Software Developer

Job Summary:

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Backend Engineer with 2 to 4 years of professional experience to join our dynamic engineering team. You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the backend systems that power our products. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions that align with business and user needs.

This role is ideal for engineers ready to take ownership of systems, contribute to architectural decisions, and solve complex backend challenges.

Website: https://www.thealteroffice.com/about

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain robust backend systems and APIs that are scalable and maintainable.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions.
• Model and manage data using SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), incorporating caching where needed.
• Implement and manage authentication, authorization, and data security practices.
• Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code following best practices.
• Work with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) to deploy, monitor, and scale services effectively.
• Use tools like Docker (and optionally Kubernetes) for containerization and orchestration of backend services.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines for faster and safer deployments.
• Monitor and debug production issues, using observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) for root cause analysis.
• Participate in code reviews, contribute to improving development standards, and provide support to less experienced engineers.
• Work with event-driven or microservices-based architecture, and optionally use technologies like GraphQL, WebSockets, or message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ when suitable for the solution.

Requirements:

• 2 to 4 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Ruby, etc.).
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, asynchronous programming, and scalable architecture patterns.
• Solid experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including designing and optimizing data models.
• Familiarity with Docker, Git, and modern CI/CD workflows.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and deployment processes (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and performance profiling practices in production environments.
• A good understanding of security best practices in backend systems.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment with evolving priorities.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience as a back-end developer
• Expertise with Java 1.8 and React JS
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, Design Principles, and implementations of different types of Design Patterns.
• Should have a strong acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem-solving.
• Experience in Microservices
• Extensive experience in developing Web Services APIs using RESTful API design
• Comfortable writing Unit Test Cases
• Good to have experience/knowledge of
  • Docker,
  • Scala,
  • Python, and
  • AWS and other Cloud platforms
• Able to connect the dots between code and business value

Responsibilities

• Engage in high-level conversations about business strategy and the role tech plays in it
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code that powers our application
• Write specs and do planning for everything we build
• Conduct application analysis, testing, and debugging
• Diligently document code to keep it clean and transparent
• Ensure cross-browser and device compatibility

You Are

• You believe it’s always on you to make sure anything you do is a success.
• You have the ability to make quick and effective decisions.
• In love with a challenge. You revel in solving problems and want a job that pushes you out of your comfort zone.
• Open to change. You’re inspired by the endless ways in which everything we do can always be improved.

• Strong experience in Java Development
• Deep expertise and hands-on experience with Web Applications
• Experience in programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, React JS, and API.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot is an added advantage.
• Hands-on design experience with Web Services (REST, SOAP, etc ..).
• Strong grasp of security principles.

Abilities:

• Developer with  strong ability to develop web application using Java and ReactJS
• Should be able to code, design, and implement
• Maintain code integrity and organization

• Well versed in Core Java, OOPs concepts, collections, multi-threading, concurrency, lambdas, and streams.
• Hands-on knowledge of Spring Core, MVC, JPA, Security, transaction
• Working knowledge of REST API designing as well as development, using Spring.
• Exposure to Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift for the microservices environment.
• Savvy with SQL and database concepts.
• Ability to use frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, etc., for implementing unit testing.
• Sound understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git/bit bucket with Maven.
• Should have worked in a CI/CD environment with TeamCity/Jenkins.