
Job Title: Lead Java Developer
Experience Required: 7+ Years
Location: Mumbai
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with deep expertise in building scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and distributed systems. You will play a key role in designing and optimizing APIs, architecting robust systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
- Build and optimize APIs for large-scale applications ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Apply clean coding principles, SOLID design patterns, and clean architecture to deliver maintainable and robust code.
- Work with distributed systems technologies (Kafka, ELK, in-memory databases, Cassandra, or similar).
- Write efficient SQL queries and integrate with relational and NoSQL databases.
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other developers to define and align on technical decisions.
- Identify and solve complex problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
- Drive best practices in coding standards, system design, and performance optimization.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly across teams and stakeholders.
Skills & Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience as a Backend Developer.
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, SQL.
- Significant experience in API design and optimization for enterprise-scale applications.
- Proficiency in distributed systems & related technologies (Kafka, ELK, in-memory DBs, Cassandra, etc.).
- Strong understanding of object-oriented engineering principles (SOLID, clean architecture).
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align teams.

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- Understanding of proper application design techniques and methodologies.
- Proficient understanding of SDLC processes desired – Agile
● Design and deliver scalable web services, APIs, and backend data modules.
Understand requirements and develop reusable code using design patterns &
component architecture and write unit test cases.
● Collaborate with product management and engineering teams to elicit &
understand their requirements & challenges and develop potential solutions
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Requirements
● 3-6 years of strong experience in developing highly scalable backend and
middle tier. BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent from premier institutes
Strong in problem-solving, data structures, and algorithm design. Strong
experience in system architecture, Web services development, highly scalable
distributed applications.
● Good in large data systems such as Hadoop, Map Reduce, NoSQL Cassandra, etc.. Fluency in Java, Spring, Hibernate, J2EE, REST Services Ability to deliver code
quickly from given scenarios in a fast-paced start-up environment.
● Attention to detail. Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Requirement :
- Good knowledge of Java and Spring F/W (Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring ORM, Spring Rest, Spring Cloud)
- Good knowledge of relational database design and query via both SQL and ORM (hibernate, spring data)
- Good knowledge of ElasticSearch or other document-oriented database
- Good knowledge of Microservice architecture, including REST API design
- Good knowledge of asynchronous data pipelines using Kafka or AWS SNS/SQS or similar modern messaging framework
- Good knowledge of AWS or other public cloud environment
- Hands-on experience with Redis Cache, Memcache or Ehcache
- Good knowledge of domain-driven design is a huge plus
- Web services & API standards (REST/OAuth/JSON)
About Us:
We're on a mission to make it possible for every person, team, and company to be able to tailor their software to solve any problem and take on any challenge. Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day. At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.
We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like Pixar, Mitsubishi, Figma, Plaid, Match Group, and thousands more on this journey with us. Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do. We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.
About The Role:
Millions of people use Notion — and this number is increasing every day. That means a million people trust us to deliver a fast, reliable, and secure experience, and we value this more than anything. We want to keep earning trust, while also continuing to amaze our users with the tools they can build in Notion. This is where you come in — to help us forge a performant and reliable path forward to the future.
What You'll Achieve:
- Write clean, secure, tested, and documented code.
- Design & enhance the Notion platform with new capabilities, as and when the need arises.
- Contribute to monitoring & scaling the architecture of the platform and the infrastructure.
- Write technical documentation, and contribute to determining internal processes.
- Contribute to recruiting of new backend employees
Skills You'll Need to Bring:
- 6+ years of experience building scalable platforms.
- Good understanding of database (Relational Or Nosql) internals like transactions, indexes. Experience in schema design.
- 2+ years of experience working on the AWS platform, and acquaintance with technologies like Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda, Elastic Load Balancer.
- Good understanding of docker internals.
- Good communication skills, good leadership skills, attention to detail, a sound understanding of algorithms, and object-oriented programming.
Nice to Haves:
- You're proficient with any part of our technology stack: React, TypeScript, Node.js, Memcached, Postgres, Docker, and Elasticsearch.
- You've heard of computing pioneers like Ada Lovelace, Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and others—and understand why we're big fans of their work.
- You have interests outside of technology, such as in art, history, or social sciences.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Notion.
Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation made due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.
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- API Gateway
- Microservices
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Qualifications:
Graduation - B. Com + IT Certification/ B.Sc. - IT / B.Sc. Comp Sc./ B.Sc. IT/ BE-IT/ BE-Comps
Technical Skills:
Oracle, SQL, Java, Node JS, REST API Debugging.
Soft Skills:
Client Management; Good interpersonal skills; Good Communication
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