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Job Position: Lead II - Software Engineering

Domain: Information technology (IT)

Location: India - Thiruvananthapuram

Salary: Best in Industry

Job Positions: 1

Experience: 8 - 12 Years

Skills: .Net, Sql Azure, Rest Api, Vue.Js

Notice Period: Immediate – 30 Days

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior .NET Developer with a minimum of 7 years of experience across the full software development lifecycle, including post-live support. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in .NET backend API development, Agile methodologies, and Cloud infrastructure (preferably Azure). You will play a key role in solution design, development, DevOps pipeline enhancement, and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure .NET backend APIs.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Lead and contribute to Agile software delivery processes (Scrum, Kanban).
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and support release cadence targets, using Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Provide post-live support, troubleshooting, and issue resolution as part of full lifecycle responsibilities.
• Implement unit and integration testing to ensure code quality and system stability.
• Work closely with DevOps and cloud engineering teams to manage deployments on Azure (Web Apps, Container Apps, Functions, SQL).
• Contribute to front-end components when necessary, leveraging HTML, CSS, and JavaScript UI frameworks.
• Mentor and coach engineers within a co-located or distributed team environment.
• Maintain best practices in code versioning, testing, and documentation.

Mandatory Skills:

• 7+ years of .NET development experience, including API design and development
• Strong experience with Azure Cloud services, including:
• Web/Container Apps
• Azure Functions
• Azure SQL Server
• Solid understanding of Agile development methodologies (Scrum/Kanban)
• Experience in CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – preferably Terraform
• Strong knowledge of RESTful services and JSON-based APIs
• Experience with unit and integration testing techniques
• Source control using Git
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and cross-browser compatibility

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
• Knowledge of JavaScript UI frameworks, ideally Vue.js
• Familiarity with JIRA and Agile project tracking tools
• Exposure to Database as a Service (DBaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) concepts
• Experience mentoring or coaching junior developers
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead – Java with strong software engineering fundamentals, a deep understanding of Java-based backend systems, and proven experience leading agile teams. This role involves a balance of individual contribution and technical leadership — mentoring developers, designing scalable architectures, and driving the success of product delivery in fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of Java-based applications and RESTful APIs.
• Collaborate with product managers and architects to define technical solutions and translate business requirements into scalable software.
• Guide and mentor team members in best coding practices, design patterns, and architectural decisions.
• Drive code reviews, technical discussions, and ensure high code quality and performance standards.
• Troubleshoot critical production issues and implement long-term fixes and improvements.
• Advocate for continuous improvement in tools, processes, and systems across the engineering team.
• Stay up to date with modern technologies and recommend their adoption where appropriate.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Java backend development with expertise in Spring/Spring Boot and RESTful services.
• Solid grasp of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), system design, and design patterns.
• Proven experience leading a team of engineers or taking ownership of modules/projects.
• Experience with AWS Cloud services (EC2, Lambda, S3, etc.) is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and working in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

About HummingWave

HummingWave is a leading IT product development company specializing in building full-scale application systems with robust cloud backends, sleek mobile/web frontends, and seamless enterprise integrations. With 50+ digital products delivered across domains for clients in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, we are a team of highly skilled engineers committed to technical excellence and innovation.

Thanks

Our client DDB Mudra Group are one of India’s largest marketing communications networks. The Group’s promise ‘Unexpected Works’ comes alive in our partnerships with some of the world’s fastest-growing companies and most admired brands including Johnson & Johnson, Volkswagen, Pepsico, McDonald’s, TTK Prestige, Diageo, Unilever, Royal Enfield, Titan, Meesho, and Infosys. Our agencies include DDB Mudra, 22feet Tribal Worldwide, Mudramax, Interbrand, Track and TracyLocke.  

Our work has shone at many prestigious forums.  

• APAC Agency of the Year at Spikes Asia 2022 with consecutive Grand Prix wins in the last three years. 
• Asia's #1 creative agency by WARC Rankings 2021. 
• India’s Agency of the Year and #5 in Asia according to Campaign Brief’s ‘The Work 2021’. 
• 2 at Kyoorius 2021. 
• One of the only two Indian agencies to bring home a Cannes Gold in 2021. 

