
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Division/ Department: Technology
Reports to: Engineering Manager
Work Location: Noida
Desired Work Experience: 4+ years
Weekly Off: Saturday & Sunday
About Aakash Technology Innovation Lab
Are you passionate about transforming the field of education as we know it?
The way education is imparted has been disrupted massively due to forces such as ed-tech digital revolution, the advancement in artificial intelligence technology and the pandemic. Given the rapid pace of transformation, the vision of the Technology Innovation Lab at Aakash is to make the education of the future a reality. The Technology Innovation Lab aims to leverage state-of-the-art technologies to develop industry-defining bleeding-edge solutions for a student-first world-class hybrid learning experience. This involves -
- Reimagining and conceptualizing how education will be imparted in the future in the omni-channel and immersive learning environment
- Building data platforms such as Power BI dashboards to facilitate students, parents, teachers and the business
- Creating applications to support the futuristic tech-enabled smart classrooms
- Conceptualizing and developing mobile and web applications for seamless customer experience
- Developing Internet of Things (IoT) driven integrations into applications to build futuristic learning experience
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identity interventions to boost student performance
If this excites you, we might have the perfect opportunity for you in the world’s most valued ed-tech company!
About Aakash - AESL
Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), commonly known as Aakash, is one of the most leading educational services institution providing comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations, school/board exams and competitive and scholarship exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads.
AESL also partnered with Blackstone, a global investment management firm.
With more than 32 years of operational experience in the test preparatory coaching industry, the company has a pan India network of 220+ Aakash centres with an annual student base 2,50,000+ students and an employee count of more than 4700.
Purpose of the Role
Develop software solutions that enable the students, parents and teachers to have superior learning and teaching experiences, both inside and outside the classroom.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop state-of-the-art high performance and low latency software applications for mission critical systems
- Contribute in all the phases of the software development lifecycle
- Craft a well-designed, testable, efficient code
- Perform object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
- Effectively and seamlessly manage communication with all stakeholders.
- Manage and provide live support to the developed applications
Qualification/ Experience
Must-Have Preferred
Education B.E / B.Tech Information Technology / Computer Science/ Information Science
- Experience 4+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot Frameworks
- Experience with test-driven development
- Experience with relational databases (MySql, Oracle, Postgres) or NoSql Databases (Cassandra, MongoDb, CouchDb) .
- Agile programming (Sprint, Scrum) experience
- Skills Understands version control branching strategies
- Understands different major language paradigms (object oriented /functional /reactive)
- Understanding and some experience in programming with AWS SDK
- Knowledge of Kafka and Redis
Competencies
Behavioral Competencies Level Functional Competencies Level
1 Team Player Written and Verbal Communication
2
What We Offer
As a technology professional in Aakash Technology Innovation Lab we offer you an opportunity to -
- Become a pioneer of the education of the future by reimagining and building innovative solutions for the ed-tech industry leading hybrid learning experience
- Be a force of technological disruption as a part of a passionate and high growth team on an exciting endeavor to transform the education industry
- Belong to an upbeat, flexible and relaxed work culture with a specific focus on collaboration
- Craft an excellent career at Aakash through a broad realm of career tracks and opportunities
- Excel in your chosen stream and become a renowned technologist in the ed-tech industry with heavy investment from the business into your learning, exposure and growth
- Have a highly competitive compensation and benefits package

About Aakash Educational Services Limited
About
Aakash Educational Services is a premier educational institution that provides comprehensive coaching and guidance for Engineering Entrance Examinations, specifically JEE Main and Advanced. The institution is committed to providing quality education and coaching to aspiring students who are preparing for medical, engineering, school/board exams, and competitive scholarship exams.
With over 201+ centres across the country, Aakash Educational Services has established itself as a trusted and reliable institution for students seeking to excel in their academic pursuits. The institution's focus is on providing comprehensive test preparatory services that include classroom teaching, study material, test series, and doubt-clearing sessions.
The company was founded by J. C. Chaudhry and is headquartered in New Delhi, India.
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JOB DESCRIPTION:
Location: Pune, Mumbai
Mode of Work : 3 days from Office
DSA(Collections, Hash maps, trees, Linkedlist and Arrays, etc), Core Oops concepts(Multithreading, Multi Processing, Polymorphism, Inheritance etc) Annotations in Spring and Spring boot, Java 8 Vital features, database Optimization, Microsevices and Rest API
- Design, develop, and maintain low-latency, high-performance enterprise applications using Core Java (Java 5.0 and above).
- Implement and integrate APIs using Spring Framework and Apache CXF.
- Build microservices-based architecture for scalable and distributed systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for high/low-level design, development, and deployment of software solutions.
- Optimize performance through efficient multithreading, memory management, and algorithm design.
- Ensure best coding practices, conduct code reviews, and perform unit/integration testing.
- Work with RDBMS (preferably Sybase) for backend data integration.
- Analyze complex business problems and deliver innovative technology solutions in the financial/trading domain.
- Work in Unix/Linux environments for deployment and troubleshooting.
Experience in Core Java and Spring Boot.
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale applications and systems. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
• Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency clientfacing applications.
• Good development experience with RDBMS.
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high-performance server-side development. • Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
• Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts.
Please find the attached study material.
