Java Engineer

Principal Software Architect

Work Location: India-Remote

Position Responsibilities:

•           Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable SaaS solutions using modern technologies in collaboration with designers, product managers, and other teams.

•           Write high-quality, clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.

•           Contribute to architectural decisions and system design, aligning with the product roadmap and business objectives.

•           Lead and mentor a small team of developers, fostering their growth, ensuring high productivity, and maintaining code quality.

•           Champion best practices in software development, including Agile methodologies, TDD, CI/CD, and code reviews.

•           Collaborate effectively with distributed teams and stakeholders to deliver high-performance software on time and within budget.

•           Stay current with emerging front-end and back-end technologies, evaluating their potential application to our products.

•           Participate in technical debt reduction and system optimization initiatives.

•           Contribute to the development of internal tools and frameworks to improve team efficiency.

•           Assist in troubleshooting production issues and implement robust monitoring and logging practices.

Qualifications:

•           10+ years of experience as a full-stack developer, with a strong focus on backend development using Java.

•           Proven experience (3+ years) leading and mentoring development teams.

•           Proficient in building container-based microservices; knowledge of Helidon is a plus.

•           Skilled in front-end development with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, HTML5

•           Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., OCI, AWS, Azure) and cloud-native development practices.

•           Expertise in designing and building RESTful APIs.

•           Strong experience with RDBMS such as Oracle or PostgreSQL and working with ORMs like Hibernate.

•           Deep understanding of and experience using industry best practices, including TDD, CI/CD, and Agile methodologies.

•           Experience with developing enterprise business software and understanding of business processes.

•           Knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing secure coding practices.

•           Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

•           Experience with version control systems (preferably Git) and branching strategies.

•           Superb written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

•           Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.

Requirements:

Java developer responsibilities include designing, developing, Testing and delivering high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems.

1. Proven hands-on Software Development experience

2. Proven working experience in Java development

3. Hands on experience in developing applications using Java EE platforms

4. Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)

5. Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)

6. Experience in the Spring Framework

Role:  Java Plugin Developer

• Sound knowledge and hands-on experience in building a software application using Java 
• Proficient in Core Java (OOPs, Design Patterns, Stream API, Multithreading, Generics).
• Good understanding of OSGi,Eclipse RCP and Plugin development

Requirements:

 Strong development skills in Core / Advanced Java, and J2EE.

 Knowledge of Bamboo, Jira, Spring AOP, Junit, SQL query optimization and fine tuning, is a

plus.

 Strong analytical skills.

 Good in Design Patterns.

 Should have experience on JMS/Messaging and middleware like IBM MQ/Apache Kafka.

 Strong in design and technical documentation.

 Strong in Java SDK 1.8, Java SDK 11, Spring Boot (Embedded Tomcat), REST & SOAP API skills.

 Strong in Spring frameworks (MVC, IOC, Boot, Batch) and ORM framework like Hibernate.

 Hands-on experience in SQL.

 Core Java, J2EE, SOA based Web Services, RESTful Web Services, Hibernate, Spring MVC,

XSD, XML and WSDL, DB, Microservices.

 Understanding of Kafka and Netflix conductor.

 Should have worked with Maven/Gradle, JIRA/Rally, Bamboo/Jenkins/Hudson.

 Extensive development experience with Web Services (SOAP and REST).

About Us:

Developed in formal collaboration with the University of Cambridge in May 2000, HeyMath! is an Ed-Tech company whose mission is to Raise the Game in Maths for school systems around the world. We do this using technology to deliver engaging teaching methodologies and personalised learning paths for students. HeyMath! has been successfully adopted by CBSE schools since 2004, with positive outcomes for the entire ecosystem.

Check us out at www.heymath.com

We plan to work mainly from home in 2022 and the virtual office atmosphere is collegiate, informal and friendly, with small high-impact teams making a difference to customers.

What we are looking for:

Experience in building and re-engineering cloud based solutions on AWS.

Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Programming(OOPS) and design patterns is a must. Hands-on development on Spring MVC framework.

Experience working on Java 8 or above.

Must have very good knowledge of RDBMS such as MySQL and performance tuning of the same.

Exposure to server-side and client-side caching mechanisms. Ability to debug the applications and provide instant workable solutions.

Experience working on Elastic Search / Kafka / Kubernetes or all is a nice to have.

Responsibilities

§Implement assigned user stories within project schedule.

§Execute unit testing using automated unit test frameworks.

§Collaborate with team to identify and fix technical issue.

Job Description

§Experience in Java/J2EE, web framework (Spring, Hibernate) and web services.

§Hands-on with core Java and Spring MVC.

§Hands-on experience to implement and manage REST and Micro services.

§Familiar with DevOps pipelines.

§Experience in Agile development methodology like Scrum and test-driven Development.

§Good communication skill.

Must-Have:

• Core Java (Must be good in Core Java concepts, Java programming practices, Clean coding.)
• Spring Framework(Must have working experience in Spring Core)
• Any SQL framework(hands-on working experience in any of these: Hibernate/JPA/MyBatis/Spring Data/Others)
• Hands-on experience in REST API
• Hands-on experienceSQL Database(any of the databases: Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLServer)
• Must have working experience with basic GIT
• Maven or Gradle (Must have working experience in building Java projects using maven or Gradle.)
• Should be able to work independently under someone's guidance.

Good to have:

• Advanced Java(Threading, Performance optimization)
• Spring Boot
• Other Spring frameworks(Spring Security, Spring Batch, Others)
• Microservices - Any NoSQL database(MongoDB, Cassandra, others)
• Application designing concepts.

About the opportunity

What you’ll be doing:

• You will contribute to all aspects of an agile software development life-cycle including design, architecture, development, documentation, testing and operations.
• You will build cutting-edge scalable systems by writing simple and efficient code.
• You will push your design and architecture limits for new product development.
• You will collaborate with product managers, and other key stakeholders within the MMT family to successfully execute projects.
• You will ensure compliance with build/release and configuration management process.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• You possess good understanding of Agile Methodology, Object Oriented Programming Concepts and Responsive Designs.
• You have hands-on experience on Java/ J2EE stack and have done development across multiple browsers/platforms delivering mind-boggling results.
• You thrive in complexity and jump at the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues to delivery projects within tight deadlines.
• If you have work experience in a product/start-up company, we’ll like you even more.

Our Purpose and Challenges

With over 47% market-share, MakeMyTrip is India’s first and biggest travel company. In fact, one in every four passengers at an airport is our customer. Driven by the desire to provide an exceptional travel experience for our customers, we have continuously stayed ahead of the curve by developing technology and products to meet the ever-changing demands of the rapidly evolving travel ecosystem.

We are currently solving multiple challenging problems, including -

• How to bring the next 100 million users to our platform?
• How to leverage customer insights to create a truly personalised experience for users?
• How to create a delightful experience for our users, to make travel synonymous to MMT?