Java developer

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to guide our micro-service platform and mentor a fully remote backend team. You’ll blend hands-on technical ownership with people leadership—shaping architecture, driving cloud best practices, and coaching engineers in their careers and craft.

Key Responsibilities:

Area

What You’ll Own

Architecture & Delivery

• Define and evolve backend architecture built on Java 17+, Spring Boot 3, AWS (Containers, Lambdas, SQS, S3), Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Databricks, Redis etc...

• Lead design and code reviews; enforce best practices for testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and cost-efficient cloud operations.

• Drive technical roadmaps, ensuring scalability (billions of events, 99.9 %+ uptime) and rapid feature delivery.

Team Leadership & Growth

• Manage and inspire a distributed team of 6-10 backend engineers across multiple time zones.

• Set clear growth objectives, run 1-on-1s, deliver feedback, and foster an inclusive, high-trust culture.

• Coach the team on AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., GitHub Copilot, LLM-based code review) to boost productivity and code quality.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as technical liaison to Product, Frontend, SRE, and Data teams, translating business goals into resilient backend solutions.

• Communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences; influence cross-functional decisions.

Technical Vision & Governance

• Own coding standards, architectural principles, and technology selection.

• Evaluate emerging tools and frameworks (especially around GenAI and cloud-native patterns) and create adoption strategies.

• Balance technical debt and new feature delivery through data-driven prioritization.

Required Qualifications:

● 8+ years designing, building, and operating distributed backend systems with Java & Spring Boot

● Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers; direct people-management a plus

● Expert knowledge of AWS services and cloud-native design patterns

● Hands-on mastery of Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and Redis for high-volume, low-latency workloads

● Demonstrated success scaling systems to millions of users or billions of events Strong grasp of DevOps practices: containerization (Docker), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), observability stacks

● Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills in a remote-fi rst environment

Nice-to-Have:

● Hands-on experience with Datadog (APM, Logs, RUM) and a data-driven approach to debugging/performance tuning

● Startup experience—comfortable wearing multiple hats and juggling several projects simultaneously

● Prior title of Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Engineering Manager in a high-growth SaaS company

● Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, CodeWhisperer, Cursor) and a track record of introducing them safely

Job Title: Engineering Manager (Java / Spring Boot, AWS) – Remote

Leadership Role

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience in Backend

Experience in Java ,Spring boot

Experience in Microservices

Experience in Data structure ,Algorithm

Job Description:

• Proficient in software Design and development and familiar with technologies - Java, Java-J2EE, Spring Boot, Ajax, REST API, Micro services etc.
• Working knowledge of any SQL database (MySQL, Oracle etc)
• Working knowledge of No-SQL database (Mongo or Dynamo DB)
• Experience in unit testing using Junit or Mockito
• Experience in designing and architecting systems with high scalability and performance requirements.
• Ability to design infrastructure for performance evaluation and reporting of cloud-based services, namely AWS
• In depth knowledge of key AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch etc..
• Certification on AWS architecture desirable
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions
• Skilled in interfacing with internal and external technical resources
• Good in debugging problems and mentoring teams on technical front

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Participate and contribute in platform requirements/story development.
• Contribute to the design, coding for the requirements/stories and also participate in code and design reviews.
• Develop use cases and do unit test cases and execute them part of continuous integration pipeline.
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Required skills:-

• 2+ years of experience in the Development of JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands-on experience on Relational 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.

Neokred is a FinTech company based in Bangalore and an ISO 9001 | 27001 & 20000-1 and PCIDSS certified firm in Information and Data security. The company builds Consumer Tech for Financial Infrastructure stack to provide curated versions of embedded banking in the payment ecosystem. We've created a platform which enables Corporates, Banks, FinTech’s, Retail Companies, and Start-ups to launch their own banking services or financial products, such as issuance of co-branded cards, facilitating lending, and virtual bank accounts and KYC for their customers or employees with the help of low code plug and play technology stack.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE:

We are looking for an analytical, result driven Senior Java Developer who will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to build and analyse codes, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create more seamless experience for users. 

Your KRAs will include the following:

• You will design, build, and own APIs and Services, which will be the core of the product.
• You will participate in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages and better assist other team members.
• You will part of developing ideas for new programs, products or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• You will have to take lead on projects, compile and analyse data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas of improvement. 

YOU SHOULD POSSESS: 

• Minimum 4+ years of experience with Proficient understanding of Java, Hibernate, Springboot.
• luency in JAVA, Operating System may be required and Experience on Database such as MySQL or Postgre SQL.
• Proficiency with Springboot, Spring Security and Hibernate.
• Strong understanding of Computer Science Fundamentals, Data Structures and Algorithms, SOLID Design Principles and REST Patterns.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience and process improvement. • Excellent project and time management skills.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group. 

• A Bachelors or master’s degree in engineering.
• 2-4 years of experience in software product development.
• Excellent in Data structure, Algorithms & Problem-solving skills.
• Should be willing to code in Node.js/Java/Python/ROR/Golang
• Write extensive, efficient code to address complex modules and that handles interaction between multiple components.
• Customer-focused, react well to changes, work with teams and able to multi-task.
• Must be a proven performer and team player that enjoy challenging assignments in a high-energy, fast growing and start-up workplace.
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in fluid environment