Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Mumbai malad work from office

6 Days working

1 & 3 Saturday off

AWS Expertise: Minimum 2 years of experience working with AWS services like RDS, S3, EC2, and Lambda.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Backend Development: Develop scalable and high-performance APIs and backend systems using Node.js. Write clean, modular, and reusable code following best practices. Debug, test, and optimize backend services for performance and scalability.

2. Database Management: Design and maintain relational databases using MySQL, PostgreSQL, or AWS RDS. Optimize database queries and ensure data integrity. Implement data backup and recovery plans.

3. AWS Cloud Services: Deploy, manage, and monitor applications using AWS infrastructure. Work with AWS services including RDS, S3, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudWatch. Implement security best practices for AWS environments (IAM policies, encryption, etc.).

4. Integration and Microservices:Integrate third-party APIs and services. Develop and manage microservices architecture for modular application development.

5. Version Control and Collaboration: Use Git for code versioning and maintain repositories. Collaborate with front-end developers and project managers for end-to-end project delivery.

6. Troubleshooting and Debugging: Analyze and resolve technical issues and bugs. Provide maintenance and support for existing backend systems.

7. DevOps and CI/CD: Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Automate deployment processes and ensure zero-downtime releases.

8. Agile Development:

Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

Deliver tasks within defined timelines while maintaining high quality.

Required Skills

Strong proficiency in Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript.

Expertise in working with relational databases like MySQL/PostgreSQL and AWS RDS.

Proficient with AWS services including Lambda, S3, EC2, and API Gateway.

Experience with RESTful API design and GraphQL (optional).

Knowledge of containerization using Docker is a plus.

Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Familiarity with tools like Git, Jenkins, and Jira.

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Java Developer with 4+years of hands-on experience to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java development, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance and scalable applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based applications.
• Write well-designed, efficient, and testable code following best software development practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during development and production support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including QA, DevOps, and Product teams.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Maintain proper documentation for code, processes, and configurations.
• Support deployment and post-deployment monitoring during night shift hours.

Required Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Java 8 or above.
• Experience with Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, etc.).
• Proficiency in RESTful APIs, Microservices Architecture, and Web Services.
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Hands-on experience with version control systems like Git.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Experience with build tools like Maven/Gradle.
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks (JUnit/TestNG).

Preferred Skills (Good to Have):

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Basic understanding of frontend technologies like JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

What you will do?

Project Management

• Work with the product management team to create an engineering roadmap that aligns with the product roadmap. 
• Translate engineering roadmap into executable internal projects, and own the end-to-end execution of these projects.
• Plan, execute and deliver projects as per schedule, content, and quality metrics.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team using Agile practices.
• Keep stakeholders continually updated on the progress of projects and operations.
• Track and report engineering health metrics (such as bugs by severity, production incidents etc.)

People Management

•  Hire and mentor a team of engineers
•  Manage learning and development, and performance of your team.
•  Own, Conceptualize and Build a tech-focused team

Technical Work

•  Core stakeholder to all technical design and architecture of team.
•  Review code, test plans, and deployment plans.
•  Focus and Strengthen all aspects of reliability

What we look for?

Must Haves

• Experience in telecom messaging software systems.
• Experience in distributed and scalable systems.
• Communication skills - excellent written and oral communication to present complex ideas/concepts in a clear and concise manner; communicating with key stakeholders with work/project progress.

Good to Have

• Experience in telecom messaging software systems.
• Experience in distributed and scalable systems.
• Communication skills - excellent written and oral communication to present complex ideas/concepts in a clear and concise manner; communicating with key stakeholders with work/project progress

You have 3 to 14 yrs of software engineering & product delivery experience with strong

background in datastructures & algorithms

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You are experienced with one or more general programming languages (e.g. Java, C/C++,

Go). Ability to learn other coding languages as needed.

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You have a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, with familiarity in

data structures, algorithms and a strong command of object-oriented principles.

• You have experience in one or more of the following areas: Server Backend, Distributed

and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (frontend and backend), Scalable Enterprise

Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management, Android,

iOS, and Machine Learning.

• You have a spark that separates you from the crowd and ability to think out of the box and

on your feet

• You possess multi-dimensional skills that make you a valuable co-worker in a fast,

changing and ambiguous environment

• You have the ability to learn other coding languages as needed real quick

• You are comfortable in working with a team that deals with ambiguity every day

• 3 years Experience in Ruby on Rails
• Minimum 3 years in MongoDB / PostgreSQL
• Must be from Product based companies   

• Java, J2EE
• Microservices
• Spring Boot
• JPA, REST API, JSON, JWT, OAuth, Spring Security, Swagger
• Oracle / MySQL / Postgres DB
• Angular / React / React Native
• JIRA, Bitbucket

Must-Have -

• Excellent knowledge of Core Java and Spring
• Strong experience in REST API and web services
• Experience in Oracle / Mysql / Postgres DB
• Should be efficient with Java J2EE and related technologies
• Should have very good communication skills and analytical skills.
• Should have good knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies.
• Good knowledge of current / emerging technologies and trends
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. High levels of initiative and creativity
• Good communication skills with all stakeholders, good team player with ability to mentor juniors

Good to Have:

• Knowledge in Banking Domain
• Full-stack developers with knowledge and understanding of Javascript and associated technologies like React, Angular, HTML5, CSS will have an advantage.

GlobalShaala aims to build a decentralised learning system for children that enables garnering inspiration for learning from educators and industry leaders alike. A personalised platform that grows with the child and helps him/her to engage in experiences that unravels his/her competences and interests. 

We are building India's first platform where children of K-12 can engage in:

* Destination-based educational experiences, which involves curriculum mapped experiences at global destinations where kids can apply their learning.

* Virtual educational experiences by interacting directly with industry leaders. Children get to discuss the ‘Why?’, ‘How?’ and ‘Where?’ of current classroom topics directly with industry leaders and understand how the fundamentals they are dealing with are being used to solve problems with real world applications.

Qualifications:

- B.Sc/B.Tech in Computer Science or a related field.

- Strong coding, data structures and algorithms.

- 1+ year experience in PHP (Laravel).

- Experience or keen interest to take ownership of code deployment in Linux based servers, Docker, Jenkins.

- Hands-on experience with relational databases like MySQL, Postgres.

Responsibilities:

- Design and develop software for given requirements.

- Involvement in the full software development lifecycle within broadly defined parameters and providing software solutions keeping into consideration the software quality needs.

- Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimisation and functionality.

- Communicate cross-functionally, collaborate with business teams, engineers to plan, own and deliver solutions on time.