Java Developer

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Node.js and AWS to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have solid backend development experience, with additional working knowledge of PHP and Python. Exposure to frontend frameworks like React.js and Angular will be considered a strong advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Node.js.

• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, QA) to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following industry best practices.

• Work with databases (SQL/NoSQL) to design efficient data models and queries.

• Integrate third-party services and APIs when required.

• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and mentoring of junior developers.

• Support continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications.

Requirements

• 4+ years of backend development experience.

• Strong expertise in Node.js and hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.).

• Good working knowledge of PHP and Python.

• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB).

• Working knowledge of React.js and Angular is preferred.

• Strong experience in Core Java, Multi-Threading, data structures (List/Map/Set) and unit testing
• with (Junit, Mockito)
•  Strong experience with Spring Framework (Spring MVC, Spring REST, Spring Data), ORM
• frameworks (JPA, Hibernate) and RDBMS (Oracle/MySQL/Postgres)
•  Strong experience in applying Object-Oriented design principles and Design Patterns
•  Good knowledge of Multi-Tier architecture, Micro Services architecture and Service Oriented
• Architecture 
•  Exposure to AWS Cloud, NoSQL Database (Mongo, Cassandra), Message Broker (Active
• MQ/RabbitMQ/Apache Kafka) and Big Data Technologies (Hadoop/Hive/Spark)
•  Additionally, must possess capability to review code, produce technical specification document
• and knowledge of code quality tools (PMD/FindBugs/Sonar)

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Java Developer with hands-on expertise in AWS, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture. As a core member of our backend development team, you will design and build scalable cloud-native applications that support high-performance systems and business logic.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java (Spring Boot).
• Build and deploy microservices-based architectures hosted on AWS.
• Collaborate with DevOps and architecture teams to ensure scalable and secure cloud solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Optimize application performance and troubleshoot production issues.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture planning.

Must-Have Skills:

• 4.5+ years of experience in Java development.
• Strong proficiency in Spring Boot and RESTful APIs.
• Proven hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.).
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture, CI/CD, and containerization tools.
• Experience with version control (Git), and deployment tools.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: 

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement. 
• Collaborate with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience. 

• Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends. 
• Record data and report it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership. 
• Participate in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. 
• Take the lead on projects, as needed. 
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle. 

• Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future. 
• Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes. 
• Conduct UI tests and optimize performance. 
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve applications. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming or relevant field. Master’s Degree in a related field is preferred. 
• 5-7 years of relevant experience 
• Must be an expert programmer, skilled at computer languages such as HTML, C+++, C#, PHP, Python and Java. 
• Must understand Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, JMS, Mysql, Redis, CouchDb, Micro Services, Docker, Kubernetes 
• Must be able to interpret and follow instructions related to the ultimate functionality of our IT-based product 

• Familiarity with front-end languages such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS 
• Must be comfortable with technology architecture and how a computer and its software functions. 
• Deadline driven, organized and understand how people view and understand content on the front-end 
• Proven experience in highly complex environments 
• Strong technical documentation skills 

• An ability to solve multifaceted technical issues in a fast-paced environment 
• Self-motivated and accountable for your work 
• Passionate about learning and continuous improvement 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to work overtime 

• Java 8, Spring Boot, Java Microservices
• REST API’s
• Angular 11, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap
• SQL DB
• Azure/AWS
• Kafka

Position - Software Development Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of API integrations
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders

Requirements

• Proficient understanding of Java 8 or plus, Spring Frameworks, Spring Boot & Microservices
• Strong problem solving skills and good with product understanding
• Good understanding of server-side programming and integration with UI components.
• Good understanding of MySQL and any one NoSQL
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Proficient understanding of code repositories like git
• 2- 5 years of experience

Personal Characteristics

• Passion and commitment
• Coding enthusiastic
• High integrity
• Self-starter

Key Skills

• Java
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• J2EE

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 1-2 years of experience in backend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Exposure with back-end programming languages with hands on JAVA, Node JS etc along with Spring framework.
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Post-gres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.
• Has handled scalability and worked on backend security protocols.
• Has worked on both mobile and web development.
• Has experience and inclination to work on architectural design and review.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Contribute in all phases of the software development life cycle.
2. Partake in software and architectural development activities.
3. Conduct software analysis, programming, unit-testing and debugging.
4. Transforming requirements into functional modules.
5. Recommend changes to improve established application processes.
6. Work quickly with a clear bias towards actions and continuous development.
7. Participate in regular code reviews of peers and be open to pairing when necessary.

• Lead a full product development lifecycle from ideation, design, development, to roll out and support
• Own the delivery of multiple features of the product end to end while hands-on in development as well
• Advocate best development practices such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, automation (testing and infrastructure)

1. 7+ Years’ of experience, managing teams of 5+ people
2. Must have excellent programming, debugging and scripting skills with a solid understanding of Object Oriented Design principles.
3. Proficiency in at least two of the following: Java, NodeJS, Go, JavaScript, Python programming stacks, and passion for software engineering and craftsman-like coding prowess
4. Knowledge of software practices like refactoring, clean code, domain driven design, Encapsulation etc
5. Hands on experience managing databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis.
6. Exposure to event driven systems and event streaming engines like Kafka
7. Good knowledge of DevOps tooling like docker, kubernetes, ansible/chef, AWS.