Senior Java Developer

About Company:

Our client is in the business of delivering cutting-edge software solutions, hardware systems, and IT services. It lends the right technological edge to governments and businesses. This enables them to achieve their organizational objectives efficiently and effectively to scale their businesses to newer heights.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

(i) Minimum education qualification of MCA/ MSc (Computer Science)/BE/BTech (computers/ IT).

(ii) Must have at least 2.5 to 5 years of experience in application development, deployment, and testing. He/ She must possess a valid MySQL Developer or Java Developer certification, which is obtained at least six (06) months prior to the date of award of the contract to the firm.

(iii) Knowledge of Software Management Life Cycle and Software Testing viz unit testing, system testing & Integration Testing, etc.

(iv) Knowledge & hands-on experience of PHP & My SQL is a must. Additional knowledge of Post GreSQL, Typescript & Lit element, Java with Hibernate and Springs, SQL Server, Apache Tom Cat Server & relevant open-source technologies is required.

(v) Individuals must have hands-on experience in server operating systems viz Windows Server OS and RHEL. Knowledge of security concepts of web applications & Networking for undertaking necessary troubleshooting wrt applications accessibility.

(vi) Knowledge of Mobile Application Development

Key Responsibility Areas:

1. Creation of new Course No, Term, and Term type at the beginning of each term. All associated Database tables and software procedures and functions are updated and recompiled.
2. Management of Data Entry and Information access right to various users.
3. AMC includes bug fixing, updating of application for any small policy changes.
4. Regular Patch/update installation and coordinating with MIS team for identification and resolution of issues wrt application functioning and deployment
5. Implementation of Cyber security policies and hardening of application
6. Development of New functionalities in the application
7. Regular Testing of running application functionalities and undertaking unit and integration testing of newly developed components.
8. Support for making changes in the NDA internet web portal.
9. AMC includes backing up of software, and database and storing it in other locations every week
10. Online Multimedia Management System
11. Software Wise Charter of Duties
12. Cadet Suggestion/ Complaint Management System

We're seeking passionate, next-gen minded engineers who are excited about solving complex technical challenges and building innovative, first-of-its-kind products which make a tangible difference for our customers. As a Backend SDE-1, you will play a key role in driving strategic initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams across business, product, and operations to solve exciting problems. This role demands strong technical acumen, leadership capabilities, and a mindset focused on innovation and operational excellence.

We value individuals who think independently, challenge the status quo, and bring creativity and curiosity to the table—not those who simply follow instructions. If you're passionate about solving problems and making an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Understand broader organization goals and constantly prioritise your own work.
• Technical Excellence: Understand the onground problems, explore and design various possible solutions to conclude and implement scalable, extensible and secure software systems. Implement and learn best practices in technical architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure product delivery with highest speed AND quality.
• Project and Program Management: Setting up aggressive as well as realistic timelines with all the stakeholders, ensure the successful delivery of engineering projects as per the defined timelines with best quality standards ensuring budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Managers, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
• Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience in software engineering
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
• Hands on with multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks.
• Understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience with Redis, ElasticSearch.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

Skills:- MySQL, Python, Django, AWS, NoSQL, Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch

•  Work experience as a Java Developer.
•  Experience designing, building and testing Java EE applications.
•  In-depth knowledge of popular Java frameworks like JSF and Spring MVC.
•  Very good understanding of design patterns Hands on experience on ORM framework
•  Design and develop reusable libraries and APIs.
•  Experience with Object-Oriented Design (OOD).
•  Experience on handling exceptions Experience on handling transaction
•  Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies ( JPA2, Hibernate)

Join an innovative and groundbreaking cybersecurity startup focused on helping customers identify, mitigate, and protect against ever-evolving cyber threats. With the current geopolitical climate, organizations need to stay ahead of malicious threat actors as well as nation-state actors. Cybersecurity teams are getting overwhelmed, and they need intelligent systems to help them focus on addressing the biggest and current risks first.

We help organizations protect their assets and customer data by continuously evaluating the new threats and risks to their cloud environment. This will, in turn, help mitigate the high-priority threats quickly so that the engineers can spend more time innovating and providing value to their customers.

