Senior Software Developer

About the Role -

We’re seeking a seasoned Senior Java Engineer to drive the development of our B2B product suite. In this pivotal role, you will build robust, scalable, and intuitive applications that empower customers to seamlessly handle money movement transactions, including international payments. You will ensure technical excellence by advocating best practices, prioritizing security, enhancing development processes, and championing a quality-first mindset.

What You'll Do -

• Design and Development: Create robust, efficient, and scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.

• API Development: Design, build, and maintain APIs for web and mobile applications.

• Performance and Security: Ensure application performance, scalability, and security best practices.

• Cloud Integration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate cloud services into our backend infrastructure.

• Code Quality: Write high-quality, maintainable code that adheres to industry standards.

• Mentorship: Support junior and mid-level team members, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

What You’ll Need -

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer.

• Experience showing strong problem-solving skills and a passion for creating user-centric solutions.

• Core Java proficiency. A strong command of the Java language, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, exception handling, and memory management.

• Spring Framework (including Spring Boot)- In-depth knowledge of Spring, especially Spring Boot for building efficient and scalable backend applications.

• Understanding of Spring components like controllers, services, repositories, and security.

• RESTful API Development: Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.

Bonus Points -

• Mastery over Java’s core APIs, such as collections, streams, and concurrency frameworks.

• Experience within a B2B fintech environment would be highly desirable

• Database-driven performance query optimization and Kafka messaging systems

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where we connect the dots for international property payments. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world of PropTech forward, together.

Redpin, Currencies Direct and TorFX are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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 leadership skills.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of relevant experience in developing complex enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Message Queues ( like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc...),Multithreading, and SQL
• Ability to write high-quality code with speed
• Should have experience in building various end to end feature
• Product and startup background is preferred
• Have a good understanding of SDLC, Agile, and design patterns
• Have a working experience with Github and Jira tool
• Should be able to mentor and lead the team in fast-paced environments.
• High growth\Startup mindset
• Open Source contribution\Active Git profile big plus
• Interest in cloud security is a big plus
• Experience developing data center applications in cloud security, backup, and disaster
• recovery, is a big plus
• Knowledge of AWS\Azure is a big plus

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Role/ Responsibilities

• Lead a team of hard working backend developers. 
• Design APIs, DB, Queues, monitoring for micro services. 
• Writing, deploying and managing micro services. 
• Migrate existing components into distributed micro service architecture. 
• AWS Cloud / Google Cloud Platform (Manage Infrastructure). 
• API integration with 3rd parties. 
• Unit test cases, automation. 
• Database optimisation. 
• Design of highly concurrent backend architecture. 
• Handling high traffic data. 

Experience required: 

• Sound fundamentails in software design. 
• Must have worked on distributed and micro service architecture. 
• Sound fundamentals on scale/ performance/ memory optimisation. 
• Sound fundamentals of authentication, authorization, payment processes, data security. 
• Must have experience in Spring / Spring boot. 
• Good to have experience in Kafka / JMS / RabbitMQ / AWS Elastic queue. 
• Good to have experience in Junit / mockito unit test cases. 
• Good to have knowledge in Mysql (or any RDBMS). 

• A hands-on application developer who is passionate about Java development, building highly scalable and resilient applications, and focused on solving complex business problems
• He/She will have responsibility for unit-level design, coding, unit testing, integration testing, and participating in the full SDLC
• He/She will be expected to produce high-quality code that can pass critical peer review, and to work under a high-pressure and timeline-driven environment.
• Actively participate in development along with team members in creating modules & systems that can be treated as a working reflection of the best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Java development
• Responsible, organized and possess critical thinking with good interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to demonstrate good analytical problem-solving abilities and strong leadership aptitude
• Able to work at both abstract and detailed level
• Must be fluent in English, and strong communication skills.
• Motivated self-starter that likes to work as part of a team

Technical Requirements

• Strong experience in Core Java 8 and above, Collections and Data structures.
• Develop solutions using core java, Spring / Spring Boot, JSON, Rest API and other web technologies
• Hands on with UI development with strong experience in HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, Responsive UIs. Added advantage for exposure to Angular. Knowledge on Liferay will be added advantage. Ability to design and develop UIs and end to end integration.
• Object oriented analysis and design using common design patterns
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (Hibernate and Mybatis)
• Strong knowledge of test-driven development and continuous integration
• Preference towards candidates having excellent Java multi-threading skills
• Passion for collaboration and working on agile teams
• Develop and Consume Web Services using REST.
• Enforcing and Writing code following good standards (well documented with good code coverage and properly tested code)

Who we are

ixigo is an AI-based travel app that helps millions of users plan and book their trips every day. Launched in 2007, ixigo is proud to have built numerous industry-first AI-innovations over the last decade. With pre-emptive help from ixigo at every touch-point of their journey, 150 million Indians are now making smarter travel decisions every year. ixigo uses Artificial Intelligence for deal discovery, personalized recommendations, dynamic marketing, airfare predictions, train delay information, PNR confirmation status, infrastructure cost optimization, business intelligence and providing fully-automated customer service over chat and voice. This makes ixigo a lean, tech-intensive and capital-efficient travel business, serving millions of travelers with a team size of under 200. Founded in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo’s investors include Sequoia Capital India, Fosun RZ Capital, SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax.

Role & Responsibility

As a Backend Developer, You will be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development. You will be working closely with Tech, Design and Quality team to build and launch the product.

• Code, develop, design and architect features related to the existing application. We expect you to own modules end to end and take pride in the work products you ship
• Design, implement and maintain highly scalable, multi-tier, distributed server software applications
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
• Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test and release products
• Take responsibility for performance and stability for all server functions
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Skills & Qualifications:

• At least an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, preferably from IITs/Top RECs
• 2-5 years of experience at cutting edge organizations or startups
• Extensive experience in a Java server-side software design and development
• Proficiency in the implementation of algorithms and the use of advanced data structures to solve problems in computing.
• Experience with e-business/e-commerce applications and business environment is a must
• Any experience with internet companies or the travel industry will be a plus

Must have

• Good understanding of Java/J2EE and design patterns
• Strong knowledge of data structures and designing for performance, scalability and availability Knowledge in MongoDB and Web services
• Extensive use of Instruments and Shark to detect memory leaks and for performance optimization
• Good grasp of algorithms, memory management, and multithreaded programming
• Good to have - Python, NodeJS, Mysql, Redis, ElasticSearchGreat people skills!
• Able to fit in well within an informal startup environment and to provide hands-on management
• The high energy level and untiring commitment to drive oneself & the team towards goals

Compensation: Commensurate to skills & experience; comparable to the best in the industry.

Culture: ixigo is proud to have built an entrepreneurial culture that has become a folk-lore in the startup ecosystem. One in every four ixigems has gone on to build successful startups and companies. Our cultural values of integrity, empathy, ingenuity, awesomeness, and resilience have stood the tests of time and we’ve built a fun, flexible and creative work environment that is driven by people with a high degree of ownership. You will get to work with some of the smartest folks in the Indian startup ecosystem, and solve some of the toughest problems for the next billion users by using bleeding-edge technologies. Oh, and we have an awesome “play” area, great chai/coffee, free lunches (yes, they exist!) and a workspace you will fall in love with.