growing, well-funded product startup backed by a leadership team with a proven track record of building billion-dollar digital businesses. The company is focused on delivering enterprise-grade SaaS products in the Cybersecurity domain for B2B markets. You’ll be part of a passionate and dynamic engineering team building innovative solutions using modern tech stacks.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable microservices using Java and Spring Boot
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• Build and manage robust RESTful APIs
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• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile setup
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• Lead and mentor junior engineers, driving technical excellence
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• Contribute to architecture discussions and code reviews
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• Work with PostgreSQL, implement data integrity and consistency
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• Deploy and manage services on cloud platforms like GCP or Azure
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• Utilize Docker/Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration

Must-Have Skills

• Strong backend experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs
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• Proficiency in frontend development with React.js
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• Experience with PostgreSQL and database optimization
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• Hands-on with cloud platforms (GCP or Azure)
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• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
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• Strong understanding of:
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• API Gateways
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• Hibernate & JPA
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• Transaction management & ACID properties
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• Multi-threading and context switching

Good to Have

• Experience in Cybersecurity or Healthcare domain

Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

• Must have 5 to 10 years of experience on building highly scalable web based enterprise applications using Java/J2EE, Javascript

• Must have experience on front end development using javascript, ReactJS

• Architect and co-create, a highly scalable, available, resilient & distributed applications and multi-tenant Platforms
• Highly hands on with coding/designing, troubleshooting, debugging, monitoring, leading and developing a large scale multi-tenant software components on the Platform in Agile based methodology to provide self-service capabilities (MUST HAVE)
• Must have knowledge of Data structures, must have ability to solve data structure programs on platforms like hakerrank, leetcode  (MUST HAVE)
• Proficiency in engineering practices and writing high quality code, with expertise in Java/J2EE.

• Exposure to NOSQL DB and Relational database

• Exposure to RabbitMQ ,Kafka and Redis Cache

• Working in a team environment, contribute significantly to application solution design and to the high-level design of application software.
• Detailed design, code and test of Cloud Platform software. Provide automated test software in conjunction with application software.

Experience : 10+ years

Skills Required

• 8+ years of industry work experience
• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• 3+ years of web application development with JavaScript as full stack
• Full stack experience designing and building scalable applications from end-to-end 
• Excellent JavaScript / Typescript skills
• Strong proficiency in React (hooks knowledge is plus)
• Strong proficiency in Nodejs
• Good HTML5 / CSS3 skills with expertise on responsive web design 
• Must have Design and development experience in Micro services using NodeJS and TypeScript
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, mongoose, aggregation framework and Redis 
• Experience with Web sockets and related frameworks (e.g. Socket.IO) 
• Experience in using and developing GraphQL APIs
• Experience in performance tuning
• Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial or SVN.
• Open minded to take up any challenge, research and provide solutions 
• Great attention to detail
• Testing libraries – jest, testing-library is plus
• TDD / BDD experience is plus
• Experience with AWS, K8S, CI/CD is plus
• Familiar with SDLC methodologies like SCRUM, AGILE, Continuous Integration

• Design – Analyze, design & document the system / solution based on the business needs which is scalable, resilient and maintainable with low overhead for both client and server side
• Problem solving – Solve the challenges and problems faced by team by guiding and team with best practices
• Coordinate - Communicate system requirements to developers; explain system structure to them and provide assistance
• Code Reviews – Perform code reviews 
• Planning – Plan and assign tasks to team members
• Develop – Develop micro services and micro frontends

Work Environment Details:

Founded in 2011 and trusted by companies across 70 countries and more, KnowledgeHut is the skills solutions provider that organizations and individuals the world over count on to innovate faster and create progress.
We help technologists master their craft and take control of their careers. We empower businesses everywhere to build adaptable teams, speed up release cycles and become scalable, reliable, and secure.  
Our mission to democratize technology skills is what drives us, and our values are at the helm of how we work together. We thrive in an environment with creativity around every corner, challenges that keep us on our toes, and peers who inspire us to be the best we can be.  
If you have the development skills required and are excited to come to work every day knowing you’re helping our customers build the skills that power innovation, we want to hear from you!

• Key Result Areas

1. End to end ownership in the consumer facing B2C tech team and deliver solutions to solve business problems.

1. Advanced Javascript, CSS, HTML 5, D/XHTML, XML, JSON, DOM Concepts

1. Must have worked on a SPA framework: ReactJS, Node JS, AngularJS or InfernoJS

1. Own the development methodology. Align with the executive team to improve the development process, prioritize projects and manage multiple work streams

1. Extensive Work with open-source technologies and built services architecture as this will prove to be an invaluable asset in building solutions.

1. Lead a team of Software Developers, Server Engineers and QA Engineers, establishing development practices and standards

1. Extensive skill on React JS, Node JS

1. Experience on various PHP frameworks like Cakephp, Laravel, CI etc would be plus

1. Work with scrum teams and product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality solutions on time
2. Jumping on a call with clients to understand the requirement and profile them the right solution, helping formulate an effective solution and turning it into a working application
3. Conducting website performance and unit tests
4. Heavy involvement in the requirements gathering, development and operational stages of new projects
5. Troubleshoot and debug related application defects with existing and new applications
6. Work collaboratively with the frontend team and other team members, train other members and get trained if required