
Lead Backend Developer
at A Series-B funded, fintech company based out of Bangalore
We are looking for talented and self-motivated engineers to come join us on our mission.
We have a team culture that encourages collaboration and innovation at all levels and we expect developers to take a high level of ownership for the execution of tasks assigned to them.
Roles and responsibilities:
● Understand and derive requirements from product managers and customers
● Able to design APIs and modules for scale.
● Participate in design reviews and look at opportunities to continuously improve on practices
and quality.
● Own end-to-end implementation of modules and drive the project
● Debug prod issues and solve them efficiently and quickly. Customer obsession is key
● Automate recurring day-to-day tasks.
● Show initiative to drive topics to resolution and able to collaborate with multiple teams in
delivering the project
● Mentor junior team members
● Own project deadlines and seeing through project go-live.
Job Requirements Skills
● Good problem-solving skills and ability to understand and use the right data structures and algorithms
● Use design patterns and best engineering practices to design scalable and extensible
solutions. Working knowledge of microservices and/or event-driven architecture is plus
● Working knowledge of relational databases esp PostgreSQL.
● Advanced expertise in Java/server-side technologies. Working knowledge of Spring Boot is desirable
● Should have designed and implemented REST APIs. Good working knowledge of HTTP(S),Web servers desired
● Should have worked in Linux environments and understanding of GIT or any other source code versioning is a must
● Understanding of ORMs, Caching, Object storage, Queues is a must. Exposure to AWS S3, SQS components, Redis is a plus
● Own and write tests using Unit and integration testing frameworks
● Ability to work independently and/or with a team in a fast-paced, rapidly changing
environment
● Should do code reviews.
● Server-side application deployment experience is a plus.
Qualifications
● Experience - A minimum 6+ yrs of relevant experience.

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📍 Work Location : Bangalore, Pune, Chennai
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📅 Notice Period : Immediate joiners preferred; up to 1 month maximum
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- Lead architecture design and development for scalable enterprise-level applications.
- Own and manage all aspects of technical development and delivery.
- Define and enforce best coding practices, architectural guidelines, and development standards.
- Plan and estimate the end-to-end technical scope of projects.
- Conduct code reviews, ensure CI/CD, and implement TDD/BDD methodologies.
- Mentor and lead individual contributors and small development teams.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, Product, and QA.
- Engage in high-level and low-level design (HLD/LLD), solutioning, and cloud-native transformations.
🛠️ Required Technical Skills :
- Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices architecture
- Experience with Kafka or similar messaging/event streaming platforms
- Proficiency in cloud platforms – AWS and Azure (must-have)
- Exposure to frontend technologies (nice-to-have)
- Solid understanding of HLD, system architecture, and design patterns
- Good grasp of DevOps concepts, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Agile/Lean development, Pair Programming, and Continuous Integration practices
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🚀 Ideal Candidate Profile :
- Currently working in a product-based environment
- Already functioning as an Architect or Principal Engineer
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- Round 1: Technical pairing round
- Rounds 2 & 3: Technical rounds with panel (code pairing + architecture)
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- Writing back-end code & front –end code and building efficient Java modules
- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle, Write well designed, testable, Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code code
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- Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
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- Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
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- Participate in all phases of the SDLC
Skills and Experience-
- BS/MS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
- Hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
- Object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
- Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Transaction management, etc.)
- excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL, and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
- Experience in the Spring Framework
- Hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using JavaScript, j Query, and AJAX.
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- Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL, and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
- Experience with test-driven development
- excellent written and verbal communication skills Ability to quickly adapt and learn new technologies.
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Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Significant experience with distributed systems.
- Experience with modern programming languages such as Java, C#, C/C++, or Ruby.
- Experience with container platforms such as DC/OS, Kubernetes
- Fluency in technologies and design concepts around Big Data processing and relational databases, such as the Hadoop ecosystem, Map/Reduce, stream processing, etc.
- Experience with production operations and good practices for putting quality code into production and troubleshooting issues when they arise.
- Effective communication of technical ideas verbally and in writing, including technical proposals, design specs, architecture diagrams, and presentations.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with the team and other stakeholders.
- Preferably, production experience with Cloud and data processing technologies.
Responsibilities:
As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. Define specifications for significant new projects and specify, design and develop software according to those specifications. You will perform professional software development tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.
- Design and build distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant software systems.
- Build cloud services on top of the modern OCI infrastructure.
- Participate in the entire software lifecycle, from design to development, to quality assurance, and to production.
- Invest in the best engineering and operational practices upfront to ensure our software quality bar is high.
- Optimize data processing pipelines for orders of magnitude higher throughput and faster latencies.
- Leverage a plethora of internal tooling at OCI to develop, build, deploy, and troubleshoot software.
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- Experience using Redis and RabbitMQ
- Experience with RDBMS such as SQLServer and My SQL
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- Developing the Code as per the requirements
- Working with product team and constructing the tech roadmap
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- Expert at hands on programming in JAVA and J2EE
- Must be from Product based companies (Should have developed Web Apps)
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- Good working knowledge of Maven based build systems
- Good understanding of build and deployment pipelines that involve ANT and Jenkins
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git or SVN
- Good knowledge of working on Rest APIs , Webservices
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- Hands on experience with Lucene/Solr
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- Knowledgeable in object-oriented design patterns.
