Principal Software Engineer - Java

Position Responsibilities :

The Database Architect is responsible for the design, optimization, and evolution of the database layer supporting enterprise applications in cloud environments. This role focuses on ensuring efficient data access patterns, scalable query workloads, and robust database architecture capable of supporting high-volume and high-concurrency systems.

This role goes beyond traditional database administration and requires deep technical expertise in SQL query optimization, database internals, and performance diagnostics. The Database Architect analyzes how applications interact with the database and guides improvements in schema design, data access patterns, and system scalability.

As a senior technical leader, the Database Architect helps define long-term strategies for scalable and efficient data architecture while working closely with engineering teams to promote best practices for database design and SQL development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Database Architecture & Optimization

• Design and evolve database architectures for scalable enterprise systems.
• Define efficient data access patterns that support high concurrency and large datasets.
• Improve schema design, indexing strategies, and query patterns.
• Ensure database designs support both transactional and data consumption workloads.

SQL Performance Engineering

• Analyze and optimize complex SQL queries and execution plans.
• Improve database performance through indexing strategies, statistics management, and query tuning.
• Investigate workload behaviour and recommend architectural improvements.

Data Access & Systems Thinking

• Provide guidance on scalable approaches for retrieving and delivering data for data-intensive application features.
• Recommend architectural strategies such as data aggregation, caching, or pre-computed datasets where appropriate.
• Apply systems thinking to improve how data is modeled, accessed, and delivered across the application.

Advanced Diagnostics

• Diagnose database behaviour using tools such as Query Store, Extended Events, and execution plan analysis.
• Analyze query performance, wait statistics, and workload patterns to identify optimization opportunities.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Partner with engineering teams to guide scalable SQL development and data access practices.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions involving database interactions.
• Document best practices and architectural recommendations.

AI-Assisted Engineering

• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate query analysis, diagnostics, and workload investigations.
• Validate AI-generated insights through empirical testing and database telemetry.

Qualifications :

TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Database & SQL Server (Required)

• Advanced SQL Server performance tuning, including query optimization, execution plan analysis, and index design
• Strong experience diagnosing and resolving deadlocks using Extended Events and deadlock graphs
• Deep understanding of locking, blocking, and transaction behaviour, including wait statistics and lock escalation
• Experience optimizing stored procedures, including mitigation of parameter sniffing and plan cache management
• Strong knowledge of indexing strategies, including covering indexes and filtered indexes
• Solid understanding of statistics, cardinality estimation, and query optimizer behaviour

Performance Analysis Tools (Required)

• Experience using SQL Server Profiler and Extended Events for workload diagnostics
• Advanced execution plan analysis using SSMS or Azure Data Studio
• Familiarity with SET STATISTICS IO/TIME for query performance evaluation
• Strong experience using Query Store to analyse query performance and plan behaviour
• Ability to diagnose issues through wait statistics and blocking chain analysis

Enterprise Application Data Architecture

• Strong understanding of database design within multi-tier enterprise applications
• Experience optimizing database workloads supporting high-concurrency systems and large datasets
• Understanding how application query patterns influence database performance
• Familiarity working with application platforms such as .NET, APIs, or modern web frameworks

Cloud & Enterprise Database Environments

• Experience working with cloud-hosted database environments
• Understanding of scalability considerations in enterprise systems
• Experience analyzing and optimizing database workloads in production environments

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of experience working with enterprise database systems
• Proven expertise in SQL performance tuning and database workload optimization
• Strong experience in analysing execution plans and database performance behaviour
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams on data architecture and query design
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

AI-FIRST MINDSET REQUIREMENT

We value engineers who view AI as a productivity multiplier. The ideal candidate actively leverages AI tools to accelerate diagnostics, analyze database workloads, and uncover optimization opportunities while applying strong engineering judgment to validate results

Job Role 

·  Position Title: Expert Java Engineer

·  Experience Range: 9 to 12 yrs 

·  Location: Pune 

Notice Period : Immediate Joiner

Must have Requirements

● 9+ years’ of experience working as a software developer.

● Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.

● Strong experience in building applications that interact with relational databases using SQL.

● Some experience of Enterprise Java (J2EE / JavaEE / Spring) application architectures.

● History of delivering high-cadence modern applications with applied Agile methodologies, test-first development approaches, adopting CI/CD pipelines and using Git version control.

About Tarento:

Tarento is a fast-growing technology consulting company headquartered in Stockholm, with a strong presence in India and clients across the globe. We specialize in digital transformation, product engineering, and enterprise solutions, working across diverse industries including retail, manufacturing, and healthcare. Our teams combine Nordic values with Indian expertise to deliver innovative, scalable, and high-impact solutions.

