Senior Java Software Engineer

Role & Responsibilities

As a Software Development Engineer - 3, Backend Engineer , you will play a critical role in architecting, designing, and delivering robust backend systems that power our platform. You will lead by example, driving technical excellence and mentoring peers while solving complex engineering problems. This position offers the opportunity to work with a highly motivated team in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership-

• Design and develop highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and maintainable backend systems using Java and related frameworks.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
• Review code and ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and security guidelines.

System Architecture and Design-

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and frontend engineers, to translate business requirements into efficient technical solutions.
• Own the architecture of core modules and contribute to overall platform scalability and reliability.
• Advocate for and implement microservices architecture, ensuring modularity and reusability.

Problem Solving and Optimization-

• Analyze and resolve complex system issues, ensuring high availability and performance of the platform.
• Optimize database queries and design scalable data storage solutions.
• Implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting systems to proactively identify and mitigate issues.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement-

• Stay updated on emerging backend technologies and incorporate relevant advancements into our systems.
• Identify and drive initiatives to improve codebase quality, deployment processes, and team productivity.
• Contribute to and advocate for a DevOps culture, supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

Collaboration and Communication-

• Act as a liaison between the backend team and other technical and non-technical teams, ensuring smooth communication and alignment.
• Document system designs, APIs, and workflows to maintain clarity and knowledge transfer across the team.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Java Backend Engineer.
• Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 5+ years of backend development with strong focus on Java (Spring / Spring Boot)
• Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have been SDE-2 for at least 2.5 years (title should be there in resume)
• Mandatory (Tech skill 1) : Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
• Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Strong understanding of distributed systems, multithreading, and async programming
• Mandatory (Tech skill 3): Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Mandatory (Tech skill 4) : Exposure to Kafka/RabbitMQ and Redis/Memcached
• Mandatory (Tech skill 5): Experience with AWS / GCP / Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Mandatory (Tech skill 6) : Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Mandatory (Tech skill 7): Must have worked on core product/platform teams rather than support or internal tooling
• Mandatory (Ownership & Impact): Candidate should demonstrate end-to-end ownership of backend systems, including architecture/design decisions (HLD/LLD), scalability improvements, or measurable production impact (resume should clearly mention metrics such as scale, throughput, latency improvements, reliability, cost optimization, or user impact)
• Mandatory (Company): Top product companies (logistics, supply chain, e-commerce, or B2B SaaS at large scale)
• 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

Job Title: Java Backend Developer 

Location: Bangalore  

Experience: 3–6 years 

Mode: Full-time 

✨ Job Summary 

We are looking for a skilled Java Backend Developer to join our engineering team. You will be responsible for building the backend services and APIs that power our web and mobile applications. 

✅ Responsibilities: 

• Design and develop RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot 
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient backend code 
• Integrate databases, caching layers, and data storage solutions 
• Implement security and data protection best practices 
• Monitor and optimize application performance 
• Work with DevOps tools to manage builds and deployments 
• Participate in code reviews and agile ceremonies 

🧠 Required Skills: 

• Strong programming experience in Java 8+ 
• Proficient in Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA 
• Hands-on with REST APIs, JSON, Postman 
• Solid understanding of SQL and relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) 
• Experience with Maven/Gradle, Git, Jenkins 
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS is a plus 
• Understanding of OOP, design patterns, and microservice architecture 

🎓 Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 
• 3+ years of backend development experience 

💼 Good to Have: 

• Knowledge of NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis) 
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines 
• Familiarity with testing tools like JUnit or Mockito 

oin us and be a part of a company that thrives on creativity, technology, and excellence. 

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Role Description 

• You are a champion at Code reviews and Unit/Mock/integration Tests 
• You have a strong sense of ownership of what you design and deploy 
• You provide strong technical mentorship to team members 
• You are an excellent team player 
• You continuously learn and improve 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Java Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will lead and manage software development projects across diverse domains such as Gaming, Banking, Fintech, Fantasy Sports, IT, E-commerce, Logistics, Healthcare, and On-Demand Services. You will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of projects, meeting deadlines, and exceeding client expectations. 