- Experience building highly scalable and distributed systems
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Senior Software Engineer - Android
Job description
Overview
The job profile involves understanding and implementing the latest technologies and closely following the global trends on the web and mobile web development.
Here is what we look for in a Software Engineer Android
It’s all about the users. We have to think like the user and plan all strategies and align content strategy accordingly. The efforts of the Technology team are to keep our primary TG engaged and attract a newer audience.
- Be the USER: Think from a user perspective, and plan content strategies according to what will be relatable to them.
- Deliver WOW: Never settle for mediocrity. Aspire for new user benchmarks. Passionately seek unconventional solutions that have the potential of breaking new grounds achieving exponential reach and engagement.
- Embrace & Drive CHANGE: Embrace curiosity. Accept and enthusiastically encourage change while questioning the status quo and showing initiative. Never let the fear of failing hold you back.
Role
This is a front-end role, but not limited to it. You will be learning a lot about Android development along with other mobile technologies too. Also, we believe in extreme ownership!
And to be honest, everyone loves working with kind and smart people. We are building a kick-ass team with humble and empathetic talent.
What you will do in this role
- Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
- Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
- Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code
- Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
- Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
Job requirements
What you should have
- 3-7 years of work experience developing complex software.
- Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
- Good knowledge of design patterns like Creational, Structural and Behavioral patterns, MVP, MVC, etc.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
- Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
- Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
- Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
- A knack for benchmarking and optimization
- Understanding of Google’s Android design principles and interface guidelines
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Proven software development experience and Android skills development
- Have published at least 3 original Android app
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
Education: Any Graduate
Experience (years): 3 to 7 years, good to have prior experience in product development
Brownie Points
- Mobile Application Development
- Model-View-Controller (MVC)
- User Experience (UX)
- Model-View-Presenter (MVP)
- Representational State Transfer (REST)
- Android
- Mobile Architecture
- SDK
- Android SDK
Required Technical Skills:
- Java (highly capable)
- SQL (highly capable)
- Strong knowledge of software best practices, build processes, IDEs, database tools (e.g. SQL Developer, SQL Management Studio)
- Strong knowledge of source code control systems (GIT)
- Confident with Windows, Linux, Unix operating systems including command line
- Working knowledge of JIRA
Beneficial Technical Skills:
- .Net
- C
- Javascript
- Experience in test management and test execution
- Experience of Agile development methods
Additional Skills and Behaviour Required
- Experience of full software development lifecycle
- Considers competing solutions and evaluates options to create the best outcome in all aspects of the role.
- Willingness to takes ownership of whole project and engineers assigned.
- Confident to make suggestions and recommendations for improvements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to build good rapport
- Fluency in English, both written and oral
- Collaborates with others to achieve objectives and ensure information flow
- Seeks assistance and feedback as appropriate
Education
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or Engineering or other relevant discipline (MCA, MSc in Computer Science etc.)
Locus is a global decision- making platform in the supply chain that uses deep learning and proprietary algorithms to provide route optimization, real-time tracking, insights and analytics, beat optimization, efficient warehouse management, vehicle allocation and utilization, intuitive 3D packing and measurement of packages. Locus automates human decisions required to transport a package or a person, between any two points on earth, delivering gains along efficiency, consistency, and transparency in operations.
Locus, which has achieved a peak of 1 million orders processed in a day (200,000 orders an hour) and is trained & tested on over 100 million+ order deliveries, works in 75 cities across the globe. Locus works with several large-scale market leaders like Urban Ladder, Tata Group of Companies, Droplet, Licious, Rollick, Lenskart, other global FMCG, pharma, e-commerce, 3PL and logistics conglomerates.
Locus is backed by some of the biggest names in the market and recently raised $22 MN in Series B funding and also $4 Mn in a pre-Series B round. Earlier, In 2016, Locus raised $2.75 Mn (INR 18.3 Cr) in a Series A funding.
Locus was started by Nishith Rastogi and Geet Garg, two ex-Amazon engineers on a mission to democratize logistics intelligence for businesses across industries. Nishith was profiled by Forbes Asia in their ’30 Under 30’ 2018 list. Geet, on the other hand, holds a dual degree (BTech and MTech) in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Our team constitutes of engineers from Indian Institute of Technology and Birla Institute of Technology & Science- Pilani, and Data Scientists with PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Our multifaced product and business team is led by senior members from Barclays, Google & Goldman Sachs with immense operational execution experience.
Job Description
- Design & implement backend APIs at Locus.sh
- Mentor junior developers technically.
- Actively work to reduce tech debt in the Locus backend
- Work towards more stability & scalability of the backend
- Tech stack - Java, AWS, Aurora etc.
Eligibility
- 4-8 years of product company experience
- OOP implementation experience. Programming language does not matter, We use Java internally but have hired folks from non Java background.
- Hands on experience in SQL, Dynamo DB, Postgres etc preferred.
- Prior experience building REST APIs
- Advanced understanding of AWS stack
- Prior knowledge of solving problems at scale.
Perks:
- Healthy catered meals at office
- You decide your own Work From Home (WFH) and Out Of Office (OOO)
- Pet-friendly - bring your pets to the office any day. Locus family already has a Rottweiler and a Beagle