We're proud to be recognized as a Great Place to Work, a testament to our inclusive culture, strong leadership, and commitment to employee well-being and growth. At Tarento, you’ll be part of a collaborative environment where ideas are valued, learning is continuous, and careers are built on passion and purpose.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and self-driven Senior Java Backend Developer with strong experience in designing and deploying scalable microservices using Spring Boot and Azure Cloud. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in modern Java development, containerization, messaging systems like Kafka, and knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy microservices using Spring Boot on Azure cloud platforms.
• Implement and maintain RESTful APIs, ensuring high performance and scalability.
• Work with Java 11+ features including Streams, Functional Programming, and Collections framework.
• Develop and manage Docker containers, enabling efficient development and deployment pipelines.
• Integrate messaging services like Apache Kafka into microservice architectures.
• Design and maintain data models using PostgreSQL or other SQL databases.
• Implement unit testing using JUnit and mocking frameworks to ensure code quality.
• Develop and execute API automation tests using Cucumber or similar tools.
• Collaborate with QA, DevOps, and other teams for seamless CI/CD integration and deployment pipelines.
• Work with Kubernetes for orchestrating containerized services.
• Utilize Couchbase or similar NoSQL technologies when necessary.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and contribute to best practices and standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong experience in Java (11 or above) and Spring Boot framework.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and deployment on Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, and exposure to Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Kafka, with real-world project experience.
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL (or any SQL DB) and data modeling principles.
• Experience in writing unit tests using JUnit and mocking tools.
• Experience with Cucumber or similar frameworks for API automation testing.
• Exposure to CI/CD tools, DevOps processes, and Git-based workflows.

Nice to Have:

• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Developer Associate)
• Familiarity with Couchbase or other NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with other cloud providers (AWS, GCP)
• Knowledge of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and contribute to continuous improvement.

Why Join Us:

• Work on cutting-edge microservice architectures
• Strong learning and development culture
• Opportunity to innovate and influence technical decisions
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment

A leading software company is looking for Java candidates for Pune location.

Experience in Springboots, microservices and fintech domain

Xoxoday is looking for a candidate who has a strong background in the design and implementation of scalable architecture and a good understanding of Algorithms, Data structures, and design patterns. Candidates must be ready to learn new tools, languages, and technologies

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 4 -7 years of experience as a software developer.
• At Least 3 years of experience in .net core C#, aws stack, ms sql server, mvc, nodejs experience is a plus
• Strong working knowledge in distributed event-driven messaging architecture/platform
• Strong knowledge in data access layer especially ability to work with stored procedure
• Established and stimulated software development standards and processes along with best practices for delivery of scalable and high-quality software.
• Production experience with AWS stack
• Fluent English speaker

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with OOP languages.
• Experience designing and developing Microservices and SOA.
• Experience working with AWS Kinesis, Lambda, SQS, S3, ElastiCache, ElasticSearch, Kubernetes, EventBridge, RDS, CloudWatch, APIGateway
• Experience designing and building high-performance scalable web services.
• Experience in REST API design and implementation.
• Experience in unit testing, test automation, and continuous delivery.
• Experience with stream-processing and message-broker software.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with distributed teams.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work quickly toward tight deadlines, and make smart tradeoffs between speed, accuracy, and maintainability.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science (or equivalent professional experience).

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment that will enable you to juggle between concepts, yet maintain the quality of content, interact, and share your ideas and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Xoxoday.

Xoxoday is a rapidly growing fintech SaaS firm that propels business growth while focusing on human motivation. Backed by Giift and Apis Partners Growth Fund II, Xoxoday offers a suite of three products - Plum, Empuls, and Compass. Xoxoday works with more than 2000 clients across 10+ countries and over 2.5 million users. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Xoxoday is a 300+ strong team with four global offices in San Francisco, Dublin, Singapore, New Delhi.

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. We however assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

• Participate in requirements analysis
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture
• Write clean, scalable code using .NET programming languages
• Test and deploy applications and systems
• Revise, update, refactor and debug code
• Improve existing software
• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Serve as an expert on applications and provide technical support

• Proven experience as a .NET Developer or https://resources.workable.com/application-developer-job-description" target="_blank">Application Developer
• Familiarity with the ASP.NET framework, SQL Server and design/architectural patterns (e.g. Model-View-Controller (MVC))
• Knowledge of at least one of the .NET languages (e.g. C#, Visual Basic .NET) and HTML5/CSS3
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC)
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• Attention to detail
• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

- B.E/M.C. A Or B.C.A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, Or Similar Relevant Field

 - Strong Knowledge of PHP Web Frameworks E.G Laravel

 - Understanding the Fully Synchronous Behaviour Of PHP

 - Understanding of MVC Design Patterns

 - Basic Understanding of Front-End Technologies, Such as JavaScript, HTML5, And CSS3 - Knowledge of Object-Oriented PHP Programming.

 - Strong Knowledge of The Common PHP Or Web Server Exploits and Their Solutions

 - Understanding Fundamental Design Principles Behind A Scalable Application.

 - Integration of Multiple Data Sources and Databases into One System

 - Familiarity With SQL/NoSQL Databases and Their Declarative Query Languages

 - Proficient Understanding of Code Versioning Tools, Such as Git, Bitbucket.

 - Understanding Fundamentals of Cloud Technologies E.G AWS

-  Knowledge of Node.js And React.js Should Be an Advantage.
-  Knowledge of HealthCare and e-Commerce domain will be good.