Senior Software Engineer | Core Java|Spring Boot|MySQL

• Develop, enhance, and maintain Java-based applications using Spring Boot and related frameworks.
• Design, implement, and optimize Microservices with RESTful APIs.
• Build and manage Spring Batch jobs, including scheduling, chunk processing, partitioning, and error handling.
• Apply object-oriented design (OOD) and GoF design patterns (Factory, Singleton, Strategy, Observer, etc.).
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code following best coding standards.
• Integrate applications with databases (SQL/NoSQL) and messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architectural decisions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and ensure application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Technical Skills Required

• ** Core Java 8+**, OOP, Collections, Multithreading
• ** Spring Boot**, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA
• ** Spring Batch** (Job/Step configuration, Tasklets, Readers/Writers, partitioning)
• ** Microservices** (REST, API Gateway, service discovery, resilience patterns)
• ** Design Patterns** (Factory, Singleton, Adapter, Strategy, Builder, Observer, etc.)
• ** Databases:** MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle, MongoDB (optional)
• ** Messaging:** Kafka / RabbitMQ (preferred)
• ** Build tools:** Maven/Gradle
• ** CI/CD:** Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar
• ** Cloud:** AWS / Azure / GCP (optional but preferred)
• ** Testing:** JUnit, Mockito

Role: Backend Developer (Node.js)

Key Responsibilities

Backend Development

• Build scalable, high-performance backend services and REST APIs using Node.js.
• Develop robust, maintainable, and production-ready applications.

Database Optimization

• Design efficient database schemas.
• Optimize queries, indexing, and overall database performance.
• Work extensively with PostgreSQL or MySQL.

Frontend Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to integrate APIs.
• Basic understanding of React or Angular is a plus.

System Design

• Participate in both Low-Level Design (LLD) and High-Level Design (HLD) discussions.
• Design systems with scalability, security, and reliability in mind.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Deploy and manage applications on AWS.
• Utilize Redis for caching and performance optimization.

Code Quality

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Participate in code reviews and follow engineering best practices.

Testing & Debugging

• Write comprehensive test cases.
• Ensure backward compatibility.
• Debug and resolve issues related to functionality, performance, and scalability.

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 2+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Good understanding of REST APIs.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Redis or similar caching technologies.
• Strong understanding of system design concepts.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Focus on writing scalable, reliable, and testable code.

Good to Have

• Basic knowledge of React or Angular.
• Experience working in fast-paced startup environments.

Why Join Vahan?

• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance
• Monthly Wellness Leaves
• Competitive Compensation
• Opportunity to work on products impacting millions of users
• Fast-paced, high-growth startup backed by leading investors
• Ownership-driven engineering culture with meaningful technical challenges

Required Skills:

• 2+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

Skills Required:

• Must-Have: Java, Spring/spring-boot, Data structure, Algorithm
• Any 2 (Must) out of the below-mentioned list : 

a.     JPA/Hibernate

b.     Messaging queue/Kafka/SQS/distributed message/SNS/JMS

c.     NoSQL/Aerospike/Reddis/Cassandra

d.     Microservices

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Technical design, implementation, deployment, and support.
• Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business requirements.
• Perform development and unit testing, working closely with Business.
• Mentors and oversees the development of resources, including reviewing designs and performing code reviews.
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
• Developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high availability and performance
• Should have experience of working on Core Java/J2EE & OOPS concept
• Should be well versed with Spring/Struts & Apache Camel (OSGI Framework)
• Should have a good understanding of Hibernate and Other ORMs
• Should have an understanding of working on Web Service (SOAP/REST) and Maven
• Build tools such as Jenkins
• Caching Technique(Radis, Hazlecast, Aerospike)
• Database Knowledge - Oracle, MySQL

Vah Vah! is an ed-tech company that offers online makeup courses in micro-batches to students across India to learn from the leading teachers in top cities. We provide holistic education with lots of practical training that makes our students job-ready with not just the base skills but also the soft skills for great customer service. Our teachers have more than 15+ years of experience in training makeup and have certified more than 1000+ students. Vah Vah! is founded by executives with extensive experience running consumer business and mobile games at scale (over 100 million players) at Zynga. Vah Vah! is backed by a leading investment firm.

