Java Microservices Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Java-based microservices using Spring Boot
• Implement scalable backend systems and REST APIs
• Work with Kubernetes and Docker to deploy and manage containerized applications
• Integrate with Azure services (e.g., AKS, App Services, Blob Storage)
• Work with Kafka for event streaming, publish/subscribe messaging, and system integration
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement features for loyalty programs, customer offers, and e-commerce flows, loyalty migration
• Write unit and integration tests, and participate in peer code reviews
• Follow best practices for coding, security, and performance
• Support troubleshooting and production issue resolution

Required Skills:

• Strong experience with Java (11/17/21) and Spring Boot
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining microservices
• Solid understanding of Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration
• Experience working with Azure Cloud (AKS, App Services, Functions, etc.)
• Practical knowledge of Kafka (producers, consumers, and streaming)
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps)
• Agile/Scrum development experience

Domain Experience:

• Experience working on e-commerce or customer loyalty platforms
• Understanding of loyalty program mechanics like rewards, tiers, and customer engagement

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor
• Exposure to test automation frameworks.

Job Description – Senior Java Developer (Spring Boot / Microservices)

Location: Chennai, India

Experience: 4+ Years

Availability: Immediate Joiner

About the Role:

We are looking for a highly skilled Java Developer with over 5 years of hands-on experience in building scalable backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, deep knowledge of backend frameworks, and a solid understanding of JUnit-based testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend systems using Java and Spring Boot
• Develop and deploy RESTful microservices in a distributed architecture
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Write clean, scalable, and testable code following best practices
• Implement unit and integration tests using JUnit and other testing frameworks
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving team processes
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in a timely manner

Key Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Java
• Expertise in Spring Boot and related modules (Spring Data, Spring Security, etc.)
• Solid understanding of Microservices architecture, REST APIs, and inter-service communication
• Experience with JUnit and writing automated test cases
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git)
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus
• Exposure to messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ is a plus
• Familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL)

• 2.5+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 2+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

At Upswing, we are a passionate and self-driven team of thinkers who aspire to build the rails to connect the legacy financial sector with financial innovators through a simple and powerful banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. We’re building our platform putting the focus on pragmatism, reliability, and maintainability. We believe that keeping the engineering complexity under control is key to preserving the development productivity and long-term evolution of a platform.

To bring this vision to life, we are building the infrastructure using Microservices architecture using the latest set of technologies that are also fun to work with such as Java, Scala, Postgres, Akka, Kafka with a completely automated DevOps pipeline from the get-go using tools like Chef, Jenkins, Grafana, Graylog.

We are looking for motivated engineers who will be working in a highly creative and cutting-edge technology environment to build a world-class financial services suite.

Why you should join us:

• You will redefine the financial services landscape for India in the coming years.
• Be part of a core Engineering team that will create innovative and scalable Fintech solutions.
• Work with passionate and experienced engineering, product & business workforce that believes in teamwork, and that helps fast-track learning on solving complex technical challenges.
• We are funded by the leading fintech VC `QED Investors` and other established Founders and Executives of awesome Indian companies.

What you will do if you join us:

• Propose solutions to solve complex system architecture challenges and actively lead the end-to-end development of the system.
• Create robust, flexible, consistent, and easy-to-use APIs
• Continuously strive for performance improvements, code reusability, and readability
• Understand the product in detail and predict potential issues in feature development.
• Mentor and lead junior members of the team

You should have:

• Ability to think of out of the box
• Tech or a higher degree in computer science or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience working on the back-end development for complex distributed systems who are willing to adopt any Programming language as per the requirement.
• Familiarity with any of the following – Java, C++, Scala, Kotlin, and frameworks like Spring, Play, Hibernate, Django, etc.
• Good understanding of Algorithms, Data Structure, OOP, Design patterns, Parallel programming, Multithreading concepts & Event-Driven Systems.
• Understanding of micro-services architecture and best practices.
• Experience with Relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or any NoSQL database.

It is a plus if you have:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS (Amazon Web Services), Azure or Google Cloud

About the role

As a core team member in our growing startup, we're looking for an exceptionally hard working candidate who is full of ideas, accountable and has self-learning abilities and make a significant contribution to our growth journey.

Requirement:

The candidate must have at least 2 years and ideally up to 8 years of experience in an IT Product company / Startup. Must have expertise in

MUST HAVE SKILLS
Back-end development using Laravel, Lumen, MySQL / PGSQL

• RESTful API development & integration of 3rd party services (like payment gateways, Email marketing tools, SMS/ Whatsapp, etc.)
• High quality coding which can be replicated and used to scale.
• Prompt to troubleshoot and fix bugs and use of GIT

• Experience in React.JS, AWS, DevOps
• Experience in a Product based SaaS Startup.

• Passionate about building products and features and building a product from scratch with thrust on DevOps, Web security, TLS/SSL, web sockets, etc.
• Have a good understanding of setting up & managing cloud servers like AWS, Google cloud, etc.
• Manage Key-value based databases like Redis

Additional Information

• Immediate / Early joiners preferred.
• This is a Work from Office / Hybrid role.
• Office is in Green Park, New Delhi 110016 (5 min walk from Metro station)
• BYOD - Bring your own device (Laptop)
• Candidate must be willing to work in a high exposure - high accountability Startup environment and grow significantly with the company.

About the Company

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• “10 Best HR Tech startups 2019” – by Silicon India in Oct 2019
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• Proficiency in Java, with a good understanding of its ecosystems
• Sound knowledge of https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/java-tutorial/oops-interview-questions" target="_blank">Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts
• Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns
• Skill for writing reusable Java libraries 
• Knowhow of Java concurrency patterns
• Basic Understanding of the concepts of MVC (Model-View-Controller) Pattern, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services
• Experience in working with popular web application frameworks like Play and Spark
• Relevant Knowledge of Java GUI frameworks like Swing, SWT, AWT according to project requirements
• Ability to write clean, readable Java code
• Basic knowhow of class loading mechanism in Java
• Experience in handling external and embedded databases
• Understanding basic design principles behind a scalable application
• Skilled at creating database schemas that characterize and support business processes
• Basic knowledge of https://www.simplilearn.com/jvm-and-the-implications-of-sandbox-model-rar41-article" target="_blank">JVM (Java Virtual Machine), its drawbacks, weaknesses, and workarounds
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests 
• In-depth knowledge of code versioning tools, for instance, Git
• Understanding of building tools like Ant, Maven, Gradle, etc
• Expertise in continuous integration

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Your role will include:

• Writing and testing your code, innovating and contributing towards increasing the value delivered by your team.
• Setting a high bar through your design, development, analysis and deployment activities
• Understanding and participating in evolving the architecture of our products.
• Keeping up-to-date with new technologies, best practices, and work on optimizing the tooling and automation.
• Understanding the latest development and engineering paradigms like Scrum/Agile/TDD/BDD/DDD etc.

You have experience with the following:

• Strong experience of leading and being part of technical teams preferably following agile methodology.
• Strong technical background with ability to provide technical guidance to other team members.
• Knowledge of microservices and must have experience of implementing a few microservices by the least.
• Knowledge of API driven platform development & Software Integration.
• You have hands-on experience in building secure, high-performing and scalable systems in Java.
• Exposure to JVM based languages like Java, Scala, Clojure.