Product Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Developer with expertise in Microservices architecture and Spring Boot to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying scalable, high-performance backend solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications using Spring Boot and Microservices architecture.
• Develop and implement RESTful APIs and integrate them with front-end components.
• Optimize application performance and ensure high availability and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze business requirements.
• Implement security best practices, including authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Develop and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure robust software quality.
• Work with DevOps teams to automate CI/CD pipelines and ensure smooth deployment processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues, providing efficient resolutions.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and best practices in Java development and cloud-native applications.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Java development.
• Expertise in Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Cloud, and other Spring frameworks.
• Strong experience with Microservices architecture and API development.
• Proficiency in RESTful services, JSON, and Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Familiarity with message brokers like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, or similar tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in an agile development environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with GraphQL and event-driven architecture.
• Knowledge of reactive programming using WebFlux.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.

Required technical skills

• 3+ years of experience as a software developer using GoLang with > 3 years prior experience in an Object Orientated language
•  At least 1 year working experience on Linux operating system

Nice to have:

• Experience in the finance industry or knowledge of financial products/markets
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• Java experience
• Experience with multi-tier application architecture and streaming systems
• Message streaming using Kafka
• Knowledge and experience adhering to software development life cycle best practices including test-driven development, unit testing discipline, agile development, and CI/CD strategies
• Working knowledge of building and deploying distributed systems      
• Experience with cloud technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, AKS

Our core customer-facing product today is a native Android application. In addition to this, we are building internal tools for customer support, investment management, marketing analytics and business management. In the future, we plan to hugely expand the features in our core product, build iOS and web products, and continuously improve our internal tools to better serve our customers.

For our back-end, we use Node.js / MySQL / AWS. We are currently a 3-member engineering team (1 back-end, 1 Android, 1 full stack) led by our founding engineer and advised by a senior technology executive from a leading fintech company.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our software applications
• Build reusable libraries and frameworks that support complex web applications
• Set-up our technology infrastructure and integrate with 3rd party applications
• Contribute to internal discussions around product features, roadmap and technologies used
• Mentor & recruit engineers to the team
• Set up processes related to engineering & product

Skills / Required Experience:

• B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent, with solid foundational knowledge in at least two general programming languages, data structures, algorithms, system architecture, security and networking protocols.
• At least 6 years of back-end development experience in a software product company is required for this role.
• Exposure to modern software development processes, multiple front-end and back-end technologies, and open-source software.
• Proficiency with tools like Gitlab/Jira/Firebase, as well as AWS and commonly used database systems etc. is required
• Experience in an early-stage startup or having founded your own startup would be good to have (but not necessary).

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• Responsible to write clean and well-structured code.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges.
• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools.
• Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues.
• Maintain as well as edit current websites and write semantic markup.