Software Developer

Job Title: Full Stack/ Frontend Developer

Location: Chennai, India

Duration: Full-Time

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Full Stack/ Frontend Developer to join our innovative team. If you are passionate about coding, problem-solving, and building intuitive user interfaces, we would love to hear from you! In this role, you’ll work closely with back-end developers and UX/UI designers to deliver exceptional web applications for the higher education sector.

Key Responsibilities

● Develop and maintain interactive, responsive, and user-friendly front-end applications using Java, JavaScript, and modern frameworks.

● Collaborate with back-end developers to integrate front-end functionality with back-end services.

● Work closely with UX/UI designers to ensure user interfaces are visually appealing, functional, and consistent.

● Participate in code reviews and uphold high-quality coding standards. ● Troubleshoot and resolve front-end issues and optimize performance. ● Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in front-end development.

Required Skills & Experience

● 4+ years of experience in Java-based front-end development.

● Strong experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks. ● Hands-on experience with Spring, Hibernate, Thymeleaf, Velocity, jQuery, and Java.

● Familiarity with RESTful APIs and front-end integration practices.

● Experience in responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.

● Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

● Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment with strong communication skills. Preferred Skills

● Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, jQuery plugins, DataTables, etc.).

● Familiarity with version control systems like Git.

● Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.

● Prior experience in higher education technology or education-related software.

Note: Experience with Thymeleaf and Velocity is good to have. Tapestry can be ignored as it is legacy. 

Lead Java Developer for Chennai based Product Company

About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced Lead Java Developer with 8 to 15 years of expertise in Java development, AWS cloud infrastructure management and product development for 3 products. There is a clear path to leadership role within the organization. If you are not from Chennai, you should be willing to relocate to Chennai.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background with hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS or other cloud infrastructure management. This role requires a strategic thinker who can drive product vision, align cross-functional teams, and ensure the successful execution of cloud-based solutions, while providing the necessary support to the team in planning, coordination, and execution of various projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage product road map ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, and the stakeholders to design & develop scalable cloud solutions.
• Lead product development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and iteration.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation.
• Develop technical documentation, user guides, and best practices for cloud infrastructure management.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and best practices in cloud deployments.
• Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to balance priorities and manage expectations.
• Conduct research on technical solutions and present findings to the project team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 8 to 10 years of experience in product management, & handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• More than 5 years of hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot & related technologies.
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in AWS OR Azure, OR Google Cloud Platform.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and scalability best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with google play store, app store, setting up app store accounts and handling deployments.
• Experience identifying, studying documentation and integrating with third parties for various needs such as identity verification, SMS integration and many such requirements.
• Proven ability to define product strategy and execute on complex technical roadmaps.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate business requirements to user stories.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as AWS CloudWatch, or ELK stack.
• Familiarity and experience with React Native architecture and libraries.
• Prior experience in a SaaS, PaaS, or cloud-native environment.
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or PMP.

Remuneration

• Base Salary + Annual Performance Bonus (tied to KPIs, roadmap execution, team performance, delivery milestones)
• Equity/ESOPs - After 1st year of employment, Vesting: 4 years with 1-year cliff

Benefits

• Work-Life Balance & Paid time off
• Flexible working hours
• Work-from-home allowance (1–2 days a week or for emergencies)
• Company sponsored team offsites / retreats

Primary Skill

• UI (Vue JS or Angular JS)
• Server Side (Java or Python) & AWS serverless framework.
• Must have hands-on experience on serverless framework.
• Experience on AWS.
• Must have good experience on AWS (Overall knowledge, EC2 Volume, EC2 SecurityGroup, EC2 AMI, Lambda, S3, AWSbackup, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, IAM, SecretsManager, StepFunction, CostExplorer, KMS, VPC/Subnet)
• Working experience on development/staging/production servers.
• Good testing and verification skills
• Knowledge on SSL certificates and encryption.

Secondary Skill

• Scripting using Python
• Good to have knowledge of identity management.

Soft Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and writing communication skills.
• Strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills.
• Should have skills to understand and analysis customers requirements and expectations.
• Must have experience in interaction with customer
• Work experiences with international cross-culture teams (Good to have)

• Delivering a complete front end application
• Ensuring high performance on mobile and desktop
• Writing tested, idiomatic, and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself
• Cooperating with the back-end developer in the process of building the RESTful API
• Communicating with external web services
• Integration of client-side elements developed by a frontend developers with server side logic
• Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Test and debug programs
• Improve functionality of existing systems
• Implement security and data protection solutions
• Assess and prioritize feature requests
• Coordinate with other team members to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
• Ability to lead a team

Skills and Competencies:

• Proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS
• Fundamental Knowledge of an SPA (Single page application)
• Deep knowledge of AngularJS practices and commonly used modules based on extensive work experience
• Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components
• Ensuring a clear dependency chain, in regard to the app logic as well as the file system
• Ability to provide SEO solutions for single page apps
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, and other web services used in the system
• Validating user actions on the client side and providing responsive feedback
• Writing non-blocking, optimized, reusable and scalable code
•  Creating custom, general use modules and components which extend the elements and modules of core Angular
•  Experience with building the infrastructure for serving the front-end app and assets
•  Architecting and automating the build process for production, using task runners or scripts
• Documenting the code inline using JSDoc or other conventions
• Creating e2e test suites for all components, and running them with Protractor (or a well reasoned alternative)
• Creating configuration, build, and test scripts for Continuous Integration environments
• Professional, precise communication skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as git is required
• Excellent presentation, problem-solving and team working skills
• Understanding of modern development methodologies and tools including Agile (XP and Scrum), Rapid Application Development, etc.
• Proficient knowledge of Python with a backend server framework like Flask or Django
• Implementing user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance from the Business statement & implement them accordingly
• Building API services from scratch - Project structuring, setting up environment objects, build reusable components, etc
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into the application code
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Creating database schemas that represent and support the business use case
• Experience with scripting for task automation and data analysis
• Implementing automated testing and unit tests cases using tools like Postman or any other libraries
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS would be a value-add
• Professional, precise communication skills

Qualification and Experience:

• B.E. / B. Tech. / MCA / PGDCA / M.Sc. (CS) /M.E. / M. Tech
• 4+ years of experience in Web Application and Backend Development
• Proven expertise in testing of application software to assure accuracy, integrity, completeness to achieve desired results
• Experience with AngularJS (v1.x.x) would be a value-add
• Proficient knowledge of Python or any other back-end programming language
• Demonstrated experience with Object Oriented design and development
• Proven expertise in testing of application software to assure accuracy, integrity, completeness to achieve desired results
• Experience in working with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases would be a value-add
• Knowledge of Microservices, Dockers, Kubernetes
• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform and/or Amazon Web Services