Java Developer

We are looking for an experienced Java Developer with strong proficiency in Kafka and MongoDB to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in designing and developing high-performance, scalable, and reliable applications in a microservices architecture. You will be responsible for building real-time data processing systems, integrating various services, and ensuring smooth data flow across systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java applications with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Build and maintain Kafka-based real-time data pipelines for handling high-volume, low-latency data.
• Work with MongoDB to design and optimize database schemas and queries for high throughput and availability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement new features and improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Ensure software quality through best practices, including testing, code reviews, and continuous integration.
• Implement and maintain security best practices in both code and data handling.
• Participate in agile development cycles, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Java development, with a strong understanding of core Java concepts (J2EE, multithreading, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, including setting up brokers, producers, consumers, and understanding Kafka Streams.
• Proficient in working with MongoDB for designing efficient data models, indexing, and optimizing queries.
• Experience with microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes is a plus.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, message-driven architectures, and event streaming.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and optimize code for high-performance systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

• 2.5+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Experience in AWS.
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 2+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

• You have experience with two or more development languages preferably Java or Python and React, etc 
• You can skillfully write high-quality, well-tested code and you are comfortable with Object-Oriented programming
• Comfortability with Agile methods, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and/or Kanban
• Bonus points if you have working knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Docker

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

● Lead User Stories and guide senior/software engineers in the development process

● Understand architecture principles, design patterns and implement them from architectural artifacts.

● Provide effort estimation of assigned work and be able to complete as per the estimations and timelines

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code including unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features

● Participate in design and code reviews

● Ability to resolve performance issues

● Mentor junior software engineers and help them grow their technical skills

Must Have Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech in computer science

● 8-11 years of experience

● Hands-on experience following skills

MS Technologies: NET CORE 5+, C#

Backend : MSSQL /MySQL/Postgres 

● Good understanding of Cloud technologies like Azure/AWS.

● Good understanding of Design Principles, Design patterns and Microservices Architecture.

● Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills

● Worked in an Agile software development environment

Must understand full stack development frameworks including knowledge of building scalable APIs, interfaces, software components, schema design, availability, and latency preferably in a cloud environment.

● Worked in a fast-paced environment preferably in a tech driven startup

● Understanding of different types of architectures.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Execute a full software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to identify requirements and solutions
• Write well-designed, testable, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implement security and data protection
• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
• Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
• Document and maintain software functionality
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing systems
• Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback
• Comply with project plans and industry standards
• Ensure software is updated with latest features

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Good knowledge of Core Java (Minimum Version 8)
• J2EE with a good understanding of Servlets and JSP
• Experience in Spring Modules – Spring IOC and AOP, Spring Boot (version 2 plus), JDBC
• Expertise in design and development of various web and enterprise – level applications using Java/J2EE technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, Rest services.
• Web Services (including SOAP, XML, XML Schema, JSON, and REST)
• Tools required: Maven,Eclipse, Github, and Swagger
• Good knowledge of SQL and Redis (NOSql)
• Ability to document requirements and specifications
• Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer
• Ability to develop software in Java or any other OOPS languages
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in developing Web Applications using at least one popular Web Framework (Spring)
• Experience with test-driven development
• Proficiency in software engineering tools

PREFERRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other related fields.
• Eight to Ten years of Software Engineering or Software Development experience, preferably in a related field.

REPORTING: This position will report to HOD

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time

LOCATION: Remote (Pan India) & In-Office – Jaipur, India

SHIFT TIMINGS:

Summer - 1:30pm-10:30pm IST

Winter    - 2:30pm-11:30pm IST

• 5+ years of software development experience in Java 8+ and Microservices.
• Experience in developing micro services. Experience in developing High Cohesion & Loosely Coupled Micro Services.
• Experienced in skills of requirement, analysis, design, develop, Java, springboot, microservices, rest api, AWS, lambda, EC2, Jenkins, design pattern, spring security, splunk, auth, docker, SOLID
• Hands on experience on Microservices Architecture.
• Should have excellent acumen in Data Structures, algorithms, problem-solving and Logical/Analytical skills. Thorough understanding of OOPS concepts, Design principles and implementation of different type of Design patterns.
• Experience with Multithreading, Concurrent Package and Concurrent APIs
• Basic understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections concepts.
• Experience in RDBMS or NO SQL databases and writing SQL queries (Joins, group by, aggregate functions, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with Message Broker like Kafka/Rabbitmq or other. Hands-on experience in creating RESTful webservices and consuming web services. Hands-on experience with spring Cloud/Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j)
• Experience of writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Powermock frameworks. Should have practical experience with Maven/Gradle and knowledge of version control systems like Git/SVN etc.
• Hands on experience on Cloud deployment/development like AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams to define and deliver on projects. Sound understanding/experience in software development process, test-driven development.

• Gender Neutral /Diversified Culture
• 51 Leaves annually
• Insurance covered for family
• Incentives, Bonus
• Permanent WFH Option
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Flexible work arrangements

Type: Individual contributor with good hands on proficiency. 

Must have

• Strong proficiency in at least one of  Java, Ruby, Python
• Exposure to databases: any of  PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Cassandra
• Any NoSQL database experience is a plus
• Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure: EC2 or S3 
• Proficiency with Git
• MUST: Using REST to make API calls. 

Great to have: 

• Experience working with one or more middleware, enterprise bus, queueing frameworks
• Any of Memcached/Redis, Apache Kafka / RabbitMQ / PubSub+ / AmazonMQ

Soft skills:

• Appreciation for clean and well documented code

What will you do at Tradyl:

(Examples for illustration only)

• Build a shipping service module that is called by our website to query shipping rates from India to a destination country. Configure this to so that an Ops person can update shipping costs as and when they change. Own deployment and monitoring of this service. 
• Use Zapier to build a workflow to export a MixPanel report into a Google sheet every day.
• Change our supplier portal (built on bubble.io) to make an API call to our customer facing site, whenever a supplier modifies his profile.
• Write an alert mechanism that identifies catalogues with insufficient information and makes them non discoverable, which can run every day.
• Work with Business Team to design a workflow for product inwarding using Airtable. Write a small app within Airtable so that whenever a product is updated as “shipped” in airtable, it updates the customer facing website.
• Use an open source dashboarding framework to create a quick dashboard to track important business events.