Senior Product Engineer

🧠 Job Description: Senior Java Developer (8+ Years Experience)

Location: Mumbai, India

Employment Type: Full-time, Hybrid mode of working

Company: Wissen Technology

Website: www.wissen.com

🚀 About Wissen Technology

Wissen Technology is a specialized technology consulting firm delivering cutting-edge solutions to global leaders in Banking & Finance, Telecom, and Healthcare. Established in 2015 and part of the Wissen Group (founded in 2000), Wissen has scaled rapidly with impressive impact and recognition.

• 🌍 Offices in US, UK, India, Australia, Mexico, and Canada
• 👥 1700+ Wissen Technology professionals; part of a 4500-strong Wissen Group
• 🏆 Great Place to Work® Certified
• 🧠 Featured as a Top 20 AI/ML Vendor (CIO Insider, 2020)
• 📈 Achieved 400% revenue growth in 5 years (with zero external funding)
• 💼 Delivered $1B+ worth of projects to 50+ Fortune 500 companies

Learn more about our work and thought leadership:

📄 Articles by Wissen | 💼 LinkedIn

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer with 8+ years of hands-on expertise in building scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have strong fundamentals in Java, OOPS, Multithreading, Spring concepts, and SQL, and will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing enterprise-grade solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain complex applications using Core Java and Spring frameworks
• Apply advanced Object-Oriented Programming (OOPS) principles to deliver clean, modular, and reusable code
• Implement and optimize multithreaded applications for high-performance systems
• Work with SQL databases for efficient data modeling, query optimization, and integration
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Conduct code reviews, troubleshoot issues, and ensure adherence to best practices
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to technical knowledge sharing within the team
• Ensure application scalability, performance tuning, and security compliance

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of professional experience in Java development
• Strong expertise in Core Java, OOPS, and Multithreading
• Hands-on experience with Spring concepts (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Boot preferred)
• Proficiency in SQL and database design (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

🌟 Why Wissen?

Join a company that combines start-up agility with enterprise stability. Work alongside some of the brightest minds from institutions like MIT, Wharton, IITs, IIMs, and NITs. Be part of mission-critical projects for Fortune 500 giants, and grow in a culture that invests in your future.

Job Title: Backend Developer

Job Description: We are seeking a skilled Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the server-side logic, databases, and APIs of our applications. Key responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop scalable and efficient backend systems, troubleshooting and resolving issues, and staying updated on industry trends. Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Node.js, along with experience in database management and API development, are essential for success in this role. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a passion for creating robust and high-performance backend solutions are highly valued.

Requirements:

Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Node.js)

Experience with database management systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

Knowledge of RESTful API design and development

Familiarity with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure) is a plus

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

Collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

The Role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic Technology Lead (Python or Node), who adopts a hands-on approach and loves to build scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products. You would be responsible for designing the architecture, reviewing the code, building the technology and deploying web/mobile applications.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product development from scratch.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Architect scalable software solutions and mentor a team of high performing developers.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, SCRUM ceremonies, and troubleshoot to ensure uptime for live systems etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field from a premier college.  
• Prior 4+ years of experience in back-end development (Python/ Golang) in a start-up or a dynamic work environment.
• Good exposure in writing and optimizing SQL for high-performance systems.
• Understanding of asyncio and eventloop/ uvloop concepts. Knowledge of frameworks such as Quart/ Fastapi/ Starlette is preferred.
• Knowledge of AWS; Caching technologies like Redis, Memcache; ELK; mySQL Databases, etc.
• Strong understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Message queues, and in-memory data stores etc.
• Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

We are seeking a skilled Node.js + Python Developer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining web applications using Node.js and Python. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of both Node.js and Python, as well as web application development. Responsibilities:

Developing and maintaining web applications using Node.js and Python

Write clean and efficient code that adheres to Node.js and Python coding standards

Collaborate with other developers and team members to design and implement new features

Troubleshoot and debug issues in existing code

Create and maintain technical documentation

Requirements:

Strong knowledge of Node.js and Python

Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Experience with MySQL/Mongo and database design

Good understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Good communication skills and ability to work in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with popular Node.js frameworks such as Express or Koa

Experience with OpenAi APIs

Knowledge of machine learning and data science libraries in Python such as TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, and Pandas

Experience with RESTful API development

Experience with payment gateway integrations

Company and Founders
Egregore Labs (http://www.egregorelabs.com/" target="_blank">www.egregorelabs.com) is a financial software company founded in 2017 by Prashant Vijay (ISB, Tulane) & Hari Balaji (IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Madras) both of whom have spent over a decade each in Financial Services, with a majority of their experience at Goldman Sachs across New York, Hong Kong & Singapore in roles across Trading, Quant & Technology. More about the founders is available here and here

We operate at the intersection of Unstructured Data and Finance. We run multiple products, including Romulus (http://www.romulus.co/" target="_blank">www.romulus.co) and Robana (http://www.robana.ai/" target="_blank">www.robana.ai) - all our products work on the same underlying principles and set of technologies.

Ideal Background

• At least 2 years experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python
• Deep understanding of technologies used in web-deployed SaaS products, including Rest APIs
• Exposure to AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
• Sound understanding of computer science principles
• Exposure to any of the following
  • Financial services
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Robotic Process Automation
  • Intelligent Document Processing
  • Document Management and Repositories

Opportunity
We will share our workload as a team and we expect you to work on a broad range of tasks. Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product
• Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs
• Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product
• Build POCs for client deployments
• Integrate our products with 3rd party products/tools/services
• Document your code, write test cases, etc.

Skills

• Hands-on experience with Python (2+ years)
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps
• Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms
• A computer science education would be great, but other engineering disciplines are ok as well

Desirables
We are looking for a person who has :

• Resourcefulness- - we're looking for versatile developers who are good at figuring out what they need to use, learn, build, re-purpose to get the job done quickly and efficiently.
• Ownership- - We like to be directive and not prescriptive in our management. We- d love for you to take ownership of what you work on, and tell us what to do, rather than the other way round.
• Work Ethic- - We've grown up on Wall Street. We work hard and have aggressive goals. We want our teammates to be focused, goal-oriented, and consistent high achievers.
• Execution Focus- - Our business is about getting things done and getting things done right. We want outcome-focused colleagues who can multi-task, and execute quickly and elegantly.

Interested?
We are an early-stage company. Working here is not for the faint-hearted. An intense and unstructured work environment, lots of excitement, and a group of motivated colleagues are what we bring to the table. We ask you to bring your undivided attention, strong worth ethic & resourcefulness. We are Delhi-based and work 6 days a week. Currently, due to the pandemic, we are operating remotely since Feb 2020.