Website Link: https://vahvah.com/

The Mission

Vah Vah teaches professional makeup to budding makeup artists and influencers through live online classes. We have students from Srinagar, all the way to the Andamans. And experienced teachers who have worked in Bridal Makeup, Ramp Shoots, Film and more. We empower our students to join the workforce as fully trained makeup artists. This is the future of vocational education, and you can help build it.

Our Culture

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• We have the right mixture of creativity, analytics and hustle to move fast in the right direction.
• You will work with colleagues who don’t take themselves too seriously but move mountains.
• See yourself evolving every month with new problems to solve and new skill to master.
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Great stock options so you can benefit from the company's growth.
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. Taking lead on projects, as needed.

Requirements:

• Overall experience of 2-5 years in building backend services using languages like NodeJs, Java etc
• Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, Node.Js, Python, and operating systems may be required.
• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Strong problem solving and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Sound knowledge on source control and DevOps

What you get:

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Immense exposure to new technologies

• A minimum of 3 years experience as a Technical Lead in Java., Strong experience in design and implementation of high performing and highly scalable websites/applications
• Strong experience in Spring MVC framework and experience in design patterns, unit testing etc..
• Strong experience in AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, ECS, API Gateway and using tools such as Terraform, Ansible
• Strong experience in Endeca, ATG and BCC, Solr, any Headless CMS
• Considerable experience in databases such as SQL Server/Mongo DB is an added advantage
• Good experience in JavaScript frameworks such as Angular/React/VueJS is an added advantage
• Experience in Adobe AEM is an added advantage
• Creative problem-solving skills and ability to effectively communicate and translate feedback, needs and solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

• Provide strategic thinking and leadership pertaining in cloud technologies and building scalable websites
• Provide technical leadership and guidance internally to the team and externally to management
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Collaborate within and across teams with strong teamwork orientation
• Help maintain a culture of high quality
• Showcasing excellent work ethic and strong sense of ownership of end result
• Understand the structured software development methodologies including design, development and testing in an Agile environment
• Follow all security practices and identify areas and processes where performance and scalability can be improved
• Make and justify recommendations for improvement., Participate in development of solutions in cases of new technology direction and/or proof of concepts
• Should translate business needs into technical solutions with Strong analytical, conceptual and technical skills
• Support the evaluation, selection, design, development and maintenance of the platforms.

We are building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content

creators together to scale up content creation processes across 50+ content verticals and 150+ industries. Over the past 2.5 years, we’ve worked with companies like India Today, Amazon India, Adobe, Swiggy, Dunzo, Businessworld, Paisabazaar, IndiGo Airlines, Apollo Hospitals, Infoedge, Times Group, Digit, BookMyShow, UpGrad, Yulu, YourStory, and 350+ other brands.
Our mission is to become the world’s largest content creation and distribution platform for all kinds of content creators and brands.

Our Team

We are a 25+ member company and is scaling up rapidly in both team size and our ambition.

If we were to define the kind of people and the culture we have, it would be -

a) Individuals with an Extreme Sense of Passion About Work

b) Individuals with Strong Customer and Creator Obsession

c) Individuals with Extraordinary Hustle, Perseverance & Ambition

We are on the lookout for individuals who are always open to going the extra mile and thrive in a fast-paced environment. We are strong believers in building a great, enduring

a company that can outlast its builders and create a massive impact on the lives of our

employees, creators, and customers alike.

Our Investors

We are fortunate to be backed by some of the industry’s most prolific angel investors - Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal founders), YourStory Media. (Shradha Sharma); Dr. Saurabh Srivastava, Co-founder of IAN and NASSCOM; Slideshare co-founder Amit Ranjan; Indifi's Co-founder and CEO Alok Mittal; Sidharth Rao, Chairman of Dentsu Webchutney; Ritesh Malik, Co-founder and CEO of Innov8; Sanjay Tripathy, former CMO, HDFC Life, and CEO of Agilio Labs; Manan Maheshwari, Co-founder of WYSH; and Hemanshu Jain, Co-founder of Diabeto.
Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners