- Spend most of your time developing brand new software in Python
- Build out a secure data replication infrastructure to replicate transactional data across a hierarchical system
- Build out APIs for supporting a fleet of 20k devices
- Build out a configurable data analytics and reporting framework
- Build out real time dashboards for getting a high level and deep dive view of the overall system
- Be responsible for independently designing and building out modules of the overall system
- Work with a team of smart peers and take ownership of the resulting system
- Push yourselves, create impact, learn and grow as an engineer

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Strong Staff Software Engineer / FDE profile (full-stack + production GenAI, multi-team technical leadership)
Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have 7+ years of relevant professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated full-stack delivery across backend and frontend.
Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have deep production experience with Python AND JavaScript/TypeScript, working comfortably across the full stack.
Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have hands-on experience architecting production generative AI applications — LLM integrations, vector databases, RAG systems, and evaluation pipelines
Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have strong experience with modern frontend frameworks (Next.js / React) and backend API development.
Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP valued), including infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation / Terraform).
Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have working knowledge of multiple database paradigms — relational (PostgreSQL), document, and key-value (Redis) — with ability to select the right storage per problem.
Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions), containerization, and production deployment strategies.
Mandatory (Experience 8) – Must have demonstrable fluency with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar) and proven ability to design agentic engineering workflows and train teams on them
JOB DESCRIPTION-
Exp - 5 to 8yrs
Job Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in Java (primary) and working knowledge of Python. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems, while contributing to high-quality software delivery across the full development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance applications using Java (Spring Boot / Microservices architecture)
- Develop reusable components and APIs with a focus on performance, security, and scalability
- Leverage Python for automation, scripting, data processing, or ML-related use cases (as applicable)
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, DevOps, and Architecture
- Participate in system design discussions and contribute to technical decision-making
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following coding standards and best practices
- Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
- Troubleshoot and debug complex production issues
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Mentor junior engineers and perform code reviews
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience in Core Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, multithreading, concurrency, and JVM performance tuning
- Practical experience with Python (automation, scripting, or backend development)
- Experience with databases: SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and system design
- Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Exposure to containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with version control systems (Git)
Preferred Skills
- Experience in distributed systems and event-driven architectures
- Knowledge of Python frameworks (Flask, FastAPI, Django)
- Exposure to big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) or ML workflows
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
- Ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment
- Proactive ownership and accountability
Technical Proficiency :
Must have :
- Strong development experience in Python in the environment of Unix/Linux/Ubuntu
- Strong practical knowledge of Python and its libraries.
- Current working experience with cloud deployment of AWS/Azure/GCP, Microservice architecture, and Docker in Python.
- Good knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Good Experience of Python with Django/ Scrapy/ Flask frameworks.
- Good Experience in Jupyter/ Docker/ Elastic Search, etc.
- Solid understanding of software development principles and best practices.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to drive large-scale projects with a deep understanding of Agile SDLC, high collaboration, and leadership.
Good to have :
- Expected to have migration experience from one version to the other, as this project is about migration to the latest version.
- Preferred if had an OpenEdx platform experience or any LMS platform.
Hands-on experience with RESTful services, API design are must.
Knowledge of microservices architecture is must.
Knowledge of design patterns is a must.
Strong knowledge of Exception handling and logging mechanism is a must.
Agile scrum participation experience. Work experience with several agile teams on an application built
with microservices and event-based architectures to be deployed on hybrid (on-prem/cloud)
environments.
Good knowledge of Spring framework (MVC, Cloud, Data and Security. Etc) and ORM frameworks like JPA/Hibernate.
Experience in managing the Source Code Base through Version Control tools like SVN, GitHub,
Bitbucket, etc.
Experience in using and configuration of Continuous Integration tools Jenkins, Travis, GitLab, etc.
Experience in the design and development of SaaS/PaaS-based architecture and tenancy models.
Experience in SaaS/PaaS-based application development used by a high volume of
subscribers/customers.
Awareness and understanding of data security and privacy.
Experience in performing Java Code Reviews using review tools like SonarQube, etc.
Good understanding of end-to-end software development lifecycle. Ability to read and understand
requirements and design documents.
