Principal Architect

What We’re Looking For

•  Looking for a Python Lead with 5 to 8 years of experience who can design, architect, and build secure, scalable, production-grade backend systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python with strong hands-on experience in Django or Flask.
• Experience with RESTful API design and Websockets.
• Must have a solid foundation in design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Advanced database skills across PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.
• Well-versed in caching systems like Redis.
• Experience with queuing systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Experience with container-based deployments using Docker.
• Proficient in cloud platforms — specifically AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda) and GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions).
• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Strong command of Git, Linux, and version control workflows.
• Preferred: Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts.
• Preferred: Hands-on experience with RAG pipelines.
• Preferred: Experience with LLM integrations.
• Preferred: Experience with Vector Databases such as Pinecone or ChromaDB.
• Builder mindset with ownership from idea to production.
• Writes clean and well-tested code.
• Comfortable mentoring junior developers in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Must be based in India — open to working from Coimbatore or fully remote.
• Immediate or 30-day joiners preferred.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :

- A professional degree in Computer Science from a reputable institution, backed by a consistent academic record.

- A knack for problem-solving, data structures, and algorithms.

- Proficiency in ElasticSearch.

- 3+ years of hands-on development experience, primarily in building products for large enterprises.

- Exceptional communication skills.

- Mastery in Java programming; familiarity with Python is a plus.- Experience with Spring Boot.

- Practical knowledge of one or more cloud-based technologies (e.g., ElasticSearch, Storm, Hazelcast, MongoDB, Ceph, Kafka) is highly desirable.

- Expertise in building concurrent and/or parallelized, highly performant scalable applications.

- A track record of identifying and addressing complex issues in scalable deployments.

- Exposure to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) is an added advantage.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Dive deep into technical aspects (Analysis, Design & Implementation) as required.

- Take complete ownership of features within the product.

- Engage in debates and detailed discussions about functional and non-functional requirements with our Product Management team.

- Collaborate with the team to design solutions, seeking stakeholder input before implementation.

- Create essential artifacts such as functional specifications and detailed designs for your assigned features.

- Implement intricate features with an unwavering commitment to quality, following the Test- Driven Development (TDD) process.

- Maintain open lines of communication, promptly reporting risks and progress to your supervising manager.

- Share your expertise and mentor team members.

- Provide support by troubleshooting and creating Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for production issues, subsequently working on short-term and long-term solutions.

• New features developed independently with the ability to document the design after understanding and evaluating the requirements with necessary groundwork on required application components
• Hands-on coding to implement the design for feature completion
• Able to write unit tests that ensures bug free code
• Able to handle the multi-tenant and performance requirements of the new features and applications.
• Integrate the new features with existing modules, deliver ready to use code meeting necessary build requirements and CI/CD requirements.
• Work with other functional groups for product, technology, QA, tech support and deployment team.

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The ideal candidate must have the following qualifications.

• BE/B.Tech Degree from a reputed institution with at least 7 years of relevant experience
• Hands-on experience with Core Java, J2EE with a good knowledge of its ecosystem
• Experience with JUnit, JMH like performance tuning test tools preferred
• REST API design and development experience. Usage of Swagger or other API spec tools would be preferred. Working knowledge on Spring Boot is a plus
• Hands-on experience with some of the following application components is a plus: Solr, Kafka, OpenTSDB, Elasticsearch, Janus graph or any graph DB.
• Experience with databases such as MongoDB, MySQL or PostgreSQL required.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and build tools such as Jenkins or CircleCI, Maven, Ant required
• Experience building applications using microservices architecture is highly preferred. Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker would be ideal
• Working knowledge on public clouds like AWS or Google cloud or Azure is a plus
• Experience building scalable systems
• Strong problem solving skills and ability and interest to solve complex problems
• Interest in machine learning (ML) data science is a plus

GaragePlug Inc

GaragePlug is one of the fastest-growing Automotive tech startups working towards revolutionising the automotive aftermarket industry with strong state-of-the-art technologies.

Position: Backend Developer (Java Spring Boot)

As we plan to grow, we have many challenges to solve. Some of the new features and products that are already in the pipeline include advanced analytics, search, reporting etc., to name a few. Our present backend is based on the microservices architecture built using Spring Boot. With growing complexity, we are open to using other tools and technologies as needed.

We are looking for a talented and motivated engineer to join our fleet and help us solve real-world problems in this exciting field. Join us and share the dream of building the next generation online platform for the Auto industry.

Experience: 1+ years of experience

What you'll do :

• End to end systems development
• Ownership of complete systems from development to production and maintenance
• Infrastructure management on AWS
• Technologies you'll use :
• Microservices, AWS, Java, Spring-boot
• Nginx
• PostgreSQL, Redis
• ElasticSearch
• Gradle / Maven
• Any cool piece of technology that you can bring onboard.
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What you are :

• You love technology and are always open to learning new tools
• You are a self-starter
• You are proficient in Java, SQL
• You have good knowledge of Databases: RDBMS/Document
• You have worked with server technologies: Spring / Dropwizard / Tomcat/Spring Boot
• You have a good understanding of REST API design
• You believe in clean and maintainable code

Location Fully Remote / Bangalore

Apply through this link
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1. Design and develop features using Java, Spring, and Hibernate
2. Ability to design database schema, develop views and stored procedures
3. Maintain existing software systems by identifying and

Correcting software defects.

1. Review and analyse business requirements and provide technical software defects.

Key Skills:

1. Good understanding of algorithms, data structures & design patterns
2. Thorough understanding of core Java, Spring framework
3. Experience with Spring Boot to bootstrap applications
4. Good understanding and working experience with RESTful web services
5. Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token and OAuth2 - Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git, etc.
6. Self-starter who can think outside of the box, and come up with a solution to resolve and mitigate complex problems
7. Experience working in an Agile development environment using methodologies like Scrum and tools like JIRA, Confluence, etc Experience.Comfortable with MYSQL,Mongodb

Role & Responsibilities:

1. Design and develop features using Java, Spring, and Hibernate
2. Ability to design database schema, develop views and stored procedures
3. Maintain existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects
4. Review and analyze business requirements and provide technical feasibility and estimates
5. 2-4 years of work experience developing Java-based backend applications. Around 1 year of work experience e using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud and Microservices.

5 years of architecture, design and programming experience preferably in fast-paced dynamic environment

Strong application design and implementation skills, solid understanding of the entire development cycle.

Strong background in Java/J2EE based application

Strong background in Spring/Spring boot based application

Strong background in Microservices based application

Experience working with Apache and/or Tomcat

Experience in transforming requirements to software design

Strong Experience with developing Java SAAS web applications.

Working experience in Industry Standard protocols related API Security including OAuth

Demonstrate strong design and programming skills using JSON, Web Services, XML, XSLT, PL/SQL in Unix and Windows environments.

Strong background working with Linux/UNIX environments.

Strong Shell scripting experience.

Working knowledge with Oracle, DB2 or MongoDB databases.

 Passion to stay on top of the latest happenings in the tech world and an attitude to discuss and bring those into play.  Strong agile/scrum development experience

 Strong collaboration and communication skills within distributed project teams

 Excellent written and verbal communication skills