Data structure and Algorithms-
1. Basic Strings, Array and Mathematical based problems.
2. Sliding window problems
3. Problems solved using HashMap, Set and Stack.
Job Title: Senior Software engineer / Principal Engineer
Experience range:-8+ Years
Location:- Pune/ Mumbai
Experience :
The candidate should have experience with design and development in Java. Experience in multithreading, algorithm, data-structure, database and collection is mandatory.
Requirements:
- Very strong core Java/Spring developer
- Decent experience in implementing observability (monitoring/alerts) for Java apps
- Capable of working with scripting languages.
- Skills Required: Java, Core Java, Data Structures, OOPS, Multithreading, Algorithms, Collection Framework, Java/J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Restful Services ,SQL
We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager with strong tech leadership and hands-on expertise in Java + Spring Boot.
What you’ll do:
• Lead high-performing engineering teams
• Drive architecture, system design & scalable backend solutions
• Balance 60% people management + 40% hands-on coding
• Own CI/CD, integrations & high-quality releases
What we need:
• 10+ yrs experience (3+ yrs in EM role)
• Strong in Java, Spring Boot, microservices & cloud
• Startup mindset, ownership & solid communication skills
📍 Location: Bengaluru (On-site)
Responsibilities:
● Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications using Java technologies.
● Implement robust solutions using Spring MVC, Spring Boot, and Hibernate frameworks.
● Develop and optimize database operations with MySQL.
● Analyze and solve complex problems by applying knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Requirement -
Programming Languages & Technologies: Strong knowledge of Java (Core Java, Java 8+).
● Frameworks: Proficiency in Spring MVC, Spring Boot, and Hibernate. ● Algorithms and Data Structures: Good understanding and practical application of DSA concepts.
● Databases: Experience with MySQL – writing queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
● Version Control Systems: Experience with tools like Gi
- Java, J2EE
- Microservices
- Spring Boot
- JPA, REST API, JSON, JWT, OAuth, Spring Security, Swagger
- Oracle / MySQL / Postgres DB
- Angular / React / React Native
- JIRA, Bitbucket
Must-Have -
- Excellent knowledge of Core Java and Spring
- Strong experience in REST API and web services
- Experience in Oracle / Mysql / Postgres DB
- Should be efficient with Java J2EE and related technologies
- Should have very good communication skills and analytical skills.
- Should have good knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies.
- Good knowledge of current / emerging technologies and trends
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. High levels of initiative and creativity
- Good communication skills with all stakeholders, good team player with the ability to mentor juniors
Good to Have:
- Knowledge in Banking Domain
- Full-stack developers with knowledge and understanding of Javascript and associated technologies like React, Angular, HTML5, CSS will have an advantage.
This is for our Chennai Office , however work from home can be considered during pandemic or lockdowns .
- Java / JavaScript Developer Job Description (Minimum 2 years Experience in Java)
- Good in Core Java, Multithreading, J2EE, web services (REST, SOAP).
- In-depth knowledge on Java Script and object-oriented technique .
- Should be able to work independently
- Familiar on Front-end technologies like AngularJS framework, HTML5, CSS3 is a real Plus
- Have architected /designed at least 2-3 systems/products of enterprise scale from scratch.
- Have banking and Financial service background and preferably worked in Mobile/Digital platform design and development. Payments /OLTP preferred.
- Should have experience of 20+ years with J2ee, REST, Microservice, API, Messaging, Encryption, security, NLP, ML background.
- Have 7+yrs of experience in Architecture field, designing and end to end not from consulting Architecture.
- Responsible for design, architecture, and delivery of a feature or component/product with the highest quality with high-level directions from architects
- Driving innovations in the platform constantly & remaining ahead of the curve
- Development and testing of features/functions delivered via applications and services.
- Prototype ideas quickly using cutting edge technologies.
- Collaborating with peers and Architects both within their team and across the organization to deliver end-to-end products & features
- Working with product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality solutions on time
- Provide functional, design, and code reviews in related areas of expertise with-in team and cross-team.
- Working with operations teams to ensure your applications and services are highly available and reliable
- Mentoring junior engineers in the team both in the technical as well as on the product side
- Define and devise processes, tools and methodologies to achieve excellence in software development, testing and deployment, and in the management of the Centre.
- Good experience in working with any of the programming languages like PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java, C++
- Experience developing applications that use high volume of data along with experience building applications on top of RESTful APIs.
- Solid knowledge of JAVA, J2EE, data stream, processing, big data etc.
- Comfortable with writing unit tests using JUnit
- Worked with Git and are comfortable with Merge/Rebase concepts.
- Worked with tools such as Eclipse, WebStorm, Ant, Maven, Jenkins, Sonar, JSLint, Grunt and App Servers such as Tomcat, Jboss.
- Solid knowledge of algorithms, design patterns, and componentization approaches.
- Experience and knowledge of open source software, frameworks and broader cutting-edge technologies.
- Experience in software design patterns, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to determine impact of architectural solutions and recommendations.
- Must have experience in justification of technology solutions to business leaders.
- Experience in refactoring existing codebase and in understanding existing implementations to decide to refactor or rewrite.
- Know how to identify Performance bottlenecks and use good coding patterns to avoid them in the first place.
- Have strong attention to detail.
- Ability to operate effectively both independently as well and within a team using Agile methodology.
- Proven problem-solving and interpersonal communication skills.
- Knowledge of payment domain will be an added advantage
Qualifications
- BE/BTech/ME/MTech in EE/CS or an equivalent qualification.
- 20+yrs of Experience.
- Minimum 12+years of hands on Java programming experience.







