Java & Microservices

Job Title : Software Development Engineer II (SDE 2) – Java or Golang (Backend)

Experience : 3+ Years

Location : Bengaluru

Working Days : 5 Days WFO

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days

Interview Process : 3 Client Rounds

Job Overview :

We are looking for an SDE 2 – Backend with strong hands-on experience in Java / Spring Boot or Golang to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend applications. Candidates with experience in caching services will be highly preferred.

Mandatory Skills :

Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Gin, gRPC, REST APIs, Microservices, MySQL / PostgreSQL / Oracle, System Design, Caching, Data Structures & Algorithms, Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS / GCP.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable backend applications and APIs.
• Develop microservices using Java / Spring Boot or Golang.
• For Golang roles, experience with Gin and gRPC is preferred.
• Work with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or similar databases.
• Design and optimize caching solutions for application performance.
• Participate in system design and architecture discussions.
• Conduct code reviews and write unit/integration tests.
• Troubleshoot bugs and performance issues.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and other engineering teams.
• Contribute to CI/CD, cloud, and DevOps practices.

Requirements :

• 3 to 5 years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java / Spring / Spring Boot or Golang.
• Good understanding of REST APIs, Microservices, DSA, and System Design.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and CI/CD.
• Java candidates with end-to-end application design experience are preferred.
• Exposure to AI/ML tools or Low-Code/No-Code frameworks is a plus.

Interview Process :

Round 1 – LeetCode / Coding Round

• Data Structures & Algorithms
• Problem-solving and coding proficiency

Round 2 – System Design

• System architecture
• Scalability and performance
• API and database design
• Caching and distributed systems

Round 3 – Hiring Manager Round

• Technical depth
• Project and ownership experience
• Problem-solving approach
• Communication and collaboration
• Role and culture fit

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5 is looking for Software Engineer II with in-depth experience in high scale distributed systems. You will participate in the design and implementation of of our Edge Computing platform that is used to deploy global, scalable and secure applications. Your work includes, but not limited to, Research, design and build highly reliable, available and scalable platforms, API definition, implementation, deployment, operational management, and debugging.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver solutions that will help create, deploy and manage the service components of the platform
• Investigate various open source and close source technologies, components, libraries, tools etc. and help build a highly available, highly scalable and easily manageable system
• Take ownership of software components and   deliver   a   complete   product   satisfying   functional, scale, performance   and manageability requirements.
• Hands-on   coding   in   multiple   languages   while   considering   performance,  scalability, maintainability, and flexibility
• Understanding and exposure to design patterns and coding practices especially as applied to microservices architectures and API design, implementation and management
• Experience in Cloud native providers like MS Azure or AWS or Google Cloud or any major Cloud vendors in the market and their services
• Independently investigate, present options, review and implement completely new functionality
• You will work closely with other development teams, product management, UX, and QA to define and implement a new product offering while ensuring continued functionality.
• Perform code reviews, set coding practices and guidelines within the team
• Ability to implement all phases of a development cycle for a software product from understanding requirements, going through design, development and deploy phases
• Work with geographically distributed teams

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience in highly distributed software systems, ability to understand the nuances and solve problems related to scale, performance and resiliency of such a system
• Experience in programming languages: Golang, Java, Python any objected oriented high level proprietary or open source language with strong programming constructs.
• Good understanding of programming fundamentals & their application to highly scalable web-based systems
• Experience in developing polyglot software using service definition language and framework like gRPC, Thrift, Google Protocol Buffers, OpenAPI etc.
• Must have hands on SQL or No SQL technologies.
• Experience working on CICD methodology and Git based workflow
• Experience in Docker technologies including experience in optimizing Docker image and managing Docker image lifecycle. Experience in orchestration systems like Kubernetes and container technologies like Docker, rkt is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, team building, and mentoring skills
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 3+ years of software development experience