One of the Top 20 most effective and creative agencies in the world by Effie Index 2020Our unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion as one of the company’s key pillars for growth is seen through marquee initiatives like ‘The Phyllis India Project’ which creates a community of women leaders, and ‘Open Pride’ that fosters an inclusive and engaging work environment for the LGBTQIA+ community & allies. The Group was awarded Silver at IWEI’s Top Employers 2020 for the LGBT+ community. We are also four-time Gold winners of the Talent Development Program of the Year at the Campaign South Asia Agency of the Year Awards. 
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Key responsibilities & Deliverables:

 
Candidates with extensive Drupal experience please apply!

• Deeper understanding and working experience in Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter & NodeJS (Express JS).
• Analyze, design, code, debug, test, document & deploy applications
• Experienced in OOP and knowledge of design patterns
• Creating, using implementing and modifying Drupal/WordPress themes.
• Customize and tweak core, forms, modules and themes in Drupal/WordPress.
• Managing deployments of PHP and NodeJS projects with one or multiple developers across environments
• Hands-on experience in PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter, NodeJS (Express JS), MySQL, MongoDB.
• Exposure Experiences in application integration and web services technologies (REST, SOAP, XML, etc.) WebAPI
• Responsible and Reliable developer working against strict timelines and meeting on-time delivery goals.
• Deploying applications in AWS or GCP or Azure
• Must be a self-starter & be able to work with minimum supervision
• Should have capacity to solve complex business problems

Essential skills:

• Seeking 2+ years experienced PHP/NodeJS developer for long term employment.
• Must have, 2+ years’ experience working under Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter, NodeJS (Express JS).
• Expertise in Drupal, WordPress, Laravel or CodeIgniter, NodeJS (Express JS), MySQL, Rest APIs and MongoDB.
• Good knowledge of Ajax, jQuery, HTML, Javascript, and CSS.
• Familiarity with source control systems such as Subversion, etc.
  Knowledge of Object-oriented concepts.
• Good to know about deploying applications in AWS or GCP or Azure
• Knowledge of REST/SOAP Web services.
• Knowledge of AngularJS or React JS is a big plus.
• Good to have certification under any CMS or Framework.
• Proficient in the maintenance and administration of applications.
• Experience integrating open source and third-party applications into existing applications.
• Results-oriented, reliable, and able to work under pressure.
• Ability to communicate technical ideas to business users and other teams.
• Ability to both collaborate with team members and work independently.
• Eager to embrace current and emerging web technologies

Regards,
Namrata Shukla.

• BE/MTech/MCA/MSc
• 3+yrs Hands on Experience in TSQL / PL SQL / PG SQL or NOSQL
• Immediate joiners preferred*
• Candidates will be selected based on logical/technical and scenario-based testing

Note: Candidates who have attended the interview process with TnS in the last 6 months will not be eligible.

1. Technical Skills Desired:
   1. Experience in MS SQL Server and one of these Relational DB’s, PostgreSQL / AWS Aurora DB / MySQL / Oracle / NOSQL DBs (MongoDB / DynamoDB / DocumentDB) in an application development environment and eagerness to switch
   2. Design database tables, views, indexes
   3. Write functions and procedures for Middle Tier Development Team
   4. Work with any front-end developers in completing the database modules end to end (hands-on experience in parsing of JSON & XML in Stored Procedures would be an added advantage).
   5. Query Optimization for performance improvement
   6. Design & develop SSIS Packages or any other Transformation tools for ETL

1. Functional Skills Desired:
   1. Banking / Insurance / Retail domain would be a
   2. Interaction with a client a

1. Knowledge in a Cloud Platform (AWS / Azure)
2. Knowledge on version control system (SVN / Git)
3. Exposure to Quality and Process Management
4. Knowledge in Agile Methodology

1. Soft skills: (additional)
   1. Team building (attitude to train, work along, mentor juniors)
   2. Communication skills (all kinds)
   3. Quality consciousness
   4. Analytical acumen to all business requirements

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and aleadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Mandatory experience in building scalable microservices on nodejs platforms
• Expertise in Object Oriented Design, Database Design, Service architecture
• Experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies
• Ability to multi-task, organize, and prioritize work

*Performs analysis of functional and business requirements

*Applies in-depth or broad technical knowledge to maintain data engineering functions performs solution design.

*Applies the company, open source, and 3rd party technologies to highly complex infrastructure and software solutions.

*Introduce new product features and enhance the platform

*Ability to translate business reporting requirements into a production report.

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)