Mission Control Software Engineer – Java Backend

Experience

9–18 Years

Education

IIT / NIT graduates only

Interview Process

Candidates must be available for a Face-to-Face interview in Bangalore or Mumbai.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, high-performance Java applications.
• Lead a team of engineers and drive technical excellence.
• Architect enterprise-grade solutions and provide technical guidance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver high-quality software.
• Review code, mentor team members, and ensure engineering best practices.
• Drive system design discussions and resolve complex technical challenges.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in Core Java and Java ecosystem.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Very strong coding ability with clean coding practices.
• Strong understanding of System Design and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience in Java Architecture and designing scalable applications.
• Experience leading engineering teams and mentoring developers.
• Good understanding of software design principles, design patterns, and performance optimization.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and cloud technologies.
• Exposure to CI/CD, containerization, and modern DevOps practices is an advantage.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

• Build and scale backend services using Node.js & Express
• Architect and optimize MongoDB schemas for performance
• Contribute to frontend features with Next.js & React
• Debug production issues, optimize API latency & CI/CD pipelines
• Integrate MathJax (LaTeX rendering) & VdoCipher (secure video)

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Strong DSA fundamentals — logical thinking over competitive coding
• Deep JavaScript/TypeScript knowledge: Closures, Promises, Event Loop
• 1–2 original projects (no To-Do apps or tutorial clones)
• Ability to independently pick up Docker, Redis, or AWS
• Ownership mindset — ensure it works in production, not just locally

BONUS POINTS

• Docker / containerization basics
• Real-world AWS experimentation (EC2, S3, Lambda)
• Active GitHub profile: open-source contributions or unique projects

AI Usage Policy:

We encourage AI tools (Cursor, Copilot, GPT-4) as force multipliers — but you must own your code, explain rade-offs, and debug without solely relying on AI.

HOW TO APPLY

• Share your GitHub profile link
• Include live demo links to your best, most original projects

We value what you've built far more than what's on your resume.

Responsibilities:

• Work with product owners, managers, and customers to explore requirements and translate use-cases into functional requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and architects to design, develop, test, and deploy web applications using ASP. NETCore | Open-source web framework for. NET, . NET Core, and C#.
• Build scalable, reliable, clean code and unit tests for. NET applications.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation by performing code reviews, refactoring, and unit testing.
• Develop integration with third-party APIs and external applications to deliver robust and scalable applications.
• Maintain services, enhance, optimize, and upgrade existing systems.
• Contribute to architectural and design discussions and document design decisions.
• Effectively participate in planning meetings, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, and other meetings as part of the software development process.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes and practices.
• Resolve production issues, participate in production incident analysis by conducting effective troubleshooting and RCA within the SLA.
• Work with Operations teams on product deployment, issue resolution, and support.
• Mentor junior developers and assist in their professional growth. Stay updated with the latest technologies and best practices.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience with proficiency in C# language.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Good working experience in. NET Framework, . NET Core, and ASP. NETCore | Open-source web framework for. NET and C#.
• Good understanding of OOP and design patterns - SOLID, Integration, REST, Micro-services, and cloud-native designs.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind building and scaling distributed applications.
• Knack for writing clean, readable, reusable, and testable C# code.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and collections in C#.
• Good knowledge of front-end development languages, including JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS.
• Experience in designing relational DB schema, PL/SQL queries performance tuning.
• Experience in working in an Agile environment following Scrum/SAFE methodologies.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, containers, and automation frameworks.
• Experience in developing and deploying on at least one cloud environment.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

 Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable, and efficient Java codebase for our ad-serving platform.

 Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, and other developers to

understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

 Design and implement new features and functionalities in the ad-serving system, focusing on performance

optimization and reliability.

 Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in the ad server environment, providing timely resolutions to ensure

uninterrupted service.

 Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and enforce coding best practices to maintain code quality

and consistency across the platform.

 Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends in ad serving and digital advertising, and integrate

relevant innovations into our platform.

 Work closely with DevOps and infrastructure teams to deploy and maintain the ad-serving platform in a cloud- based environment.

 Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and estimate development

efforts for new projects and features.

 Mentor junior developers, sharing knowledge and best practices to foster a culture of continuous learning and

improvement within the development team.

 Participate in on-call rotations and provide support for production issues as needed, ensuring maximum uptime

and reliability of the ad-serving platform.

Back End Developer

Job Description:
Location: Pune (Initially Remote due to COVID 19)

We are looking for an experienced Backend Developer to join the team in India and be instrumental in taking our products to the next level. In this role, you will be working in close collaboration with a team of highly empowered, experienced developers who are building a high-performance, highly scaled global platform.

About the Organisation:

- It provides a dynamic, fun workplace filled with passionate individuals. We are at the cutting edge of advertising technology and there is never a dull moment at work.

- We have a truly global footprint, with our headquarters in Singapore and offices in Australia, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, and India.

- You will gain work experience in a global environment. We speak over 20 different languages, from more than 16 different nationalities and over 42% of our staff are multilingual.

You will:

• conceive, build, and operate highly distributed systems deployed around the planet

• employ cutting-edge technologies and techniques in a rapidly evolving domain

• thrive in a progressive, environment which relies on communication and initiative rather than process to deliver at a high velocity

• have a "Product Owner" rather than a "Task Implementer" attitude

 Candidate's Profile:

• Experience building systems involving messaging or event-driven architectures

• Deep technical understanding of Java or Go, and willing to work with both

• Strong handle on concurrency challenges and design solutions

• Strong buyer of Agile / Lean values

• Heavy emphasis on code testing and designing for test-ability

• Maturity and aptitude to operate in a high-freedom/high-responsibility environment

• Strong troubleshooting skills

• Experience with supporting and troubleshooting large systems

• Exposure to infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible

• Exposure to IAAS platforms such as AWS EC2, GCP, etc…

• Experience with Cassandra, Aerospike, or other NoSQL databases

Java with cloud

• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.

Job Title: Senior Java Developer

Department: Technology and Research

Reports to:  Technical Lead

Context

Sampana Digital (SDPL) (http://www.sampanadigital.com">www.sampanadigital.com)  is a digital technology company that provides end-to-end product engineering and digital transformation services. Our engineering services includes web & mobile application development, user experience design, cloud, testing and infrastructure managed services to transform businesses digitally. We also enable enterprises with contextual and personalized two-way multi-channel mobile communications, including SMS, voice, email and PWA technology.

We believe in small teams of smart, committed, and diverse individuals coming together and form a breakthrough insight. We are a team of passionate professionals to craft an unbeatable culture and services.

Come and join us!   

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

You will be part of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications, and your roles and responsibilities include managing Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with and direct the team’s software engineers in setting the standards for coding, testing and software quality
• Collaborate closely with the team’s BAs on the efficient transition of BDD’s and Swaggers to the engineers as part of the overall workflow.
• Oversee and manage the scope, timeline, and goals forth delivery of working software
• Oversee and assist in the production of comprehensive documentation
• Oversee and provide support to production cutovers and migrations as required
• Lead the analysis and resolution of technical and application problems
• Supporting the Scrum Master
• Participate in and support backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum related meetings
• Provide clear reporting on the status of the scope, timeline and progress for the delivery of working software
• Assist in setting up a robust out of hours support process
• Assist in the prioritisation of bugs and defects
• Providing Guidance and Mentoring
• Participate in peer reviews of solution designs and related code
• Provide technical leadership to the teams’ software engineers through coaching and mentorship
• Identify and encourage areas for growth, education and development within the team

General

• Self-Starting Leader capable or working under pressure
• Curious and engaged in Continuous Learning and Professional Development
• Strong DevOps experience
• Java and Spring Developer with +5 years’ experience with the following skills
• Java 1.8+
• Spring
• Microservices with Spring-boot
• Spring cloud config
• Unit tests with Spring-boot
• Docker
• Openshift/Kubernetes
• Basic understanding of API gateways
• OpenAPI (Swagger) specification.

Understanding of basic networking concepts

• Integration into backends via various protocols (SOAP,REST, XML-RPC etc) 
• CI/CD (Jenkins, pipelines etc)

The following additional skills would be advantageous:

• Spring reactive
• APIGEE
• Azure DevOps
• Pivotal Kubernetes
• Linux
• Azure Pipelines