Java Developer

Position: Backend Engineer

Location: Ascendion office - Kadubeesanahalli, Bengaluru

Work mode: Hybrid (3 days/week)

Experience Range: 6 - 9 years

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain backend applications using Java and Spring Boot

Build high-performance RESTful APIs and microservices

Work with NoSQL databases for scalable data handling

Contribute to cloud-based development and deployments on AWS/Azure

Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated delivery

Collaborate closely with DevOps, QA, and Product teams

Participate in code reviews, debugging, and performance optimization

Ensure clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

Support production and ensure application stability

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Strong hands-on experience in Core Java

Solid experience with Spring Boot and microservices architecture

Working knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.)

Basic exposure to Golang (ability to read/write simple services)

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure

Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)

Good understanding of REST APIs, JSON, and HTTP protocols

Proficiency with version control systems like Git

We are India’s fastest-growing digital trust platform offering services such as background verifications, reference checks, employee/staff onboarding, etc. We have completed more than 500+ million checks across 3000+ happy clients and since its inception, the company has shown continuous uptrend growth in an ever-changing business environment. As an organization, we are self-sustainable with positive cash flows.

At OnGrid, we are focused on redefining and reimagining Trust. We are leveraging APIs to build a digital trust platform all while being accountable that provides verified credentials instantly coming from the source directly. Having built the basic pillars of trust, we now want our imaginations to be let loose and think of avenues not explored and ways never implemented before. In this pursuit, we are looking for a motivated Staff Engineer (Backend) with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications, joining us, driving this vision, and taking it to a larger scale. If you are a visionary, always on the lookout for finding the right solutions, and a technology geek, constantly seeking to learn and improve your skillset, then you are the type of person we are looking for.

Roles & Responsibilities -

● Develop new user-facing features.

● Work alongside product to understand our requirements, and design, develop and iterate, think through the complex architecture.

● Writing clean, reusable, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.

● Encourage innovation and efficiency improvements to ensure processes are productive

● Ensure the training and mentoring of the team members

● Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and optimize applications for maximum speed.

● Research and apply new technologies, techniques, and best practices.

Requirements -

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field

• 5 - 10 years of prior relevant experience

• Experience with web technologies and microservices architecture

• Java, Spring framework

• MySQL, Mongo, Solr, Redis,

• Kubernetes, Docker

• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks.

• Experience with API Design, ability to architect and implement an intuitive customer and third-party integration story • Ability to think and analyze both breadth-wise (client, server, DB, control flow) and depth-wise (threads, sessions, space-time complexity) while designing and implementing services

• Exceptional design and architectural skills

• Experience of cloud providers/platforms like GCP and AWS

Responsibilities:

• Research, design and build highly reliable, available and scalable solutions that can

handle Millions of API calls across systems.

• Own large technical deliverables and execute in a structured manner, complete ownership

of functional Services that your team is responsible for.

• Take the accountability of the overall health of the products you build and predictability

of the deliverables of your team.

• Platformism components as libraries, utilities and service and promote reuse.

• Be able to conceptualize and develop prototypes quickly.

Requirements

• Ability to take ownership of projects under the guidance of your mentor.

• Must be an excellent problem solver.

• Must be familiar with one of the languages Java, Spring, Hibernate, microservices etc.

object-oriented high level proprietary or open-source language with strong programming

constructs.

• Solid understanding of DS and algorithms, OOP concepts, and MVC architecture.

Technical Experience :

• 2-6 years of Python working experience
• Expertise in at least one popular Python framework /Django/ Flask
• Knowledge of object-relational mapping d
• Familiarity with front-end technologies JavaScript and HTML5

Key Responsibilities :

• Write effective, scalable code
• Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Integrate user-facing elements into applications
• Test and debug programs5 Improve functionality

Intro

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team and drive the technology growth of our pay later platform. At Rely, we want passionate and talented individuals that want a challenge building the next generation payment products for Millennials across Asia. Together we will build the best products using amazing technology.

What will you do

• Design and implement business critical, high performance large scale services.
• Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams (Data, UX, QA etc.) on planning and execution.
• Continuously improve code quality, product execution and customer delight.
• Proactively manage stakeholder communication related to deliverables, risks, changes and dependencies.
• Building and managing automated build/test/deployment environments.
• Lead team members on functional and nonfunctional requirements and spread goals across the team.
  
  

What will you need

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with python and a backend framework (ideally django)
• 1+ years Hands-on experience working with Javascript and JS frameworks (Angular, React)
• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying applications large scale applications in any language or stack
• Experience working with high scale distributed systems.
• Practical knowledge of scalable software design.
• Good working knowledge of AWS
• Proficient with APIs, web protocols, OAuth, git.
• Ability to understand and implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Well versed with Lean methodologies, TDD and Test Engineering and Automation.
• Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services.
• Willingness to learn new languages and methodologies.

What would be a bonus

• Experience in production environments with large data sets
• Experience in scaling systems to millions of users.
• Work experience in a fast-growth startup
• Experience in DevOps tools but not limited to Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience in Gunicorn and Nginx