Java & Microservices

Hi,

We are hiring for the position of Java Tech Lead. Please find below the details for the same.

A passionate developer who has a strong working knowledge of OOPS and functional programming

principles. Standard Definitions and abbreviations don't entice us that much.

Key skills:

• Strong Java and J2EE background with 5-7 years of experience.

• Strong working experience in Multi-Threading, Exception Management and the Use of Collections.

• Sound knowledge of working with application aspects i.e., Caching, Asynchronous APIs, Logging etc.

• Experience with web application frameworks like Spring Boot or Dropwizard.

• Unit Testing is an everyday affair and hence demands very good unit testing skills using tools like Junit & TestNG.

• Understanding of relational databases, RESTful services, and build tools like Maven & Gradle

• Knows what and when to mock and has used frameworks like Mockito/Power Mock.

• Understanding of message queues such as ActiveMQ, Kafka, and RabbitMQ.

•  Version Control is treated as important as programming skills. Fluent with version control tools like Git and Bitbucket.

• Exposure to Agile/Scrum, TDD not in theory but in practice.

•  Experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Static Code Analysis, Jenkins and SonarQube.

•  Willingness to take ownership of the technical solution and ensure technical expectations of deliverables are met.

• Strong communication skills along with the ability to articulate technical designs and concepts.

• Exposure to cloud and containerization would be a plus.

• Hands-on experience in application development in an enterprise setup.

• Have a good understanding of Distributed Application Architecture.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and implement large-scale projects from conception to completion.
• Interface with clients and gather business requirements and objectives.
• Translate clients’ business requirements and objectives into technical applications and solutions.
• Understand and evaluate complex data models.
• Design, develop and implement new integration.
• Execute system development and maintenance activities.
• Develop solutions to improvise performance and scalability of systems.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.

Minimum Requirements

• 3-5 years of relevant experience, working in Java related technologies.
• A Good Engineering or Masters degree from a reputed university
• Should have strong technical skills with a good grasp of OO concepts and design patterns

• Good knowledge of SQL database ( MySQL, Oracle, etc )
• Good understanding of frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, etc.
• Good understanding of spring boot and microservices.
• Exposure to AWS services - S3, SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, etc.

Good to have

• Knowledge of No-SQL DBs like mongo, dynamoDB, etc.
• Knowledge of message brokers/queuing services like SQL, rabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.

1. Should be very strong Scala development(Coding)
2. With Any combination of Java/Python/Spark/Bigdata
3. 3+ years experience in Core Java/Scala with good understanding of multithreading
4. The candidate must be good with Computer Science fundamentals
5. Exposure to python/perl and Unix / K-Shell scripting
6. Code management tools such as Git/Perforce.
7. Experience with large batch-oriented systems 
8. DB2/Sybase or any RDBMS
9. Prior experience with financial products, particularly OTC Derivatives
10. Exposure to counterparty risk, margining, collateral or confirmation systems

• Candidate should have Good Communication and Presentation Skills.
• Candidate should have very Good Logical and Analytical Skills
• Candidate should have Programmatic and Management Skills
• An understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle as well as the business approach for the product.
• Ability to work in a team as well as an individual
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain deadlines
• Knowledge of open source tools and utilities
• Ability to understand Project Requirements

• Work on building scalable backend platform for customer & seller apps, brands platform, demand generation platform, supply chain & logistics platform, credit platform and several cross platform software components
• Participate in the process to fundamentally change the food and grocery ecosystem in India, and impact billions of people through technology, mobile, and data science

Requirements:

An ideal candidate for this role is someone who has-

• BE/BTech degree in Computer Science from a top engineering school
• 1-5 years of professional software development experience
• Strong problem solving skills and strong command on object oriented design, data structures, algorithms and other computer science fundamentals.
• Strong coding skills - professional experience in developing production-quality software in Java/Python
• Expertise in Web Services, Service-oriented architecture, Databases, NoSQL, Distributed systems, Cloud Technologies.
• Extreme software engineering skills to design and develop low-latency, high availability, internet-scale web services
• Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle and software engineering best practices
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Demonstrated ability to own software design and development end to end from requirements to launch.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• A startup mindset  - An athlete who can run at breakneck speed of a startup, yet someone who can bring method to madness through processes suitable for different stages of the company - early stage prototyping and rapid experimentation, before product/market fit, after product/market fit, and scaling.
• Familiarity with Agile development, Scrums, continuous integration, and test driven development processes
• Data driven product development approach - strong focus on data backed engineering decisions.
• Ability to develop products incrementally in fast iterations
• Ability to do collaborative problem solving and design/build chaos resilient systems
• Strong focus on software quality
• Ability to mentor junior developers, and help build an excellent engineering team
• Ability to be a talent magnet - attract great talent to join the core team.