Senior Backend Developer

Role & responsibilities

• Senior Java developer with 6 to 10 years of experience having worked on Java, SpringBoot, Hibernate, Microservices, Redis, AWS S3
• Contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle
• Design, implement, and maintain Java-based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency
• Analyze user requirements to define business objectives
• Envisioning system features and functionality
• Define application objectives and functionality
• Ensure application designs conform to business goals
• Develop and test software
• Should have good experience in Code Review
• Expecting to be 100% hands-on while working with the clients directly
• Performing requirement analysis
• Developing high-quality and detailed designs
• Conducting unit testing using automated unit test frameworks
• Identifying risk and conducting mitigation action planning
• Reviewing the work of other developers and providing feedback
• Using coding standards and best practices to ensure quality
• Communicating with customers to resolve issues
• Good Communication Skills 

• Work with product managers to understand product requirements and make them live.
• Ownership of end to end development

• Startup mindset of getting things done and focussing on business goals
• Proven problem solving skills
• 3+ years Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using server side technology (Java, Spring Boot / Node.js, Express)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies
• Good knowledge of design patterns
• Proficiency in REST architecture
• Experience with test-driven development
• Experience with Git/CI/CD/Gradle/Maven
• Inclination towards writing quality and performant code

• Experience in Agile development
• Performance tuning, testing, refactoring and automation
• Experience working with AWS Cloud and Devops technologies (terraform , cloudformation, ansible)
• Experience running a production environment
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• Design, develop, test, debug and maintain components of a feature-rich management and orchestration product
• Manage one or more project priorities and deadlines
• The programming languages are mainly Python and Java
• Understand the infrastructure details of public clouds and use DevOps best practices to implement provisioning

You'll Need:

• Strong software design and implementation skills in building infrastructure frameworks.
• Experience building and operating extensible, scalable resilient systems.
• Working knowledge of Java and Python.
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, etc).
• Willingness and ability to learn new languages and concepts.
• 8+ years of experience and a BS/MS degree in Computer Science -or- a related field.

Nice to have:

• Cloud infrastructure systems engineering experience.
• Experience in building control planes.
• Experience building RESTful APIs.
• Experience with containers and cluster managers like Kubernetes.
• Experience in App deployment and config management frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, etc.

1. Interfacing with the customer, tech team members, project managers and other relevant product people for a thorough understanding of the product, use case and business objective, detailed specification and data flow for the requirement, demonstration of the solution and clarification of queries at appropriate times during the life-cycle of the product
2. Preparing test cases, setting up CI/CD and integration with logging and monitoring systems for the products or platforms by the end of 6 months
3. Seeking customer feedback to continuously optimize the product for great customer experience and high technical performance in areas such as hardware efficiency, latency and throughput
4. Delivering a robust backend platform for the products and platforms by incorporating important considerations regarding minimal downtime, high availability, data redundancy, tight security, etc. into the design

Analytical and Problem Solving Skills

• Has high grasping power. Able to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb qualitative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights. Attention to detail. Does not let important details slip through the cracks and derail a project. Generates new and innovative approaches to problems.

Efficiency and Execution

• Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort in a timely manner. Focuses on key priorities.

Hard Work and Persistence

• Possesses a strong willingness to work hard and sometimes long hours to get the job done.
• Demonstrates determination and willingness to go the distance to get something done.

Flexibility and Adaptability

• Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity and change. Demonstrates ability to learn new things.

Calm under Pressure

• Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure or stress.

Team Player

• Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship. Works proactively without always being told what to do.

• Excellent knowledge in one or more of Python/NodeJS REST Frameworks 
• Hands on experience in system architecture and data modelling. Experience with databases like MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB.
• Devops capabilities - with good understanding of deployments and cloud infrastructure. In depth knowledge of container architecture using Docker is must. 
• Scaled systems using RabbitMQ/ Redis /Celery/ Kafka