About the Engineering Team:

We have several decades of experience working in the security industry, having worked on some of the most cutting-edge security technology that helped protect millions of customers. We have built technologies from the ground up, partnered with the industry on innovation, and helped customers with some of the most stringent requirements. We leverage industry and academic experts and veterans for their unique insight. Security technology includes all facets of software engineering work from data analytics and visualization, AI/ML processing, highly distributed and available services with real-time monitoring, integration with various other services, including protocol-level work. You will be learning from some of the best engineering talent with multi-cloud expertise.

We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead the development and scaling of our backend systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in distributed systems, database management, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies. As a key technical leader, you will design, implement, and optimize critical backend services, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and Develop Distributed Systems: Design and implement scalable, distributed systems using microservices architecture. Expertise in both synchronous (REST/gRPC) and asynchronous communication patterns (message queues, Kafka), with a strong emphasis on building resilient services that can handle large data and maintain high throughput. Craft cloud solutions tailored to specific needs, choosing appropriate AWS services and optimizing resource utilization to ensure performance and high availability.
• Database Architecture & Optimization: Lead efforts to design and manage databases with a focus on scaling, replication, query optimization, and managing large datasets.
• Performance & Reliability: Engage in continuous learning and innovation to improve customer satisfaction. Embrace accountability and respond promptly to service issues to maintain and enhance system health. Ensure the backend systems meet high standards for performance, reliability, and scalability, identifying and solving bottlenecks and architectural challenges by leveraging various observability tools (such as Prometheus and Grafana).
• Leadership & Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, guiding architecture decisions, reviewing code, and helping to build a strong engineering culture. Stay abreast of the latest industry trends in cloud technology, adopting best practices to continuously improve our services and security measures.

Key Qualifications:

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in backend engineering, with at least 5 years of experience in building distributed systems.
• Technical Expertise:
• Distributed Systems: Extensive experience with microservices architecture, working with both synchronous (REST, gRPC) and asynchronous patterns (SNS, SNQ). Strong understanding of service-to-service authentication and authorization, API rate limiting, and other critical aspects of scalable systems.
• Database: Expertise in database technologies with experience working with large datasets, optimizing queries, handling replication, and creating views for performance. Hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra). Expertise in various database technologies and deep experience with creating data models that provide consistent data views to the customer while data is being morphed, handling data migrations, and ensuring data integrity and high availability.
• Kubernetes: In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, with experience deploying and managing services in Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS). Strong understanding of pods, services, networking, and scaling applications within Kubernetes environments.
• Golang: Proven experience using Golang as the primary programming language for backend development. Deep understanding of concurrency, performance optimization, and scalability in Golang applications.
• Cloud Technologies: Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, RDS, EKS). Experience in designing and optimizing cloud-based architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
• Problem Solver: Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with a proven ability to design and optimize complex systems.
• Leadership: Experience in leading engineering teams, guiding architectural decisions, and mentoring junior engineers.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of GitHub-based CI/CD tools and best practices.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Cybersecurity experience.

1. 5-7 years hands-on working experience in Java / Spring / Spring Cloud / Spring Data JPA / Spring Boot Microservices
2. Data processing capability
3. Hands-on working experience with GCP/AWS/Azure
4. Hands-on working experience with Junit, Git, Jenkins, Maven
5. Excellent communication skill
6. Experience on Google cloud data flow would be an added advantage

Java, SpringBoot, Problem Solving skill, Apache Beam, AWS/GCP,

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 

• Ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production.
• Ensuring the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns.
• Work closely with senior engineers for refining the design and implementation.
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
• Assist directly and indirectly in the continual hiring and development of technical talent.
• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.
• Contribute intellectual property through patents.

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of Software Development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms and CS fundamentals.
• Strong coding and problem solving skills.

• Experience working with service oriented architectures and web-based solutions.
• Experience in eCommerce and deep hands-on technical expertise
• Experience working on the AWS technologies.
• Experience with NoSQL and relational databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working on Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban).