
Principal Engineer
at Adtech platform - leading business from past 13+ Yrs

- B.Tech/B.E (preferably in Computer Science Engineering)
- 7+ years of hands-on programming experience in building data-driven REST APIs, services & platforms using advanced Java frameworks like Spring, Redis, Node.js etc. with deep focus on integration & scale.
- We also look for hands-on experience with Mysql, Elasticsearch (or Solr) and Nosql stores.
- Our evaluation starts with focus on computer science fundamentals, data structures & algorithms.
- You will have been learning new technologies every week and prefer folks who can use golang/rust for backend development and are familiar with equivalent data stores, index stores and pub-sub technologies.

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Role Overview
The Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Developer will lead the design, development, and maintenance of Government of Rajasthan’s portal websites built on the AEM platform. This role involves leading technical solutions, performance optimization, security compliance, and guiding the development team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of complex components and templates in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
- Manage AEM configurations, workflows, and permissions for multiple portals.
- Develop and integrate custom OSGi bundles, Sling models, and components.
- Ensure performance tuning, caching strategies, and scalability of AEM solutions.
- Handle dispatcher configuration and optimization for content delivery.
- Collaborate with architects and project managers for solution design.
- Ensure compliance with Safe-to-Host and OWASP security standards.
- Mentor junior developers and review their code for quality.
- Integrate with third-party services (Payment Gateway, SMS Gateway, etc.).
- Manage version control (Git) and deployment pipelines (Jenkins).
Required Skills
- 5+ years of experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.3 or above).
- Strong expertise in Java/J2EE, OSGi, Apache Sling, JCR (Jackrabbit Oak).
- Hands-on experience with HTL (Sightly), HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery.
- Good understanding of Dispatcher, Apache HTTP Server, and performance tuning.
- Knowledge of REST/SOAP APIs and system integration.
- Familiarity with Git, CI/CD tools (Jenkins).
- Excellent problem-solving and team leadership skills.
Preferred Certifications
Adobe Certified Expert (AEM Sites Developer or Architect).
● We are looking for a passionate individual contributor to join us as part of core engineering
team and help us in building our products and platform from scratch. The potential candidate
would be part of a strong tech team to help us disrupt the Indian consumer fintech space.
● You will be responsible for the full product lifecycle including requirements analysis, design,
implementation, testing, deployment and post-deployment monitoring.
Basic Qualification
● 1-6 years of strong individual contributor experience as a software engineer
● Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts
● BS/MS or higher degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related work experience
● Knowledge of data structures/algorithms and an understanding of design tradeoffs
● Strong knowledge in Java and experience with Spring Framework
Following are some of the attributes we are looking for:
● Experience of working with large and cutting-edge internet startups and firms
● Excellent communication skills in both written and verbal communication
● A strong desire to break the code and find hidden bugs before customers find them in
production
● Strong sense of ownership, solid work ethic and a responsible team player
What's on offer
● Opportunity to be part of the core engineering team of a promising startup solving one of
the biggest business opportunities in India
● Unique opportunity in building a fintech business from scratch using most of the related
technologies and integration with major players
● Opportunity to experiment with latest technologies and develop full-fledged product using
them
● Stock options
● Competitive salary
About Team:
CaratLane's mission is to help customers express their emotions through jewellery. Consumer Experience Technology team is an enabler to deliver the exceptional Consumer Experience and WoW business features in large scale website, apps and backend systems.
What do we want:
* 5 to 8 years of experience in Java and Spring Boot working with large scale backend applications
* Expertise in PostgreSQL and any of caching databases
* Experience in developing RESTful/GraphQL APIs and microservices based applications
* Good problem solving and debugging skills.
* Exposure on event-driven, asynchronous I/O
* Good knowledge of engineering excellence: Unit Testing/TDD, Code quality, Documentation, CI&CD
* Experience in non-functional requirements (Scalability, Performance optimisation, Security)
* Experience is Linux development and AWS ecosystem tools



WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
- Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
- Collaborate with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
- Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
- Record data and report it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership.
- Participate in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members.
- Take the lead on projects, as needed.
- Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle.
- Build high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future.
- Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes.
- Conduct UI tests and optimize performance.
- Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve applications.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Programming or relevant field. Master’s Degree in a related field is preferred.
- 5-7 years of relevant experience
- Must be an expert programmer, skilled at computer languages such as HTML, C+++, C#, PHP, Python and Java.
- Must understand Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, JMS, Mysql, Redis, CouchDb, Micro Services, Docker, Kubernetes
- Must be able to interpret and follow instructions related to the ultimate functionality of our IT-based product
- Familiarity with front-end languages such as HTML, JavaScript and CSS
- Must be comfortable with technology architecture and how a computer and its software functions.
- Deadline driven, organized and understand how people view and understand content on the front-end
- Proven experience in highly complex environments
- Strong technical documentation skills
- An ability to solve multifaceted technical issues in a fast-paced environment
- Self-motivated and accountable for your work
- Passionate about learning and continuous improvement
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work overtime
Contributes to design, development, troubleshooting, debugging, evaluating, modifying, deploying, and documenting software and systems that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications
Function as an active member of an agile team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices (tools, common components, and documentation)
Participate in code reviews and automated testing
Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
Support and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
Automate deployments in test or production environments
Explores new automation techniques to refine the agility, speed and quality of engineering initiatives and efforts
Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided. Takes part in reviews of own work and handles work efficiently. Skills & Qualifications:
5+ years of software development experience in Java.
Java 8, JBPM, Security, Microservices, API, Gateway, spring boot.
Understanding of Agile or other rapid application development methods, object-oriented design, exposure to design and coding across one or more platforms and languages
Experience in developing REST APIs and building Microservices.
Strong hands-on experience with databases (SQL & no-SQL)
Solid understanding of data structures, Algorithms & Design Patters will be a plus
Exposure to methods relating to application design, software development and automated testing
Ability to understand and use data structures and associated components
Understands the core tools used in the planning, analyzing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)
Familiar with infrastructure technologies and components
Learns and applies new technologies and techniques. Keeps up to date on current research and technology in the industry
Recognizes the importance of collaboration to achieve objectives. Influences team members with creative changes and continuous improvement.
Demonstrates analytical thinking, problem solving and adaptive communication
Ability to learn and deep dive into new technology and business domains, question status quo and think outside of the box.
Bachelor’s degree in technical field or equivalent training/certification, or relevant work experience.
Work as a member of a team responsible for developing a HIPAA compliant secure care coordination platform in accordance with established processes. You will apply your knowledge of building scalable, distributed applications and have the opportunity to work with new technologies & frameworks such as Spring Cloud Netflix, AWS, Azure, NoSQL DB.
Essential Functions include but are not limited to the following.
You will be expected to:
- Contribute to all phases in the software lifecycle – requirements analysis, solution design, development, and deployment
- Maintain high quality standards for the work undertaken and be responsible for the quality of deliverables
- Ensure assigned projects are developed in accordance with established engineering processes, adhering to scope, schedule constraints and agile project plans
- Guide/mentor the less experienced team members
- Participate in code reviews
- Work effectively as part of a distributed team
- Document the features worked by him/her
Key technical expertise areas expected for this role:
Strong programming skills in Java 8(+) with clear understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional programming.
- Experience on REST API Programming based on a Microservices Architecture
- Good Understanding of Databases (MySQL & Mongo) and proficiency in database schema designing & writing efficient SQL Queries
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Demonstrable ability to learn new programming languages and frameworks quickly
- Experience with distributed systems with specific focus on security and scalability
- Experience with modern cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure
Additional areas that would add value:
- Spring Cloud
- Experience working with AES 256 based encryption algorithms
- Strong understanding of Design Patterns & their application in system design
- Using DevOps & Infrastructure tooling such as GoCD/Jenkins, Git
- Experience working on projects, preferably in the healthcare domain
- Experience working with Virtualization and Containerization technologies including Docker, Kubernetes.
- Automated Unit/Integration testing
- Experience working with Linux and Shell scripting
- Frontend web development with JavaScript frameworks like AngularJS
- Test Driven & Behavior Driven Development
- Experience working in Agile Scrum/Kanban methodologies
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors or Master’s in Computer Science or related fields.
- 5+ years of experience
Responsibilities
- You will design and develop large scale distributed services
- You will analyse and improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security of the platform as a whole.
- You will act as the primary owner of one or more components while driving innovation in your area of ownership
- You will proactively research & evaluate new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system.
- You will work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex development issues.
- You will work independently and handle dependencies with very minimal oversight
- You will take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the back-end.
- You will help identify systemic issues, performance bottlenecks and work on design/architect improvements.
Requirements
- You have 1 - 9 years of experience in software development.
- You have designed and scaled up the system.
- You have a strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
- You are an incessant problem solver and tougher the problem gets, more fun you have.
- You have strong command in any one or more of the following languages: Python and Django
- You understand the business impact of your decisions.
Good To Have
- You have prior experience in fintech companies
Traits We Are Looking For
- Experience in a specific tech stack doesn't matter for us.
- The general engineering mindset and aptitude is what matters more.
- Technically strong and curious.
- Should have a hacker mindset and should love exploring new technologies.
Desired Skills and Experience
Java, Python, Data Structures, Algorithms
➢ Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and scope and priorities
➢ Strong proficiency with JavaScript (ECMAScript 5, 6)
➢ Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it (SailsJS, Express)
➢ Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
➢ Familiarity with front-end technologies
➢ User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
➢ Interaction with multiple data sources
➢ Good understanding of SQL syntax
➢ Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
➢ Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
➢ Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
➢ Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git .
➢ Knowledge in the field of IOT is good to have.




