Lead Backend Web App Developer

Position : Software Engineer (Java Backend Engineer)

Experience : 4+ Years

📍 Location : Bangalore, India (Hybrid)

Mandatory Skills : Java 8+ (Advanced Features), Spring Boot, Apache Spark (Spark Streaming), SQL & Cosmos DB, Git, Maven, CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub), Azure Cloud, Agile Scrum.

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Engineer with expertise in Java, Spark, and microservices architecture to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in object-oriented programming, experience with Spark Streaming, and a deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable microservices and optimized RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and Java 8+.
• Implement and optimize Spark Streaming applications for real-time data processing.
• Utilize advanced Java 8 features, including:
• Functional interfaces & Lambda expressions
• Streams and Parallel Streams
• Completable Futures & Concurrency API improvements
• Enhanced Collections APIs
• Work with relational (SQL) and NoSQL (Cosmos DB) databases, ensuring efficient data modeling and retrieval.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and related automation tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Business, and Automation, to deliver end-to-end product features.
• Ensure adherence to Agile Scrum practices and participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality standards.
• Deploy and manage applications in Azure Cloud environments.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field.
• 4+ Years of experience developing backend applications with Spring Boot and Java 8+.
• 3+ Years of hands-on experience with Git for version control.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and distributed computing principles.
• Experience with Maven for building and deploying artifacts.
• Proven ability to work in Agile Scrum environments with a collaborative team mindset.
• Prior experience with Azure Cloud Technologies.

oin us and be a part of a company that thrives on creativity, technology, and excellence. 

CHANCE TO WORK WITH APPS WITH 10LAKH CONCURRENT USERS IN GAMING INDUSTRY 

Role Description 

• You are a champion at Code reviews and Unit/Mock/integration Tests 
• You have a strong sense of ownership of what you design and deploy 
• You provide strong technical mentorship to team members 
• You are an excellent team player 
• You continuously learn and improve 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Java Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will lead and manage software development projects across diverse domains such as Gaming, Banking, Fintech, Fantasy Sports, IT, E-commerce, Logistics, Healthcare, and On-Demand Services. You will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of projects, meeting deadlines, and exceeding client expectations. 

Skill Sets 

• Excellent Programmer: in Java Intermediate (Collections, Polymorphism, Design Patterns) to Expert level (Annotations, Lambda, Streaming, Concurrency) 
• Startup Experience: Proven ability to take extreme ownership of results, with a history of leaving a lasting impact on the business. 
• Relevant Experience: At least 6-10 years of experience demonstrated the ability to develop resilient, high-performance, and scalable code tailored to application usage demands. 
• Java Framework Expertise: Significant experience in designing and building Java microservices with VERT.X, SPRING BOOT, with proficiency in Java. 
• REST API & GraphQL: Hands-on expertise in development API endpoints with RESTful & GraphQL approach, also non-REST frameworks like gRPC over Thrift or Protobuf Nuances of TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTP2, SSL, Thorough understanding of designing distributed systems without single point of failures 
• Cloud Proficiency: Strong understanding and hands-on experience of building applications deployed on the cloud using Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, and Kubernetes, Experience writing batch/cron jobs using Python and Shell scripting. 
• Containerization & Orchestration: Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes. 
• Time & Space Complexity: if methods you write are in the traffic request path, you know how to avoid unacceptable time complexity & space complexity. 
• Database Knowledge: Strong experience with Data Structures & Algorithms working with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, and other similar databases, ability to choose the right data store for the given requirements Relational, Graph, Object, Document, Columnar, Key-Value. Experience with Redis, Memcache, EHCache, Hazelcast, Aerospike 
• Messaging Systems: Proficiency in working with RabbitMQ, BullMQ & others 
• Agile Practices: At least a few years of experience practicing the SCRUM framework, collaborating with scrum masters, product owners, and other stakeholders. 
• Collaboration & Communication: A team player who thrives in a remote, collaborative environment. 
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills. 
• Solutions-Oriented: Comfortable with the fast pace of startup life and adept at finding solutions to challenges. 

Responsibilities 

• Scalable Architecture: Lead the design and development of scalable architecture to ensure efficient performance and reliability of web and mobile applications. 
• Informed Decisions: Make informed architectural decisions that align with both current and future business needs. 
• Security & Privacy: Ensure security and privacy considerations are integrated into the selection of solutions and coding of back-end services and API endpoints. 
• Code Quality & High Standards: Uphold high standards of code quality through regular reviews, maintaining best practices in programming. 
• Robust Testing: Implement robust testing strategies to ensure code reliability and performance. 
• Backend Development: Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs using VERT.X, SPRING BOOT Java and AWS technologies. 
• NoSQL Expertise: Effective schema design and data modeling for NoSQL databases, ideally MongoDB, including robust indexing strategies. 
• Technical Debt Management: Monitor and control technical debt to ensure it does not compromise application scalability or performance. 
• Task Planning: Collaborate with the PM and BA to plan and delegate tasks efficiently among backend team members, ensuring clear objectives and timelines. 
• User Requirements: Support the PM, BA team in identifying and analyzing user requirements to ensure development aligns with user expectations and project scope. 
• Systems Thinking: Apply systems thinking to align with broader business objectives. 
• Autonomy: Get things done independently without supervision and without creating future issues. 
• Simplicity: Strive for simplicity in solutions and code. 
• Proactive Problem Solving: Fix problems, even those outside your immediate responsibility. 
• Solution-Oriented: Focus on providing solutions to problems, not just writing code. 

Life@Sciflare:  

• An exciting & lively workplace gives you the chance to work in an environment where you may unleash your creativity and inventiveness to the best extent possible. 
• Work in a collaborative setting where your cooperative team contributes new perspectives to your objectives and forges strong bonds. 
• Growth mindset: You are nurtured through each stage of your professional advancement by learning and unlearning new things. 

Responsibilities

Understand systems enabling third party integration 

Translate business requirements to the APIs and SDKs exposed by these systems. Figure out the optimum interfaces to interact with these. 

Build generic connectors to interact with these technologies. 

Design, implement, deploy and maintain the connectors. 

Minimum Qualifications 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields. 

Experience needs to be around 8+ years 

Strong problem-solving skills. 

Ability to understand the technology and its APIs in quick time. 

Strong design pattern fundamentals. 

Good core java skills like Multi-threading, collection framework. 

Good communication and mentorship skills 

Ability to put together architecture diagrams and designs 

• Systems: REST & Graphql API’s, WSDL, XML JASON. Integration protocol, data exchanges between systems. Magento, Logistics, ERP integration experience
• Role: Will be responsible for developing and integrating API framework. Build service layer.
• Education : B.Tech – CSE, premium institute
• Experience : 3-6 Years, High transactional website, multiple system integration, AWS, Middleware and MySQL, MongoDB, Restful API. Team player, Passion for Coding. Magento eCommerce system design and database is desirable

• Design, develop and manage data on various open-source SQL databases
• End-to-end performance tuning of Oracle, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Aurora against very large data sets
• Database cluster connectivity and security
• Conduct database training
• Software installation and configuration
• Database patching and upgrading
• Using monitoring and management tools
• Troubleshoot various issues with other dba’s/developers
• Point of Contact for Vendor escalation
• Point of Contact for professional service to Customers
• Cross-platform migration from Oracle to MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL/Aurora
• Support the creation, maintenance, and implementation of procedures regarding how problems are identified, received, documented, distributed, and corrected
• Ensures project documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately
• Manages day-to-day project and scope changes
• Communicate and coordinate database changes, backups, and downtime to users
• Identifies potential security issues and recommend strategies to ensure database security
• Research and evaluate new technologies
• Proactively monitor systems for optimum performance and capacity constraints
• Establish standards and best practices for SQL
• Interact with and coach developers in SQL scripting
• Perform database backup and recovery
• Provides 24x7 support for enterprise database systems

• Must provide mentoring and training to other staff members
• Write procedural documentation including requirements for databases
• Develop and coordinate knowledge transfer
• Establishes enterprise-wide uniform infrastructure, including supporting defined departmental content processes and creating guidelines for content deployment
• Interacts with business units to gather, define, and organize the delivery of business solutions Data
• Modeling, design & implementation based on established standards
• Automate manual tasks

• Candidate with a college degree and relevant work experience
• 7+ years of hands-on DBA experience with Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL and supporting tools
• Strong experience with Linux is required, including command-line editors, scripting (shell, Python, Perl, etc.)
• Experience in database performance tuning and strong SQL tuning skills
• Experience in database and cross-platform upgrades required Experience in all aspects of the software development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing and production support
• Must be familiar with RDBMS concepts, practices, and procedures
• Must have knowledge of network connectivity
• Extensive experience with Export/Import, Backup and Recovery
• Extensive experience with Database Replication Master/Slave, Master/Master (BDR)
• Extensive experience with MySQL (MariaDB, Percona) Galera cluster
• Experience with MaxScale
• Proficient in SQL Language
• Knowledge of ServiceNow, or similar Ticket Management Software
• Knowledge of SAN infrastructure including HP and NetApp
• Ability to work on projects at a time
• Knowledge of middle-tier application servers
• Strong troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
• Good knowledge of Data Modeling
• Knowledge of XML and JDBC

• Experience of NoSQL databases (Cassandra, Oracle NoSQL, MongoDB) is a plus
• Certifications on MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Aurora