Senior Software Engineer

About the Role 

As a result of our rapid growth, we are looking for a Java Backend Engineer to join our existing Cloud Engineering team and take the lead in the design and development of several key initiatives of our existing Miko3 product line as well as our new product development initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

•  Designing, developing and maintaining core system features, services and engines
• Collaborating with a cross functional team of the backend, Mobile application, AI, signal processing, robotics Engineers, Design, Content, and Linguistic Team to realize the requirements of a conversational social robotics platform which includes investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, and evaluate technical feasibility
• Ensure the developed backend infrastructure is optimized for scale and responsiveness 
• Ensure best practices in design, development, security, monitoring, logging, and DevOps adhere to the execution of the project. 
• Introducing new ideas, products, features by keeping track of the latest developments and industry trends 
• Operating in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules

Requirements 

• Proficiency in distributed application development lifecycle (concepts of authentication/authorization, security, session management, load balancing, API gateway), programming techniques and tools (application of tested, proven development paradigms)  
• Proficiency in working on Linux based Operating system. 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language like Java. Additional languages like Python and PHP are a plus 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side framework like Servlets, Spring, java spark (Java). 
• Proficient in using ORM/Data access frameworks like Hibernate,JPA with spring or other server-side frameworks. 
• Proficiency in at least one data serialization framework: Apache Thrift, Google ProtoBuffs, Apache Avro,Google Json,JackSon etc. 
• Proficiency in at least one of inter process communication frameworks WebSocket's, RPC, message queues, custom HTTP libraries/frameworks ( kryonet, RxJava ), etc.  
• Proficiency in multithreaded programming and Concurrency concepts (Threads, Thread Pools, Futures, asynchronous programming). 
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• Good understanding of networking and communication protocols, and proficiency in identification CPU, memory & I/O bottlenecks, solve read & write-heavy workloads. 
• Proficiency is concepts of monolithic and microservice architectural paradigms. 
• Proficiency in working on at least one of cloud hosting platforms like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc.   
• Proficiency in at least one of database SQL, NO-SQL, Graph databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Orientdb 
• Proficiency in at least one of testing frameworks or tools JMeter, Locusts, Taurus 
• Proficiency in at least one RPC communication framework: Apache Thrift, GRPC is an added plus 
• Proficiency in asynchronous libraries (RxJava), frameworks (Akka),Play,Vertx is an added plus 
• Proficiency in functional programming ( Scala ) languages is an added plus 
• Proficiency in working with NoSQL/graph databases is an added plus 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of tools for server, application metrics logging and monitoring and is a plus Monit, ELK, graylog is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization utilities like Ansible, Salt, Puppet is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization technologies like Docker, LXD is an added plus  
• Working Knowledge of container orchestration platform like Kubernetes is an added plus 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Individuals are responsible for all traditional development activities analysis, design, coding, testing, and documentation.
• Add new features to existing Windows and Web-based applications in Visual Studio 2019. Interacting with internal team.
• Transform business and design needs into innovative products.
• Drive all projects to completion within deadlines.
• Perform thorough testing to find issues ahead of time.
• Engineering software needs more precise analysis & coding skillset
• Enhance skillset by working with fortune 500 clients
• Interacting with internal team.

Qualifications :

• B.E in computer science or related fields.
• Excellent programming & communication skills Strong problem solving, judgmental, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work at the tactical and strategic levels of IT initiatives.
• Impressive hands-on experience in Java, database(Oracle), OOPS, Java Swing, Javafx.
• Self-Motivated, flexible & Innovative.

• Understand the requirement and convert that into API design.
• Write the code independently 
• Unit testing and bug fixing
• Write code with standards and conventions and follow best practices.
• Know how to engineer a full-fledged system and not just write code to make things work.
• Knowledge of agile methodologies, scrum.
• Should be able to guide juniors.
• Communication with clients for requirement understanding.
• Code Merging and deployment

• REST APIs in Spring Boot and Spring Framework
• MySQL Database, complex SQL queries (like joining multiple tables)
• Spring Security, JWT Tokens
• Third party Integration
• Unix basic commands
• Apache Tomcat, Deployment of War in Unix environment.
• Jira or any other Issue/Task tracking systems.

Role Description :

- Good Understanding of Java 8 with proven hands-on skills
- Experience in Spring Framework - Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring REST
- Experience in Spring Reactive
- Experience in Git, Gradle / Maven
- Practitioner of clean code and SOLID principles
- Able to test drive features
- Can debug code at ease and ensure quality code is produced
- Knowledge of design patterns
- Comfortable with agile practices, user stories and task breakdown
- Understands REST principles and Micro services
- Experienced with technologies such as
- Required Java, Spring Boot
- Good to have Maven, GIT, Swagger, PCF, Rabbit MQ
- Good API skills technology such as Rest Webservice
- Good foundation in data structures, algorithms and OO Design with rock solid programming skills
- Experienced on creating unit test using JUnit, Mockito or PowerMock
- Experienced on mark up language such as JSON and YML
- Experienced on using Quality and Security scan tools such as Sonar, Fortify and WebInspect
- Experienced on agile methodology

Responsibilities:

• Strong Technical Chops: You should know how to build highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services that support our unique rate-of-growth requirements.
• You should be on top of the latest architectural trends.
• Fast Learners: We are looking for folks who thrive on new technologies and don't believe in one-size-fit all solutions.
• You should be able to adapt easily to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment.

• You understand requirements beyond the written word.
• Whether you're working on an API used by other developers, an internal tool consumed by our operation teams, or a feature used by millions of customers, your attention to details leads to a delightful user experience.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of MySQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch.
• Experience in Java and web technologies.
• Experience in any one scripting language like Python.
• Hands-on experience with systems that are asynchronous, RESTful and demand concurrency.
• Knowledge of best software engineering practices for all stages of software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, testing and deployment.

• The ideal candidate must have experience in enterprise application design, system performance and scalability
• 5+ year experience in web services, distributed systems, and highly available and scalable applications.
• Strong object-oriented programming skills in Java
• Very good knowledge of Core Java and J2EE and should have worked on high availability, low latency platforms.
• Ability to question status quo and identify bad design/code patterns which can impact performance and maintainability of the code.
• Excellent understanding of system design and design patterns.
• Previous experience with the Agile methodology.
• Experience in developing robust RESTful services is desirable.
• Have very good communication skills
• Have strong experience in the Spring framework.
• Good experience in SQL/Oracle
• BS degree in computer science or related fields. MS degree desired