Principal Software Engineer

BlackLight Games

About Us:

We are BlackLight Games; we bring culturally relevant synchronous multiplayer games experience to mobile. Our games have been rocking the Play Stores since launch. We have built cutting-edge back-end technology; we take pride that our games are played by more than 1 million players daily. Our flagship game, Ludo SuperStar has been downloaded more than 100 million times. Other titles include – CallBreak, Carrom, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire and Word games.

Website link- https://blacklightsw.com/

Position: Backend Developer( Java/SpringBoot/MySQL)

Location: Noida

Educational Qualification: B.Tech/ MCA / M.Tech / M.Sc  or relevant professional experience; preferably in Computer Science.

Skills :

• Backend: Java/SpringBoot
• Databases: MySQL

Job Summary:

We are looking for a skilled Backend Developer to join our growing team and help build scalable systems that power products used by millions every month. You will work on Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL, with exposure to Node.js, crafting APIs and backend services that are reliable and production-grade.

What You Bring To The Team

• 3-4 years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot as primary focus.
• Strong working knowledge of MySQL (schema design, query optimization, migrations).
• Understanding of REST APIs and system design.
• Comfort with live system debugging, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• A mindset of ownership and building with quality.
• Design and develop scalable, reliable backend services and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and best practices.
• Collaborate with the frontend and game backend teams for seamless feature delivery.
• Write clean, maintainable code with proper testing and documentation.
• Monitor, debug, and improve live systems, ensuring high availability.

Extra Gems For

• Basic familiarity with Node.js and its ecosystem would be good to have.
• Experience working on a product that has launched and scaled to a solid user base would be good to have.
• Understanding of microservices architecture
• Exposure to AWS or GCP for deployments and scaling.
• Understanding of caching, queues, and real-time data pipelines.
• Prior experience in product-focused startups.

Why Us?

• High Growth Startup environment. 
• Fast-paced, ownership-driven environment.
• You’ll build products millions play every month.
• Friendly, collaborative team with high standards.
• Culture that values learning, quality, and growth.
• Company sponsored courses and education material.
• Lots of learning opportunities.
• Work with a super-talented team of professionals.
• Informal work-culture, Casual Dress Code, multiple outings and trips.
• Medical Insurance for you and your family. 
• Subsidies Lunch and Unlimited Snacks, Tea & Coffee in the house at all times.

10+ years of experience in web application design and development

• 10+ years experience with Ruby on Rails

• 5+ years of experience in Jenkins and must have an understanding of CI/CD pipelines

• Analyze, design, develop, and maintain scalable solutions.

• Participate in code review.

• Collaborate with design team to create customer friendly solutions.

• Work with the support team to fix any bugs that arise in code.

• Perform debugging and troubleshooting of existing code base. • Good knowledge of Dockers containers. • Experience with Git/GitHub/AWS DevOps. • Work within a wide range of new and legacy code and technologies in a mature codebase o Experience with React-o Experience with AWS Lambda

Nice to have: Experience with building integrations with 3rd party services/tools such as:o Experience with Sinatra Experience with WordPress, Drupal, Sitecore Experience with MongoDB

Job Description:

• Very good Core Java programming skills, with 7+ years of experience, of which 3 - 4 in core
• development programs.
• Expertise on Agile and Build (Jenkins/GIT/Continuous Integration)
• Rich experience in software development SDLC - Requirements, Analysis,
• coding, review process, build and test.
• Fair understanding Linux fundamentals
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Good English comprehension and communication skills, both oral and written,
• Ability to write routine business correspondence, and technical notes
• Strong customer service orientation, proactive in updates/blockers

Client: MNC (WFO)

Role: DOT NET DEVELOPER

Exp: 4 years to 6 years

CTC : UPTO 30 lpa.

NOTE:Serving notice period (30days/immediate joiner.

Candidates from Bangalore location only apply.

• Hands-on working knowledge and experience is required in:

• Extensive experience working on C#, .net and .net core frameworks
• Relational Databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• NoSQL Databases (Mongo, Cloud Spanner, etc.)
• Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
• Experience working with distributed teams across regions and time zones
• Strong organizational skills
• Display detailed, critical, quality-oriented, skeptical thinking about the product

• Experience with several of the following tools/technologies is desirable:

• GIT, Jira, Jenkins, SharePoint, Visual Studio Code.
• Microservices Architecture, Domain Driver Design, Test Driven Development is a bonus
• Design Patterns and implementing the Design Patterns
• Development of Complex Application and System Architectures
• Data Structures and Algorithms using Typescript, C# and .NET
• Experience working in Google Cloud will be a big bonus as all our systems are in the Cloud
• Knowledge of REST and gRPC API’s is a bonus

• Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus:

• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Tools like GitHub, Git, etc.
• Containerization Technologies (Docker)

Requirements

• Overall 2-8 years of software development experience in building web-based and highly scalable applications 

• Excellent understanding of core computer science concepts like algorithms, data structure, system design, OOP, etc. 

• Deep knowledge and development expertise in Core Java and SpringBoot or other equivalent frameworks 

• Strong experience in HTML5 and CSS3 and should have basic experience in JS technologies

• Good knowledge of database concepts, having SQL writing experience, and familiarity with at least one of the relational databases

• Worked in a CI/CD environment with Jenkins

• Experience working in an agile team with software engineering practices like automated testing, test-driven development, continuous integration, etc is a big plus. 

• Ability to quickly learn and evaluate new technologies and work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Strong oral and written communication.

Requirements:

• Experience in system automation development
• Good proficiency in the following coding languages: Python, C#, AutoIT, Batch scripting, Shell scripting
• Strong knowledge in OOPS
• Worked on REST and automation of API requests
• Worked on Loggers and Config Parsers
• Knowledge of Power shell commands, wmic commands and Registry Editor
• Worked on test deployment frameworks like Jenkins
• Experience in configuring and building jobs using Shell/Bash/Python
• Hands-on experience with Tools like :
• Scripting: Python, Visual Studio
• Configuration files: INI and JSON
• Operating System: Windows, Linux
• Source code management: GIT and Gerrit
• CI/CD: Jenkins
• Ticketing and Management: JIRA, ServiceNow, Confluence
• Good Communication skill
• Good Analytical and Problem-solving skills