Senior Software Engineer

Job Title: Lead Java Developer

Experience Required: 7+ Years

Location: Mumbai

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with deep expertise in building scalable, high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and distributed systems. You will play a key role in designing and optimizing APIs, architecting robust systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
• Build and optimize APIs for large-scale applications ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Apply clean coding principles, SOLID design patterns, and clean architecture to deliver maintainable and robust code.
• Work with distributed systems technologies (Kafka, ELK, in-memory databases, Cassandra, or similar).
• Write efficient SQL queries and integrate with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other developers to define and align on technical decisions.
• Identify and solve complex problems with innovative and scalable solutions.
• Drive best practices in coding standards, system design, and performance optimization.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly across teams and stakeholders.

Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Backend Developer.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, SQL.
• Significant experience in API design and optimization for enterprise-scale applications.
• Proficiency in distributed systems & related technologies (Kafka, ELK, in-memory DBs, Cassandra, etc.).
• Strong understanding of object-oriented engineering principles (SOLID, clean architecture).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align teams.

Company Overview

MedExpert, Chennai is a pioneering healthcare consulting firm specializing in US Medical Billing and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solutions tailored for healthcare providers and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations. Since its inception in 2023, MedExpert has rapidly grown into a team of over 950 experts passionate about transforming the healthcare industry through technology-driven solutions.

With a focus on client success and operational efficiency, we empower healthcare providers to streamline billing processes, optimize revenue, and maintain their focus on quality patient care.

We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented work environment where every team member is empowered to contribute to projects that shape the future. Our culture champions Agile principles and is dedicated to high performance, continuous learning, and technological advancement.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Backend Developer to join our team. This role is integral to helping our development teams maintain agility, productivity, and the highest standards in delivering solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

About the role

We are seeking a talented Senior PHP Developer with 8+ years of overall experience to join our growing team. The ideal candidate must be a senior full-stack developer with 8+ years of PHP experience, strong skills in JavaScript, design patterns, AWS, and microservices.

They must excel in Agile environments, RESTful API development, DevOps, and have strong communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for learning emerging technologies.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Join our agile team and drive the development of robust and scalable web applications.
• Work closely with developers, technical leads, solution architects, QA, and product owners to deliver high-quality solutions in a dynamic environment.
• Lead the design and development of complex backend systems using PHP and related frameworks.
• Architect and implement RESTful APIs and Web Services.
• Develop and deploy applications using AWS cloud technologies and infrastructure.
• Ensure code quality through unit testing frameworks and adherence to best practices.
• Contribute to DevOps pipelines and promote continuous integration and delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to technical discussions.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 8+ years of professional experience with PHP programming and proficiency with PHP Frameworks (e.g., Yii).
• Strong skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, with hands-on experience in libraries like jQuery, Bootstrap.
• 8+ years of experience in software design with strong knowledge of design patterns and best practices.
• Proficiency in SOLID principles, Dependency Injection (DI), Repository Pattern, Unit of Work Pattern, CQRS, Microservices Architecture, Event Sourcing, DDD Patterns, Singleton, MVC, MVVM.
• Proficiency with JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React, Vue).
• Solid experience with DBMSs (MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) and strong SQL skills.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud and event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency with Git and version control.
• Experience with Docker containers.
• Working knowledge of JIRA/Confluence or similar tools.
• At least 8+ years of development experience in C# and .NET technologies (.NET Core & Framework).

Development Stack

• JavaScript, PHP, Visual Studio Code/PhpStorm
• DBMSs: MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• JIRA, Confluence, Git
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML
• JavaScript & PHP Frameworks
• Docker & Unit testing frameworks

Non-Functional Requirements

• Solid understanding of SLA, uptime, performance optimization, security, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD practices.

Soft Skills

• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with JavaScript data grids like AG Grid, Angular, PHP, and Yii frameworks.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, JavaScript frameworks, and PHP frameworks.
• Strong experience with Entity Framework programming.

Why Join Us?

At MedExpert, you will have the opportunity to make an impact by shaping Agile practices and driving project success. We provide an environment where innovation, collaboration, and personal growth are at the forefront.

Joining MedExpert Billing and Consulting gives you the chance to contribute meaningfully to a positive and supportive work environment, where your expertise will make a difference not just within our team but across the EMS industry.

About Our Client

It is a last-mile tech-logistics solution provider for intra-state deliveries based in Bangalore. It offers reliable, affordable, and professional services, structured to serve enterprises.

Our Client aggregates light commercial vehicles for urban logistics and has onboarded 55,000+ truckers on its platform across 14 cities. Our Client works across industry sectors like organized retail, FMCG and e-commerce, distribution and 3PL companies. Some of its clients include Amazon, Flipkart, Bisleri, Vishal Mega Mart, Future Supply Chain, Coca-Cola, Delhivery, and Udaan.

The company offers customized logistics solutions for clients, along with other value-added services such as screened drivers, audited and GPS-enabled vehicles, point-to-point billing, status updates, 24x7 service, and greater efficiency, all at transparent and economical pricing.

Our Client, as a brand, is known as one of the market leaders in the enterprise segment, and first movers to identify and empathize with the underserved urban trucker community, playing a huge role in making them a part of the mainstream economy. This series-B funded tech-logistics company aims to disrupt the primitive $35bn+ urban-logistics industry by leveraging technology and help enterprises to reach consumers faster.

Our Client is India's largest enterprise urban-logistics provider in India, with 55,000+ Light Commercial Vehicles on its platform.

Why Our Client?

1) Young Startup growing and well funded.

What will I do?

- Designing user flows and converting them into logical entities in the code.

- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.

- Designing Database schemas.

- Building reusable code and libraries for future use

- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability

- Implementation of security and data protection

- Design and implementation of data storage solutions

What skills should I have?

- 3+ years of experience in Backend Development.
- Language: NodeJs
- Additional knowledge of Python will be a plus
- Understanding of microservices architecture.
- User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

- Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes

- Data migration, transformation, and scripting

- Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain REST APIs
• Proficient in Python or any other programming language
• Experience in writing Unit/Integration tests.
• Experience with Distributed Version Control System.
• Elasticsearch or Solr experience.
• NOSQL experience- Cassandra, MongoDB.
• Experience in Message brokers - Rabbitmq.
• Experience with AWS Infrastructure, Lambda, Docker/Containers

Desired to have:

• Should be pragmatic and realize when a solution is over-engineered as well as knowing when to spend time on creating the right abstraction that allows us to move faster in the long run.
• Passion for your work and striving to do things “the right way”.
• Familiarity with Agile/Lean process.
• Willingness to work in a Startup environment.
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and a solid understanding of the full product development life cycle.
• Excellent knowledge of mobile user experience, information architecture and trends

What you'll do?

●    Develop on server-side cloud software using a serverless approach (AWS).

●    Work hands-on on bringing to life IoT and Edge architectures and applications

●    Work with teams on delivering key features and performance targets.

Who You Are?

●    Passionate individual who loves to develop scalable backend

●    Strong programming capabilities

●    Understanding of cloud architecture and protocols.

●    Clear thought process, believe in simplifying rather than complicating

●    Argue and fight over opinions. Believe in always choosing the best

You Should Have

●    Experience on NoSQL Databases and designing REST API.

●    Strong fundamentals of Data structure and algorithm.

●    Done related projects during graduation/post-graduation.

●    Experience on AWS, AWS Lambda, AWS IoT Core, AWS Cloud Watch is a big plus.

Proficiency in Python