Java Fullstack Developer

Key Responsibilities: 34249 

• Feature Development: Design, develop, and maintain new features and enhancements across the stack.
• Front-End: Build intuitive, responsive UIs using Angular or React.
• Back-End: Develop scalable APIs and services using Python (preferred), Java/Spring, or Node.js.
• Cloud Deployment: Deploy and manage applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) — familiarity with services like App Engine, Cloud Functions, Kubernetes is expected.
• Performance Tuning: Identify and optimize performance bottlenecks.
• Code Quality: Participate in code reviews and maintain high standards through unit testing and automation.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Collaborate on deployment pipelines using Tekton, Terraform, and other DevOps tools.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, and fellow Engineers in an agile environment.

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong development expertise in Python (preferred), Angular, and GCP
• Understanding of DevOps practices
• Experience with SDLC, agile methodologies, and unit testing

Good to Have (Nice-to-Haves):

• Hands-on experience with:
• Tekton, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines
• Large Language Models (LLMs) integration
• AWS/Azure (in addition to GCP)
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Familiarity with API design and microservices architecture

Educational Qualification:

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Why NxtWave

As a Fullstack SDE1 at NxtWave, you

• Get first hand experience of building applications and see them released quickly to the NxtWave learners (within weeks)
• Get to take ownership of the features you build and work closely with the product team
• Work in a great culture that continuously empowers you to grow in your career
• Enjoy freedom to experiment & learn from mistakes (Fail Fast, Learn Faster)
• NxtWave is one of the fastest growing edtech startups. Get first-hand experience in scaling the features you build as the company grows rapidly
• Build in a world-class developer environment by applying clean coding principles, code architecture, etc.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and ship user-centric features spanning frontend, backend, and database systems under guidance.
• Define and implement RESTful/GraphQL APIs and efficient, scalable database schemas.
• Build reusable, maintainable frontend components using modern state management practices.
• Develop backend services in Node.js or Python, adhering to clean-architecture principles.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Containerize applications and configure CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments.
• Enforce secure coding practices, accessibility standards (WCAG), and SEO fundamentals.
• Collaborate effectively with Product, Design, and engineering teams to understand and implement feature requirements..
• Own feature delivery from planning through production, and mentor interns or junior developers.
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Qualifications & Skills

• 1+ years of experience building full-stack web applications.
• Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3 (Flexbox/Grid).
• Advanced experience with React (Hooks, Context, Router) or equivalent modern UI framework.
• Hands-on with state management patterns (Redux, MobX, or custom solutions).
• Strong backend skills in Node.js (Express/Fastify) or Python (Django/Flask/FastAPI).
• Expertise in designing REST and/or GraphQL APIs and integrating with backend services.
• Solid knowledge of MySQL/PostgreSQL and familiarity with NoSQL stores (Elasticsearch, Redis).
• Experience using build tools (Webpack, Vite), package managers (npm/Yarn), and Git workflows.
• Skilled in writing and maintaining tests with Jest, React Testing Library, Pytest, and Cypress.
• Familiar with Docker, CI / CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), and basic cloud deployments.
• Product-first thinker with strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
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Qualities we'd love to find in you:

• The attitude to always strive for the best outcomes and an enthusiasm to deliver high quality software
• Strong collaboration abilities and a flexible & friendly approach to working with teams
• Strong determination with a constant eye on solutions
• Creative ideas with problem solving mind-set
• Be open to receiving objective criticism and improving upon it
• Eagerness to learn and zeal to grow
• Strong communication skills is a huge plus

Work Location: Hyderabad

Senior Software Engineer – Java

Location: Pune (Hybrid – 3 days from office)

Experience: 8–15 Years

Domain: Information Technology (IT)

Joining: Immediate joiners only

Preference: Local candidates only (Pune-based)

Job Description:

We are looking for experienced and passionate Senior Java Engineers to join a high-performing development team. The role involves building and maintaining robust, scalable, and low-latency backend systems and microservices in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work within a high-velocity scrum team to deliver enterprise-grade software solutions.
• Architect and develop scalable end-to-end web applications and microservices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements and deliver optimal technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and deployment.
• Mentor junior engineers while remaining hands-on with development tasks.
• Provide accurate estimates and support the team lead in facilitating development processes.

Mandatory Skills & Experience:

• 6–7+ years of enterprise-level Java development experience.
• Strong in Java 8 or higher (Java 11 preferred), including lambda expressions, Stream API, Completable Future.
• Minimum 4+ years working with Microservices, Spring Boot, and Hibernate.
• At least 3+ years of experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
• Kafka – minimum 2 years’ hands-on experience in the current/most recent project.
• Solid experience with SQL.
• AWS – minimum 1.5 years of experience.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Exposure to asynchronous programming, multithreading, and performance tuning.
• Experience working in at least one Fintech domain project (mandatory).

