Senior Java Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Backend Engineer to join our dynamic and fast-paced development team in Bangalore. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Java development, particularly in Java 8 or above, and extensive hands-on experience with Apache Spark, Spark Streaming, and Spring Boot for developing scalable and high-performance microservices. The candidate must also have strong problem-solving skills, a deep understanding of distributed computing, and experience with cloud technologies (Azure).

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable microservices and optimized RESTful APIs using Spring Boot in Java 8 or above.
• Write efficient and maintainable Spark and Spark Streaming code for processing large-scale data in real-time.
• Implement Java 8 advanced features such as Functional Interfaces, Lambda Expressions, Streams, Parallel Streams, Completable Futures, and Concurrency API improvements.
• Work with relational (SQL) and non-relational (Cosmos DB) databases for data modeling and optimization.
• Utilize Maven for building and deploying artifacts to the snapshot repository.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Business, Automation, and other stakeholders, to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Follow Agile SCRUM methodologies for software development and actively participate in sprint planning and retrospective meetings.
• Maintain version control using Git and ensure best practices for code collaboration and peer code reviews.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions to automate build and deployment processes.
• Work with Azure Cloud Technologies to build and deploy cloud-based applications.
• Apply software design patterns and best practices in backend development to enhance system architecture and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.
• Keep up to date with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve development processes.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 4+ years of industry experience in developing highly scalable microservices and optimized RESTful APIs using Spring Boot in Java 8 or above.
• 3+ years of experience in version control tools like Git.
• 3+ years of experience working in an Agile SCRUM environment.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and distributed computing concepts.
• Solid experience in relational and non-relational databases (SQL and Cosmos DB).
• Experience with Maven for building and managing dependencies.
• Knowledge of CI/CD workflows and experience with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Prior enterprise experience in working with Azure Cloud Technologies.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality product features.
• Strong problem-solving skills, debugging techniques, and ability to troubleshoot complex issues efficiently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kafka or other messaging queues for real-time data processing.
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration tools.
• Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB.
• Experience with performance optimization techniques for backend applications.
• Knowledge of test-driven development (TDD) and unit testing frameworks like JUnit.

About Rocketlane

https://rocketlane.com/">Rocketlane is a SaaS startup founded in April 2020 by https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikrishnang/">Srikrishnan Ganesan, https://www.linkedin.com/in/vignesh-girishankar/">Vignesh Girishankar, and https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakbsub/">Deepak Balasubramanyam. Before Rocketlane, they built a successful in-app messaging startup that was acquired by Freshworks(NASDAQ: FRSH) in 2015.

Rocketlane launched in June 2021 and washttps://www.producthunt.com/posts/rocketlane"> #1 Product of the day on Product Hunt. It has a fast-growing, global customer base, including LinkSquares, AppCues, ContractPodAI, Chargebee, parcelLab, and many more.

Rapid early traction and customer love has catapulted Rocketlane to be recognized as a Leader in the G2 Category of Client Onboarding. Rocketlane has raised $21M in capital from global VCs such as 8VC, Nexus Venture Partners, Matrix Partners India, and super angels like Gokul Rajaram and Girish Mathrubootham.

Rocketlane offers a first-of-its-kind collaborative customer onboarding platform that enables businesses to onboard their customers better, faster, and smoother. It helps speed up revenue recognition and grow NRR for the vendor and enables faster time-to-value and a delightful customer onboarding experience.

What’s the opportunity?

Are you a backend developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?

At Rocketlane, we’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers. We’re laser focused on delivering a world class product again, and looking for an ambitious backend engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers.

If it excites you to think of a fast-paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating new APIs, working on performance issues, getting hands-on with devops initiatives, and showcasing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Some of the tech problems you get to work-on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization. 

About you:

• 3 - 7 years of experience
• Expertise in the following areas
• Java
• HTTP Protocol
• You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks / products
• Spring
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Docker
• Message brokers
• GitHub
• These non-functional areas are familiar to you
• Performance 
• Debugging
• Log management

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with AWS

What’s in it for me?

• Great opportunity: Rocketlane genuinely cares about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups. 
• Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out thehttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=rocketlane_meet_the_team"> MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn. 
• Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.
• Growth:  You could easily and quickly transition into other sales roles you might like.
• Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.
• Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive stipend, flexible leave policy, and more! 

Primary Duties

• Build a broad knowledge across various systems and processes via knowledge transfer and capture any missing information on the wiki

• Gather software requirements by talking to various stakeholders and document them

• Implement software solutions after discussing the requirements and taking direction from the Technical lead and talking to other colleagues within and outside the team

• Provide necessary effort and time estimates for tasks to aid scheduling and prioritization

• Provide necessary 3rd line support to the Operations teams including software fixes as needed

• Work on any BAU development activity including on-boarding new data sets and delivering new markets into the system

• Work with external vendors from time to time to gather necessary requirements for new data or changes to existing data specifications

• Maintain pro-active communication with relevant stakeholders and keep them updated on progress

General

• Any other duties commensurate with the post holder’s position and seniority; and
• All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational, statutory and regulatory policies and procedures.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• 4+ years’ experience of programming in Java.
• 4+ years’ experience working with SQL including complex queries, stored procedures, views, database design and solid understanding of database concepts (preferably SQL Server)
• Experience of both Linux and Windows environments, scripting and tools
• Willing to carry out operational data tasks alongside developing new solutions
• Well organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple streams of work
• Excellent communication skills

Beneficial

• Experience working with Cloud environments (preferably AWS)
• Experience in handling financial data sets and familiarity with financial instruments (equities, futures, FX)
• Experience working with data pipelines and building ETL solutions
• Experience working with tools like Flink, Kafka and Tableau

Educational & Professional Qualifications

• Educated to degree (or equivalent) level or higher.
• A degree with mathematical and computing content (e.g. Computer Science, Maths, Physics)

About us:-

Zupee is India's hottest Real Money Gaming Platform

With in 1 yr of start, we just had an initial team of around 30 people, these 30 were successful to bring 10 Million+ users and an overall consumer spend of 1.5 Billion USD on the platform, the journey which needed years to be covered was covered with in 1yr. As we speak today, Zupee has been profitable for almost an year now and has ended the year 2020 with a team size of 70+ and over all growth rate was mapped around 20X.

Our user base has significantly gone up and we have invested highly in technology and have got best in class tech stack, it's time to add the backend developers who can help us scale up the platform so that we can drive profitable growth and become the market leader in our space.

Backend Developer :- (3 - 12 yrs)

What You'll Need?

• Knowledge of languages (JavaScript, Python) and frameworks/systems (nodejs)
• Strong analytical skills and aptitude
• Understanding of data architecture, software design and best coding practices
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts and technologies
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Experience with databases (both SQL and NoSQL)
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Working knowledge of Linux

Office Location: Goregaon Mumbai

Position description:

4+ years of experience in database development.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Understand requirements from front end applications developers
• Write advanced queries, stored procedures, cursors, functions & triggers
• Conduct code reviews
• Work with high-traffic application servers
• Complete understanding of various DB like Postgresql, Mongo DB, MySQL 
• Ability to identify root cause and mitigate issues
• Ability to lead a team of DB developers

Required Skills:

Mandatory: Passionate about sports, Problem solving, Team player, Target & Result oriented, Strong communication skills

Functional: Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL Development - TSQL, Advance Queries, Query Optimization, Stored Procedures, Triggers & Cursors, Database Design, Indexes, Joins, ETL tools like SSAS, SSIS, High Data Volume Processing, DB Backup/Recovery.