Skill Sets 

• Excellent Programmer: in Java Intermediate (Collections, Polymorphism, Design Patterns) to Expert level (Annotations, Lambda, Streaming, Concurrency) 
• Startup Experience: Proven ability to take extreme ownership of results, with a history of leaving a lasting impact on the business. 
• Relevant Experience: At least 6-10 years of experience demonstrated the ability to develop resilient, high-performance, and scalable code tailored to application usage demands. 
• Java Framework Expertise: Significant experience in designing and building Java microservices with VERT.X, SPRING BOOT, with proficiency in Java. 
• REST API & GraphQL: Hands-on expertise in development API endpoints with RESTful & GraphQL approach, also non-REST frameworks like gRPC over Thrift or Protobuf Nuances of TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTP2, SSL, Thorough understanding of designing distributed systems without single point of failures 
• Cloud Proficiency: Strong understanding and hands-on experience of building applications deployed on the cloud using Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, and Kubernetes, Experience writing batch/cron jobs using Python and Shell scripting. 
• Containerization & Orchestration: Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes. 
• Time & Space Complexity: if methods you write are in the traffic request path, you know how to avoid unacceptable time complexity & space complexity. 
• Database Knowledge: Strong experience with Data Structures & Algorithms working with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, and other similar databases, ability to choose the right data store for the given requirements Relational, Graph, Object, Document, Columnar, Key-Value. Experience with Redis, Memcache, EHCache, Hazelcast, Aerospike 
• Messaging Systems: Proficiency in working with RabbitMQ, BullMQ & others 
• Agile Practices: At least a few years of experience practicing the SCRUM framework, collaborating with scrum masters, product owners, and other stakeholders. 
• Collaboration & Communication: A team player who thrives in a remote, collaborative environment. 
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills. 
• Solutions-Oriented: Comfortable with the fast pace of startup life and adept at finding solutions to challenges. 

Responsibilities 

• Scalable Architecture: Lead the design and development of scalable architecture to ensure efficient performance and reliability of web and mobile applications. 
• Informed Decisions: Make informed architectural decisions that align with both current and future business needs. 
• Security & Privacy: Ensure security and privacy considerations are integrated into the selection of solutions and coding of back-end services and API endpoints. 
• Code Quality & High Standards: Uphold high standards of code quality through regular reviews, maintaining best practices in programming. 
• Robust Testing: Implement robust testing strategies to ensure code reliability and performance. 
• Backend Development: Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs using VERT.X, SPRING BOOT Java and AWS technologies. 
• NoSQL Expertise: Effective schema design and data modeling for NoSQL databases, ideally MongoDB, including robust indexing strategies. 
• Technical Debt Management: Monitor and control technical debt to ensure it does not compromise application scalability or performance. 
• Task Planning: Collaborate with the PM and BA to plan and delegate tasks efficiently among backend team members, ensuring clear objectives and timelines. 
• User Requirements: Support the PM, BA team in identifying and analyzing user requirements to ensure development aligns with user expectations and project scope. 
• Systems Thinking: Apply systems thinking to align with broader business objectives. 
• Autonomy: Get things done independently without supervision and without creating future issues. 
• Simplicity: Strive for simplicity in solutions and code. 
• Proactive Problem Solving: Fix problems, even those outside your immediate responsibility. 
• Solution-Oriented: Focus on providing solutions to problems, not just writing code. 

Life@Sciflare:  

• An exciting & lively workplace gives you the chance to work in an environment where you may unleash your creativity and inventiveness to the best extent possible. 
• Work in a collaborative setting where your cooperative team contributes new perspectives to your objectives and forges strong bonds. 
• Growth mindset: You are nurtured through each stage of your professional advancement by learning and unlearning new things. 

• 3+ years of SDE work experience from Product based companies
• Experience in Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Kafka, Hbase, AWS
  • Experience in Multi threading, distributed systems, Best practices of coding, scaling

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Responsibilities

• Developing new software based on the client or organization requirement.
• Working on the Change Requests raised by clients.
• Understanding the business requirement of client and provide software solution to solve the business requirement.
• Analyzing the existing software/solution/code and enhance it as per requirement.
• Debugging/ Analyzing existing software/ services and carry out changes as per
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• Co-ordination with the onsite team and provide solution to the problems/ enhancements/bugs etc. reported.
• Working with field engineers, need to visit customers if the problem is more serious.
• Support Deploying, testing of new releases/bugs/issues in new patches and support
• client in testing if required.
• Support on-site team or clients during production release/ DR / System upgrade etc.

Skill-Set Requirement

• Excellent knowledge and in hand experience of working on JAVA, HIBERNATE and SPRING.
• Good knowledge of Any Database (Oracle/SQL/MYSQL etc.) DDL &DML queries.
• Knowledge of the software life cycle.
• Strong knowledge of the OOPs concepts.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skill.
• Prior knowledge of Linux operation system is welcomed/preferred.

• Java 8, Spring Boot, Java Microservices
• REST API’s
• Angular 11, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap
• SQL DB
• Azure/AWS
• Kafka

JAVA, JSP, jQuery, Servlet, Hibernate, Spring MVC, Spring boot, SOAP and REST Web Services, Microservices, knowledge of SQL query, build tool like Ant and Maven, very good analytical and logical skills.

Good to have: Redis and Memcached cache management, JBOSS 7 and above, API gateway, Apache, EJB