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to Golang or Rust.
• Experience with any of the following tools: MongoDB, Jenkins, Sonar, Oracle DB, Drools, Adobe AEM, Elasticsearch/Solr/Algolia, Spark.
• Strong systems design and data modeling capabilities.
• Experience in payments or asset/wealth management domain.
• Familiarity with rules engines and CMS/search platforms.

Candidate Profile:

• Strong communication and client-facing skills.
• Proactive, self-driven, and collaborative mindset.
• Passionate about clean code and quality deliverables.
• Prior experience in building and deploying multiple products in production.

Note: Only candidates who are based in Pune and can join immediately will be considered.

• Own the development/improvement of products and features.
• Own the responsibility for creating a great user experience on the products and features you work on.
• Build features end-to-end: both the user interfaces and the backend APIs.
• Set technical standards and lead the team in building a world-class scalable software development process.
• Lead large-scale design updates and rollouts.
• Partner with infrastructure engineers to scale the product.
• Investigate state-of-the-art frameworks and tooling to build our next-generation architecture.
• Guide and mentor junior team members 

• 8+ years of relevant front-end development experience, previous start up experience is highly desirable.
• Experience building, running, and debugging single-page apps in a modern JavaScript framework.
• Demonstrated knowledge of React, Redux and CSSAbility to work independently as well as cross-functionally with other engineering teams and product.
• Tech Lead / Management experience.

• Experience with full-stack development.
• Experience with building APIs using spring boot.
• Experience with front-end test frameworks (Jasmine/Mocha/Jest)
• Exposure to mobile platforms

• Strong at Core Java and OOPs concepts

• Exposure to Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Security
• Exposure to implementation of RESTful APIs
• Exposure to programming using Queues and No SQL database
• Good understanding about JavaScript, JQuery and HTML
• Good understanding about Data Structures and Multithreaded Programming
• Good understanding about Design Patterns
• Good understanding about Standard and Secure Coding practices

Technical knowledge

• Design and implement software components using up-to-date technologies and best practices.
• Comprehensive understanding of the REST architecture.
• Strong working experience in Angular,HTML5, CSS3
• Strong working experience in Container Orchestration Management on-premise and public cloud (Docker, Kubernetes or similar)
• Overall understanding of the Service Oriented Architecture
• Experience with widely used design patterns.
• Should possess prior experience in building distributed multi-tier applications with single sign-on.
• Continuous Integration (CI) and Automated Deployment on AWS/Azure
• Static and dynamic code quality analysis
• Should understand the dynamics of the full-stack development and guide junior team members.
• Experience in developing enterprise-scale software platforms
• Should have hands-on experience in managing releases.
• Build applications using Azure Services and deploy them on Azure Infrastructure.

• You will hold the beacon for development and user experience at a company while helping us scale from 3 million users to 50 million users
• Build performance and effective new features by participating in the overall application lifecycle
• Build modular, reusable, performant, and optimal features both in frontend and backend
• Code, debug, troubleshoot, deliver
• Help maintain and improve existing data structures while planning and implementing new model data structures for scalability
• Continuously improve stability and performance of company’s tech platform
• Be the user’s voice and help make product decisions
• Exhibits knowledge and behavior to adopt Information Security and Privacy practices at their work.

• 1 - 4 years experience as a Full-Stack Developer
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development, and deployment)
• Proficiency with Nodejs, MongoDB, AWS.
• Proficiency with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, and CSS)
• Team Building & Leadership
• Want to interact with all levels of the company including senior leaders and cross-functional teams
• Love problem solving and thrive on handling multiple projects and tasks
• Foster strong professional relationships with the full organization
• Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success

• Design and code feature in the front-end and back-end as per the specifications provided by the Product and Design teams.
• Ship features in fast-moving agile sprints.
• Work closely with Product Design and Product Management teams to brainstorm and chalk out details of features.
• Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion

Skills Must have:

• Good understanding of Javascript and Clean architecture.
• Good understanding of asynchronous programming, callback, and closures
• Experience in developing applications that use queues like SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc
• Experience with AWS services like S3, EC2, etc
• Strong experience with Javascript frontend framework/libraries like ReactJS
• Good knowledge of CSS and its preprocessors like SASS/LESS
• Good understanding of server-side templates.
• Experience with creating cross-browser compatible web apps
• Should be Strong in MySql / Postgres database
• Stronghold in Data structure and processing JSON

Good to have

• Basic knowledge of CI, CD
• Intermediate knowledge in any cloud services(AWS, GCP)
• Familiar with testing frameworks like Mocha, Cypress

• Our health products’ engineering team that works on initiatives fuelling the growth of our recent health retail insurance products
• Collaboration across cross-functional stakeholders to ensure delivery timelines are met
• Implementing product engineering best practices, and evangelizing them within the org
• Your Experience Across The Years in the Roles You’ve Played -
• 6 years of technology experience (at least 2 years in direct engineering management)
• Managing a 5-15 member engineering team in an agile product org
• Track record of collaborative working with multiple stakeholders
• Planning and analysis with effective communication skills