LARAVEL DEVELOPER

Job Title: Senior Java Architect (12+ Years Experience)

Location: Remote (2 PM - 11 PM IST)

Experience: 12+ Years

Salary: ₹15L - ₹21L/yr

Employment Type: Contract (1 Year Extendable)

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly experienced Java Architect to join our team on a long-term contract basis. The ideal candidate should have deep expertise in designing scalable enterprise applications using Java and microservices architecture. The candidate should be capable of driving architecture decisions, mentoring development teams, and delivering high-performance solutions for enterprise-grade systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and architect scalable enterprise applications using Java and microservices
• Lead system design and architecture decisions for complex applications
• Develop and implement microservices architecture patterns
• Drive technical architecture across multiple development teams
• Mentor and guide senior developers and engineering teams
• Handle high-traffic, scalable enterprise application architecture
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements and roadmaps
• Ensure system performance, scalability, and reliability
• Review code and architecture designs for best practices
• Work with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and modern Java frameworks

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in Java development and architecture
• Strong expertise in microservices architecture and design patterns
• Deep knowledge of system design principles and enterprise architecture
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud
• Experience designing scalable, high-performance enterprise applications
• Proficiency in RESTful APIs, messaging systems, and API gateways
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of database design (SQL and NoSQL)
• Expertise in JVM tuning and performance optimization

Technical Skills:

• Java 11+ (Java 17/21 preferred)
• Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security
• Microservices architecture and design patterns
• RESTful APIs, GraphQL, gRPC
• Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging systems
• Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar databases
• Redis, Elasticsearch, or caching solutions
• Maven, Gradle, Git

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to work 2 PM - 11 PM IST (US/Europe Shift Timing)
• Immediate availability or short notice period (15 days max)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder collaboration
• Experience mentoring technical teams
• Contract commitment for a minimum of 1 year (extendable)

Good to Have (Preferred Skills):

• Experience with reactive programming (WebFlux, Project Reactor)
• Cloud certification (AWS Solutions Architect, etc.)
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD)
• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
• Freelance/contract experience (preferred)

What We Offer:

• 1.2 ~ 1.8 LPM fixed contract salary
• Long-term contract (1-year extendable)
• Remote work with a flexible 2-11 PM IST schedule
• Work with cutting-edge enterprise technologies
• Opportunity to architect large-scale systems
• Collaborate with experienced engineering teams
• Immediate start for the right candidates

• Excellent knowledge of working with PHP Symfony / Laravel / CodeIgniter
• Must possess a strong understanding of Object-Oriented technology
• Knowledge of any PHP CMS or Framework will be a plus – Laravel / Symfony / CodeIgniter, Zend Framework
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Work primarily with PHP, object-oriented design, dynamic content retrieval, Unit testing techniques, debugging techniques, HTTP, MySQL and Apache

Working as a “Backend Developer” at Bonzai gives you the opportunity to work on maintaining and improving the platform.

• Work on the entire product lifecycle starting from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Explore new technologies such as Kotlin, patterns such as Domain-Driven Design and other cool stuff such as Gitlab CI/CD pipelines, Docker, ECS, Golang, Python, Terraform, distributed tracing and even Haskell.
• Ensure top-notch performance in terms of product and feature experience.

• 2 - 3 yrs of experience in Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Rest API, and MySQL.
• Good to have experience/knowledge of other programming languages such as Kotlin or Python, other DBs such as Redshift, platforms such as AWS and architectural patterns such as https://martinfowler.com/bliki/DomainDrivenDesign.html">Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal_architecture_(software)">Hexagonal architecture.
• Good understanding of Object-oriented concepts, Functional programming and Design Patterns.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to articulate complex ideas in written, spoken and visual language
• Bachelor in engineering preferably from a leading institute across the globe.

What you need to have:

Work as a member of a team responsible for developing a large-scale, highly available and fault-tolerant SaaS based Leasing & Asset management solution in the commercial real estate space in accordance with established processes. You will apply your knowledge of building scalable, distributed applications and have the opportunity to work with technologies & frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, ReactJS, Heroku, AWS, Postgres DB​

Essential Functions include but are not limited to the following. 

You will be expected to:​

• Contribute to all phases in the software lifecycle – requirements analysis, solution design, development, and deployment
• Maintain high quality standards for the work undertaken and be responsible for the quality of deliverables.
• Ensure assigned projects are developed in accordance with established engineering processes, adhering to scope, schedule constraints and agile project plans
• Guide/mentor the less experienced team members
• Participate in code reviews
• Work effectively as part of a distributed team
• Document the features worked by him/her

Key technical expertise areas expected for this role:

• Strong programming skills in Ruby with clear understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional programming. 
• Experience working with Ruby on Rails framework
• Experience on REST API Programming preferably based on a Microservices Architecture
• Good Understanding of Databases (Postgres) and proficiency in database schema designing & writing efficient SQL Queries. 
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Demonstrable ability to learn new programming languages and frameworks quickly
• Experience with distributed systems with specific focus on security and scalability
• Experience with modern cloud technologies such as AWS

 Additional areas that would add value:

• Experience working with Cloud Service providers & platforms like AWS, Heroku 
• Strong understanding of Design Patterns & their application in system design
• Test Driven & Behavior Driven Development
• Automated Unit/Integration testing
• Using DevOps & Infrastructure tooling such as GoCD/Jenkins, Git
• Frontend web development with JavaScript frameworks like React
• Experience working on  projects, preferably in the real estate domain
• Experience working with Virtualization and Containerization technologies including Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum/Kanban methodologies
• Experience working with Linux and Shell scripting

Education: 

• Bachelors or Master’s in Computer Science or related fields

• Experience in PHP & MySQLi, various open source frameworks,
• Strong knowledge in JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, AJAX, SQL,
• Strong Knowledge in Frameworks like Laravel
• Strong skills of APIs Creation & integration
• Knowledge of Cloud Servers like AWS, Digital ocean
• Know how to Secure the PHP Scripts from attacks or injections,