Senior Architect

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop backend components and sub-systems for large-scale platforms under guidance from senior engineers.
• Contribute to building and evolving the next-generation customer data platform.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-tested code with a focus on scalability and performance.
• Explore and experiment with modern technologies—especially open-source frameworks—
• and build small prototypes or proof-of-concepts.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and learning while adhering to engineering best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and continuous improvement of the platform.

Qualifications:

• 0–2 years of experience (or strong academic/project background) in backend development with Java.
• Good fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and basic performance optimizations.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or IT (B.E / B.Tech / M.Tech / M.S) from premier institutes.

Technical Skill Set:

• Strong aptitude and analytical skills with emphasis on problem solving and clean coding.
• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with unit testing frameworks and writing testable code is a plus.
• Basic understanding of distributed systems, messaging, or streaming platforms is a bonus.

AI-Assisted Engineering (LLM-Era Skills):

• Familiarity with modern AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Opencode, or similar.
• Ability to use AI tools for code generation, refactoring, test creation, and learning new systems responsibly.
• Willingness to learn how to combine human judgment with AI assistance for high-quality engineering outcomes.

Soft Skills & Nice to Have

• Appreciation for technology and its ability to create real business value, especially in data and marketing platforms.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to execute in fast-paced environments.
• Prior internship or startup experience is a plus.

Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 9+ years in backend engineering with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and microservices building large and scalable systems with clear production scale or reliability impact (latency, throughput, uptime, etc.) mentioned in the resume

Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have been SDE-3 / Tech Lead / Lead SE for at least 2.5 years (should be there in the resume titles)

Mandatory (Tech skills 1): Strong in DSA, system design, design patterns, and problem-solving

Mandatory (Tech skills 2): Proven experience building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems with architecture ownership and experience in core backend/platform services rather than feature teams

Mandatory (Tech skills 3): Hands-on with SQL/NoSQL databases, REST/gRPC APIs, concurrency & async processing

Mandatory (Tech skills 4): Experience in AWS/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and observability/monitoring

Mandatory (Communication): Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders

Mandatory (Company) - Top New Age, Fast-scaled, Tech-First Product Companies (Like Series B+ / Unicorn Indian startups, or Tech-first Global companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft etc)

Mandatory (Stability): Must have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies

Mandatory (Education): B.Tech in computer science or related field from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

Mandatory (Note 1): Education can be ignored for candidates with proven experience in strong, reputed product companies

The key aspects of this role include:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable applications using Python.

• Contribute to the entire implementation process including driving the definition of improvements based on business need and architectural improvements.

• Act as a subject matter expert for Application Software developers and Engineers.

• Handle server-side code for a production platform and contribute to new features

To be the right fit, you'll need:

• More than 4+ years of experience as a software developer in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework such as Django, Flask, etc.

• Good understanding of common design patterns and architecture principles to design reliable and Scalable applications

• Strong communication skills

• Knowledge of databases line NoSQL or MongoDB

• Good to have AWS and Docker or Web services

• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS

About the Role

We are seeking a passionate and skilled Java + Kotlin Developer to join our growing engineering team. You’ll be responsible for building scalable backend systems and modern Kotlin-based applications, with opportunities to work on both Android and server-side development.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain robust backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Design and implement modern applications using Kotlin (Android or Multiplatform)
• Work on APIs, microservices, and system integrations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code

Key Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Java and Kotlin
• Strong grasp of Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture
• Experience with Android Development or Kotlin on JVM
• Familiar with Git, Gradle, and CI/CD tools
• Bonus: Experience with Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, or Kotlin Multiplatform

Good to Have

• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS / GCP
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or DevOps practices
• Previous experience in a startup or fast-paced product environment

Job Responsibilities:

* Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code

* Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications

* Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems

* Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

* Prepare the technical design of complex technology components

Mandatory Skills:

* Proficient in Java (JDK 1.7) or above JDK 8 preferable, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems with a knack for writing clean, readable Java code, writing reusable Java libraries along with knowledge of concurrency patterns in Java

* Solid understanding of object-oriented programming along with various design and architectural patterns

* Hands on experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JUnit

* Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Microservices, RESTful

Your Day-to-Day Tasks Include: 

Works in requirements like Engineering, Design, Development, and Deployment. All the tasks involves working with Java, SQL Server and Couchbase. 

Build and monitor data pipelines that serve 100+ websites, 150M+ unique impressions daily. Write code that can handle 4x more scale than the given requirement. 

Maintain uptime of multiple distributed web applications. 

Build data pipelines to pull data from upstream partners like Google. 

You Should Have: 

Minimum 3 years of experience with Java. 

Minimum 2 year of experience with any SQL database (MySql, MSSql, Oracle, DB2, Sybase). Minimum 3 years of experience with web development. 

Experience with any NoSql database (MongoDb, Couchbase, CouchDb, DynamoDb). Experience of designing/implementing/maintaining scalable systems. 

Experience with any cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP). 

Good To Have: 

Experience with BI and data reporting. 

Experience with Elastic search. 

Understanding of data warehousing. 

Experience in Node.js.