Good Analytical skills and should be self-driven.
Good communication with interpersonal skills.
Open to learning new technologies and domains.
A good team player and ready to take up new challenges. Active communication and coordination with
Clients and Internal stakeholders
Requirements: Skills and Qualifications
6-8 years of experience in developing Java/J2EE-based Enterprise Web Applications
Languages: Java, J2EE, and Python
Databases: MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redshift, MongoDB
DB Script: SQL and PL/SQL
Frameworks: Spring, Spring Boot, Jersey, Hibernate and JPA
OS: Windows, Linux/Unix.
Cloud Services: AWS and Azure
Version Controls/ DevOps tools: Git, Bitbucket and Jenkins.
Message brokers: RabbitMQ, and Kafka
Deployment Servers: Tomcat, Docker, and Kubernetes
Build Tools: Gradle/Maven
Must have - Strong python
CTC Budget: 35-55LPA
Location: Hyderabad (Remote after 3 months WFO)
Company Overview:
An 8-year-old IT Services and consulting company based in Hyderabad providing services in maximizing product value while delivering rapid incremental innovation, possessing extensive SaaS company M&A experience including 20+ closed transactions on both the buy and sell sides. They have over 100 employees and looking to grow the team.
- 6 plus years of experience as a Python developer.
- Experience in web development using Python and Django Framework.
- Experience in Data Analysis and Data Science using Pandas, Numpy and Scifi-Kit - (GTH)
- Experience in developing User Interface using HTML, JavaScript, CSS.
- Experience in server-side templating languages including Jinja 2 and Mako
- Knowledge into Kafka and RabitMQ (GTH)
- Experience into Docker, Git and AWS
- Ability to integrate multiple data sources into a single system.
- Ability to collaborate on projects and work independently when required.
- DB (MySQL, Postgress, SQL)
Selection Process: 2-3 Interview rounds (Tech, VP, Client)
At Embibe, we have just one mission - to truly personalize education. Because every child deserves it. This has led us to embark on this noblest of journeys to deliver life and learning outcomes for every student! Rooted in consumer behavior, we are leveraging AI and Data Science to deliver personalized achievement journeys for every student.
We are a tribe of intellectually fierce people from diverse backgrounds, focused on building cutting-edge products that empower everyone in the education ecosystem - students, teachers, educational institutes and parents. We enable a deeper understanding of student behavior, their strengths and weaknesses through analysis at a granular level. It is this shared vision of democratizing and personalizing education that unites us all.
Embibe is powered by AI and data science algorithms, using these contents being recommended across platforms and millions of learning outcomes delivered to students. Since its inception, millions of students have used the imbibe platform for learning concepts and outcomes. Academic users have spent 52mins on average with an average of 3 sessions daily. Embibe has been launched for 12 languages across India with support for 361 Exams (English), and 120 Exams (Hindi) for K6-K12 having 22.6L+ Qs and 58k+ Tests, 29k videos, 50k+ 3D assets. Embibe is the world's largest live online public sector implementation in edtech for test preparation, NTA app which is powered by Embibe has 3.1Mn+ downloads, and 14.3Mn hours spent by users with total 13.4Mn sessions and 1.64Bn attempts.SchoolApp is currently being used by 1000s of schools across India and we are planning to scale it to 100Mn students with 1Mn schools with 10Mn teachers in the period of the next 3yrs.
Prerequisite
We are looking for a Software Engineer across levels who have ever contributed to any large-scale systems be it content platform e.g. Quora/Medium, streaming platform e.g. Netflix or Hotstar, activity log system e.g. Twitter feeds or payment systems like Razorpay to name a few. I/O, Read-Writes, DB connections, Distributed Locking, Memory, Bandwidth, High Throughput, Low Latency and minimal CPU cycles excite you!! You are deep thinkers and can bring ideas to the table, before starting writing the code!!
Interested? We'd love to hear from you.
Who are you?
● 2-14yrs years of relevant large-scale product company experience ideally in a fast-moving B2C/B2B environment.
● Programming. Proficiency in object-oriented and multi-threaded programming in at least one of the following languages: Java, Python,React.js, Node.js, Next.js, PHP, Golang etc.
● Deep understanding & experience of high-performance web-scale & real-time response systems, and large scale distributed systems.
● CS Fundamentals – exposure to a wide variety of problem spaces, Good in Data Structures and Algorithms Design, Problem Solving.
● Open source contributors and can do quick POC of technologies will catch our eyes.
● Expertise in designing, implementing and operating distributed Systems architectures and concepts, especially on public cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure)
● Demonstrated expertise in applying systems patterns (e.g., Client-server, N-tier, Master/Slave, MVC) and API constructions (e.g., Swagger, OpenAPI).
● Experience in a high-availability 24/7 environment (cloud platforms are a plus). Expertise should include several of the following:
○ High-performance,up-time (99.999%) and self-recoverable systems.
○ Control, orchestration and automation platforms leveraging containers or VMs. ○ RPC frameworks (e.g., Protobuf/gRPC, Thrift, Bond)
● Experience with one or more Data Stores like (MySql, Postgres ) and NoSQL DataStores ( Mongo, Cassandra, Scylladb, Hbase, Redis, Aerospike etc.).
● Experience with Agile software development, TDD, and Continuous Integration. ● Experience in building Web/RESTFul/GraphQL services.
● Sound knowledge of *Nix, ORM(Hibernate, JPA), Spring ecosystem, Messaging platforms like Kafka/RMQ, build framework like Maven/Gradle etc.
● Very strong system design and object-oriented skills with a nifty ability to craft clean interfaces and operate at the right levels of abstraction.
● Solid coding skills with the ability to drive teams through massive refactoring exercises & improve coding standards across large code bases.
● Deep knowledge, understanding & experience of working with a large variety of multi-tier architectures. Awareness of pitfalls & use cases for a large variety of solutions. ● Exposure to complete product development cycles – from inception to production to scaling up, supporting new requirements, and re-architectures.
● Having experience building web infrastructure in cloud environments (such as AWS or Azure/GCP) is a plus. You understand and are always excited about learning new e.g.docker, Kubernetes.
● Education. M.Tech/M.Eng in Computer Science/Engineering or B.Tech/B.E in the same disciplines with equivalent years of experience would be a plus.
We'd particularly love it if:
● You’re a steward for engineering quality, reliability, scalability, availability, maintainability, flexibility habits and mindset in the organization under your purview, You know SOLID,12 factor App and Design Principles which you can apply or help the team in applying as needed. You can assure that our architectures are consistent with industry best practices. ● Version control tools like Git, SVN etc are good to have.
● Gather, understand, and prioritize requirements, research potential solutions, rapidly build prototypes, and distill and communicate what was learned, expected risks, resources & security concerns.
● Mentoring more junior engineers to instill engineering best practices and driving high standards in documentation, code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions and strategy roadmap development.
● Actively participate in development along with team members - creating modules & systems that can then be treated as a working reflection of the best practices.
● Set the vision of the domain architecture and technology stack for technology in your organization, You understand LLD and HLD.
● Be an evangelist for technology - drive a culture of curiosity and active debate around technology in your organization.
● Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you are able to create.
Note: We just use degrees to measure the Temperature!!
As an experienced engineer we know that you have built software to solve various business problems at your previous workplaces. You may have also explored technologies on your own for your learning or hobby projects.
- You will be building APIs for the Synup platform and also UI to make our platform capabilities available to our customers.
- You and the team that you are a part of will be collectively responsible building performant software and customer experiences that scale to our next million customers.
- You will be responsible for writing technical specs and contributing to it's implementation. We expect that you would have done the same in your previous workplaces.
- Other folks on our team are looking forward to learn from your experiences.
For engineers that join our team
- We expect you to be good with Ruby or Python to build APIs.
- You will be contributing to our UI that is built with React and GraphQL.
- We hope our team members have a strong grasp of software design patterns and know when to put them to good use.
- Experience with an SQL datastore would help a lot. PostgreSQL is our primary datastore.
- We optimize our search functionality and rollup reports by using ElasticSearch
- We expect that you have used Redis. Redis is our swiss army knife to solve a lot of problems apart from just caching.








