Senior Java Developer

Job Title: Java Engineering Manager/Lead

Experience range:- 10 + Years

Location:- Pune / Mumbai

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Core Java, Spring Boot.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, and multithreading.
• Solid understanding of RDBMS (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions.
• Background in Fintech, particularly Digital Lending, Supply Chain Finance, or Banking products.
• Experience working in agile/scrum environments.
• At least 3 years of experience leading/managing a team of Java developers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of Java developers, ensuring technical excellence and timely delivery.
• Actively participate in coding, code reviews, architecture decisions, and system design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Managers, QA, and DevOps.
• Maintain a strong hands-on presence in backend Java development and microservices architecture.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of features from requirement to deployment and post-release support

Job Title: Lead Java Developer

Experience Required: 7+ Years

Location: Mumbai

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with deep expertise in building scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and distributed systems. You will play a key role in designing and optimizing APIs, architecting robust systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
• Build and optimize APIs for large-scale applications ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Apply clean coding principles, SOLID design patterns, and clean architecture to deliver maintainable and robust code.
• Work with distributed systems technologies (Kafka, ELK, in-memory databases, Cassandra, or similar).
• Write efficient SQL queries and integrate with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other developers to define and align on technical decisions.
• Identify and solve complex problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
• Drive best practices in coding standards, system design, and performance optimization.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly across teams and stakeholders.

Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Backend Developer.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, SQL.
• Significant experience in API design and optimization for enterprise-scale applications.
• Proficiency in distributed systems & related technologies (Kafka, ELK, in-memory DBs, Cassandra, etc.).
• Strong understanding of object-oriented engineering principles (SOLID, clean architecture).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align teams.

Core Experience:

•Experience in Core Java, J2EE, Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate, Spring REST, Linux, JUnit, Maven, Design Patterns.

• Sound knowledge of RDBMS like MySQL/Postgres, including schema design.

• Exposure to Linux environment.

• Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes.

• Basic Knowledge of Cloud Services of AWS, Azure, GCP cloud provider.

• Proficient in general programming, logic, problem solving, data structures & algorithms

• Good analytical, grasping and problem-solving skills.

Secondary Skills:

• Agile / Scrum Development Experience preferred.

• Comfortable working with a microservices architecture and familiarly with NoSql solutions.

• Experience in Test Driven Development.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Hands-on skills in configuration of popular build tools, like Maven and Gradle

• Good knowledge of testing frameworks such as JUnit.

• Good knowledge of coding standards, source code organization and packaging/deploying.

• Good knowledge of current and emerging technologies and trends.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, Development and Delivery of Java based enterprise-grade applications.

• Ensure best practices, quality and consistency within various design and development phases.

• Develop, test, implement and maintain application software working with established processes.

Work with QA and help them for test automation

• Work with Technical Writer and help them documenting the features you have developing.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in computer science or information technology or related field

• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• Well-versed in data structures, algorithms, and software design. Programming experience with at least one of
• Java or Python and object-oriented design
• Knowledge on SQL, NoSQL databases, Messaging/Caching technologies and AW deployments is a plus
• Exposure to the architecture and design (design patterns, security, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems. Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex business flows involving multiple third-party integrations
• Prior startup experience is a plus

About Wise

Wise is digital infrastructure for online education. Oversimplified as ‘Shopify for Tutors’ i.e., an easy to use tool for tutors to start teaching online. We have grown to 2mn users in 12 months and have much to do. We are backed by an incredible set of investors and individuals who have built product you already use. We have a small but rockstar team, cheap equity, smart money, opportunity to capture a huge market ($60bn) and a chance to make an impact while doing so.

What we need

We need you, if you are a senior software engineer with 4+ years of experience in building robust scalable systems. Work would involve building things quickly and adapting based on market feedback while ensuring the security and quality of the codebase. If you love coding and building things excites you, we would like to talk to you.

What you will need (Skills)

• Experience building microservices and distributed systems, RESTful APIs, user interfaces
• Knowledge and will of writing unit, integration tests is a must. TDD is a plus
• Preferably a polyglot: Strong command Ruby/Golang/Java/Python
• Some exposure to infra: Deployments, CI/CD setup, security. AWS exposure is good to have
• Strong database concepts. Experience with MongoDB is a plus

What you will do

• Feature analysis, hands on development, code reviews, deployment & rollouts
• Passionately maintain coding practices, quality & good design standards
• Design and develop highly scalable, available, secure and fault tolerant systems
• Actively contribute in assessing & improving/optimizing security & infrastructure

Great to have

• Sense of ownership
• Developers who can talk product and strategy
• Experience in building scalable consumer products
• Strong opinions, loosely held

Good to have

• Interest in mentorship
• Good written communication skills
• Bangalore love

Probably not ideal if

• If you have always been right about stuff in life
• No flexibility around working hours (this doesn’t mean we work long hours but if our systems get attacked in the middle of the night, we would need you to HODORR!)

Definitely get in touch if you

• Would have started the exact same company but willing to build it together with a great team
• Find our current product unbearably slow or inadequate
• Think this company isn’t going to work as it is right now