Technical Overview:
● You will be expected to design, develop and maintain large-scale complex backend web applications.
● You will be expected to rapidly learn and apply relevant new technologies.
● You will be having a high level of interaction with business and product stakeholders.
● You will be working on the entire web application stack, which includes:
o Web server hosting
o RESTful communication
o Message brokering
o Backend application layer, which includes the service and domain layers
o Data layer for persistence or caching
● You will be participating in an agile software development cycle, which includes:
o Design
o Development
o Code Review
o Unit and Integration Testing
o Release
● As a Staff Engineer, you will be expected to contribute to design, code review, refactoring, and project management.
● You will be exposed to the following technologies:
o Web application frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Java Play, Vert.x, AIOHTTP, AWS Lambda
o Languages: Ruby, Java, Kotlin, Javascript, Python
o Data stores: PostgreSQL, Aerospike, Redis, Amazon Redshift
o Communication: HTTP, Amazon SQS, Sidekiq, Amazon SNS
o Server Management: Amazon ECS, Docker
Product Overview:
You will be contributing to products concerning both customers and partner drivers.
Product sectors include:
1) Growth: You’ll build tools to help boost user growth on the platform including our industry-best driver onboarding, training and certification system, referral system, and lead management models.
2) Lifecycle Management: Build tools to help users engage with the platform better, which include rewards and recognition modules, subscription services account management tools, partner and customer wallets and payout modules, and churn detection systems among others.
3) Transaction Experience: You’ll help deliver the most delightful booking experience to our customers and drivers. As part of this team, you’ll be responsible for our core booking system, pricing and payment
systems, location tracking and filtering services, fraud prevention systems, and in-app ticketing and support among others.
4) Fulfilment: As part of the fulfillment team, you’ll work on systems that ensure a high degree of ride fulfillment on the platform. Tools include allocation methodologies and systems, dynamic pricing, dynamic partner routing, and partner re-activation tools among others.
5) Enterprise Solutions: You’ll help Porter’s enterprise customers achieve delivery excellence. You’ll build tools for contract management, fleet management, fleet and route optimization tools, alerting and monitoring tools, and analytics suite among others.

About Porter.in
About
Company Overview:
At Porter, we are passionate about improving productivity. We want to help businesses, large and small, optimize their last-mile operations and empower them to unleash the growth of their core functions. Last-mile delivery logistics is one of the biggest and fastest-growing sectors of the economy with a market cap upwards of 50 billion USD and a growth rate exceeding 15% CAGR.
Porter is the fastest-growing leader in this sector with operations in 14 major cities, a fleet size exceeding 1L registered and 50k active driver-partners and a customer base with 3.5M being monthly active. Our industry-best technology platform has raised over 50 million USD from investors including Sequoia Capital, Kae Capital, Mahindra Group and LGT Aspada. We are addressing a massive problem and going after a huge market. We’re trying to create a household name in transportation and our ambition is to disrupt all facets of last-mile logistics including warehousing and LTL transportation. At Porter, we’re here to do the best work of our lives. If you want to do the same and love the challenges and opportunities of a fast-paced work environment, then we believe Porter is the right place for you.
Company URL: https://porter.in
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- Experience in Core Java 5.0 and above, CXF, Spring.
- Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale n-tier applications for financial domain. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
- Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications.
- Good development experience with RDBMS, preferably Sybase database.
- Good knowledge of multi-threading and high-volume server-side development.
- Experience in sales and trading platforms in investment banking/capital markets.
- Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux.
- Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
- Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts.
About Root Node
We’re an early-stage startup building intelligent tools for planning, scheduling, and optimization—starting with timetabling and warehouse logistics. Backed by deep domain expertise and a growing customer pipeline, we’re now building our core tech team. This is not just a coding job — it's a chance to build something meaningful from the ground up.
About the job
- Design and implement robust backend systems and APIs using Java or similar backend language and Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks
- Integrate backend services with existing custom ERP systems
- Work closely with the founder on product architecture, feature prioritization, and go-to-market feedback
- Take full ownership of features — from system design and development to deployment and iterative improvements
- Help shape our engineering culture and technical foundations
You're a Great Fit If You:
- Have 3+ years of experience in backend development
- Are strong in Java or similar languages (e.g., Kotlin, Go, Node.js)
- Have solid experience with Spring Boot or equivalent backend frameworks
- Have integrated with ERP or enterprise systems in production environments
- Are comfortable with both SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
- Understand REST API development, authentication, Docker
- Have an entrepreneurial mindset — you're excited about ownership, ambiguity, and making decisions that shape the product and company
- Want more than just a job — you want to build, solve, and learn rapidly
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- High degree of ownership and autonomy
- Ability to shape the tech and product direction from Day 1
- Transparent and fast decision-making culture
- A builder’s environment — solve real-world problems with real impact
- 2+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
- Strong Java Basics
- SpringBoot or Spring MVC
- Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
- Proficient in REST API development
- Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
- Microservices
- Any Caching Mechanism
- Good at problem solving
Good to Have Skills:
- 4+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
- Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
- Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.
Good to Have Skills:
- 3+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
- Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
- Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.
• Experience in the financial domain preferred.
• Hands-on developer in Core Java with an excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms and design patterns.
• Experience with frameworks like Spring, Restful Webservices, Queuing systems, Angular, and Python is highly desired.
• Deep understanding of several cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google etc.
• Hands-on experience developing CI/CD pipelines for continuous development and integration.
• Deep knowledge and experience of Java/J2EE and servers like Tomcat.
● Overlook development of all consumer products in JAVA Lead a team of 4-5 developers
● Optimise components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices
and browsers Focus on code maintainability and performance of application
● Provide technical advice and assists in solving programming problems
● Continuously create new and interactive features that would help to improve user experience
and user engagement.
● Assist with troubleshooting of issues as needed Lead the design and architecture of software
solutions Assist in developing and maintaining continuous integration pipelines
Requirements
● 6+ years of experience in Java based technologies Experience in designing databases and
system architecture
● Experience in building products from scratch
● Experience in building fintech products like Insurance, Payments, Banking etc.
● Experience in building products for scale
● Strong interpersonal skills
● Good in multi stakeholder collaboration
- Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
- Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
- Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
- Recording data and reporting it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership.
- Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members.
- Taking lead on projects, as needed.
Writing well-designed, efficient, and testable code.
Delivering high availability and performance.
Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle.
Job Description:
3+ years of experience as a JAVA/J2EE technologies developer in delivering highly available and scalable applications in a cloud operating environment. - Expertise in Spring framework and equivalent.
- Experience in developing Java Microservices using spring boot, docker, Kubernetes etc.
- Programming expertise in Java, JavaScript; and familiarity with other languages.
- Experience building, testing, and consuming REST APIs is a must have experience.
- Experience with high-throughput messaging technologies and patterns; Kafka and/or related technologies a plus.
- Exposure to databases of any types relational, analytical, columnar, etc; including MySql.
- Experience with Git source control and building/maintaining Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines; Jenkins experience a plus.
- Expertise in Object-Oriented Development.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum-inspired delivery methodology. - Expertise with database programming, transaction management. Expertise with build tools – MAVEN, Gradle.
- Expertise in design patterns and data structures.
- Good understanding of Unit test tools.
- Good analytical skills to break down requirements and solve complex problems.
- Good understanding of Source control toolsets.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven track record to meet aggressive timelines.
Required Skills:
Good to have
- Understanding CI tools like Jenkins, Bamboo.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform or equivalent.
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