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Java Developer (Backend) – 3+ Years Experience | Bangalore |

We are looking for a passionate and driven Backend Java Developer who thrives in building scalable systems from the ground up. If you enjoy solving complex problems, working in fast-paced environments, and owning your work end-to-end, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Java and Spring Boot.

Build and optimize RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.

Write clean, efficient, and high-performance code that can handle large-scale applications.

Collaborate closely with product and business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Take ownership of features from design to deployment, ensuring reliability and performance.

Continuously improve system architecture, performance, and scalability.

Required Skills & Experience:

3+ years of experience in backend development using Java.

Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot framework.

Proven experience working in product-based startups or fintech environments (preferred).

Solid understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.

Expertise in designing modular, scalable, and maintainable systems.

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to write optimized, production-grade code.

Ability to balance technical decisions with business impact.

Who Should Apply:

Candidates who enjoy building systems from scratch and working in early-stage/startup environments.

Individuals with a high sense of ownership, accountability, and initiative.

Developers who are self-driven, adaptable, and eager to learn.

We are seeking an experienced & highly skilled Java Lead to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both front end & Back-end Technologies with expertise in JAVA, and Spring.

As a Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the development

team, architecture saleable application & ensuring best practices in software development. This role requires a hands on leader with excellent problem solving abilities & a passion for mentoring junior

team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead & mentor a team of developers proving guidance on coding standards, architecture & best
• practices
• Architect, design & develop ent to end JAVA based web applications & ensure high performance,
• security & scalability
• Work closely with cross functional teams, including product managers, designers & other developers
• to ensure alignment on project requirements & deliverable.
• Conduct code reviews & provide constructive feedback to team members to improve code quality &
• maintain a consistent codebase
• Participate in Agile/Scrum Ceremonies such as stand ups, sprint planning & retrospectives to
• contribute to the development process.
• Troubleshoot & resolve complex technical issues & ensure timely resolution of bugs & improvements.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies & industry trends recommending & implementing
• improvements to keep our stack modern & effective

Skills & Requirements

• Minimum 8 Years of experience in Java development, with at least 2 years in Lead developer role.
• Back-end - Core JAVA/JAVA8, Spring-boot, Spring Framework, Micro-services, Rest API’s, Kafka,
• Database - MySQL
• Must be working in the fintech/ Payments domain

Preferred

• Experience with Batch writing, Application performance, Caches security, Web Security

At Upswing, we are a passionate and self-driven team of thinkers who aspire to build the rails to connect the legacy financial sector with financial innovators through a simple and powerful banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. We’re building our platform putting the focus on pragmatism, reliability, and maintainability. We believe that keeping the engineering complexity under control is key to preserving the development productivity and long-term evolution of a platform.

To bring this vision to life, we are building the infrastructure using Microservices architecture using the latest set of technologies that are also fun to work with such as Java, Scala, Postgres, Akka, Kafka with a completely automated DevOps pipeline from the get-go using tools like Chef, Jenkins, Grafana, Graylog.

We are looking for motivated engineers who will be working in a highly creative and cutting-edge technology environment to build a world-class financial services suite.

Why you should join us:

• You will redefine the financial services landscape for India in the coming years.
• Be part of a core Engineering team that will create innovative and scalable Fintech solutions.
• Work with passionate and experienced engineering, product & business workforce that believes in teamwork, and that helps fast-track learning on solving complex technical challenges.
• We are funded by the leading fintech VC `QED Investors` and other established Founders and Executives of awesome Indian companies.

What you will do if you join us:

• Propose solutions to solve complex system architecture challenges and actively lead the end-to-end development of the system.
• Create robust, flexible, consistent, and easy-to-use APIs
• Continuously strive for performance improvements, code reusability, and readability
• Understand the product in detail and predict potential issues in feature development.
• Mentor and lead junior members of the team

You should have:

• Ability to think of out of the box
• Tech or a higher degree in computer science or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience working on the back-end development for complex distributed systems who are willing to adopt any Programming language as per the requirement.
• Familiarity with any of the following – Java, C++, Scala, Kotlin, and frameworks like Spring, Play, Hibernate, Django, etc.
• Good understanding of Algorithms, Data Structure, OOP, Design patterns, Parallel programming, Multithreading concepts & Event-Driven Systems.
• Understanding of micro-services architecture and best practices.
• Experience with Relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or any NoSQL database.

It is a plus if you have:

• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS (Amazon Web Services), Azure or Google Cloud

Roles and Responsibilities

• PHP and WordPress development, WordPress CMS Installation, theme customizations.
• Handle Team of developers
• Responsible for plugin development, theme integration.
• Responsible for handling a project independently.
• Developing requirements & planning documentation considering the WordPress framework.
• Customizing and publishing content using existing WordPress themes.
• Collaborate with the designing and programming team.
• Communicating with and managing multiple clients.
• Proactively review WordPress components, widgets, and plugins to keep all solutions at the cutting-edge and maintain security.
• Developing, maintaining and optimizing secure, reusable and scalable websites.
• Work closely with Project Managers and other members of the Development Team to develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Communicate to the Project Manager with efficiency and accuracy of any progress or delays Engage in outside-the-box thinking to provide high value-of-service to the clients.

Ideal skills and experience required

• 3+ years experience in PHP and WordPress development, WordPress CMS Installation, theme customizations.
• Leadership quality to run the tech team on website on WordPress, UIs and technical efficiency towards improving and tracking the faults on daily basis and resolving abilities
• Projection towards campaigns from the technical (website) point of view
• Experience of at least 2 international projects.
• Ability to work in an Agile /SCRUM environment.
• Should have problem-solving, prioritizing tasks, and multi-tasking abilities
• Knowledge of consuming and creating Web Services is a plus.
• Good time-management skills.
• Great interpersonal and communication skills.
• Should possess strong knowledge of SEO, Secure sites, WordPress, Web Design
• Good knowledge of WordPress development and life cycle (theme hierarchy, plugins, etc.
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development. Experience in front-end technologies like HTML5,CSS3,Bootstrap4,JavaScript,PHP.
• Basic Knowledge of Core PHP, MySQL Database.
• Experience in designing and developing responsive design websites.
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers.