
About the Role
We are seeking a passionate and skilled Java + Kotlin Developer to join our growing engineering team. You’ll be responsible for building scalable backend systems and modern Kotlin-based applications, with opportunities to work on both Android and server-side development.
What You'll Do
- Develop and maintain robust backend services using Java and Spring Boot
- Design and implement modern applications using Kotlin (Android or Multiplatform)
- Work on APIs, microservices, and system integrations
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
Key Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Java and Kotlin
- Strong grasp of Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture
- Experience with Android Development or Kotlin on JVM
- Familiar with Git, Gradle, and CI/CD tools
- Bonus: Experience with Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, or Kotlin Multiplatform
Good to Have
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS / GCP
- Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or DevOps practices
- Previous experience in a startup or fast-paced product environment

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About Root Node
We’re an early-stage startup building intelligent tools for planning, scheduling, and optimization—starting with timetabling and warehouse logistics. Backed by deep domain expertise and a growing customer pipeline, we’re now building our core tech team. This is not just a coding job — it's a chance to build something meaningful from the ground up.
About the job
- Design and implement robust backend systems and APIs using Java or similar backend language and Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks
- Integrate backend services with existing custom ERP systems
- Work closely with the founder on product architecture, feature prioritization, and go-to-market feedback
- Take full ownership of features — from system design and development to deployment and iterative improvements
- Help shape our engineering culture and technical foundations
You're a Great Fit If You:
- Have 3+ years of experience in backend development
- Are strong in Java or similar languages (e.g., Kotlin, Go, Node.js)
- Have solid experience with Spring Boot or equivalent backend frameworks
- Have integrated with ERP or enterprise systems in production environments
- Are comfortable with both SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
- Understand REST API development, authentication, Docker
- Have an entrepreneurial mindset — you're excited about ownership, ambiguity, and making decisions that shape the product and company
- Want more than just a job — you want to build, solve, and learn rapidly
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- High degree of ownership and autonomy
- Ability to shape the tech and product direction from Day 1
- Transparent and fast decision-making culture
- A builder’s environment — solve real-world problems with real impact
From booking a taxi to shopping to even finding a life-partner, technology today is
playing a role which is indistinguishable from magic. However, we are still stuck to
old means of teaching, operations and collaboration in education institutions which
directly impacts student experience as well as learning outcomes. We are
changing this. We are a platform, a philosophy, and a mission.
We are looking for great technologists to join the engineering team of our core
product which will be used by millions of students. Do you see delightful user
experiences and robust back-end engineering as two faces of the same coin? Do
you persevere to relentlessly improve your code till you are intrinsically satisfied? Do
you feel like an engineer and an artist when you deliver a final product? If yes, keep
on reading!
We are a data-driven software product company with a strong focus on delightful
design. While you put your experience and knowledge into practice, you can expect
yourself unlearning and learning new things every day. You will be part of a strong,
passionate, and high-velocity team of engineers that regularly launches big features
that make a significant impact to our offering.
You will be an important member of engineering team reporting to the founding team
with following responsibilities:
Design, architect and deliver our core product modules
Continuously improve and refactor the code-base
Measure and improve application performance, security and stability
Promote innovation, new technologies, and best practices
Review code of reporting engineers and continuously mentor them
Required Experience
4+ years of software development experience with strong concentration in
enterprise SaaS based technologies.
Required Technical Qualifications
Strong design and coding skills in Enterprise Java, REST web services and
JSON.
Deep knowledge of relational databases.
Deep knowledge of Test-driven Development (TDD) and Continuous
Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)
Experience with AWS Cloud Computing Services or others.
Strong leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
Ability to work independently and make decisions under minimal supervision.
- 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
Required Skills:
- 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.
Qualification:
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BE \ B.Tech \ MCA |
- Java – Spring, Hibernate, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Knowledge on a Database system.
3+ years of experience in software development.
Preferably BE/B-Tech engineering degree, but not a must.
• 3 years’ experience developing server-side Java – Spring, Hibernate and REST
• Full-SDLC cycle, with large-scale live roll-out participation as a developer.
• Expert understanding of the object-oriented design and programming concepts
• Good understanding of relational and non-relational database/datastores/caches best practices and challenges
• Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well
• Proficient in Git and familiarity with continuous integration
• A team player who values collaboration, innovation, and inclusion
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
Requirements:
- Have Strong knowledge of cloud technologies like (AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Strong in any Backend language like Java-Springboot(preferred), Python, ROR, NodeJs, GO etc.
- Have a working experience with any frontend technology.
- Strong system design experience in cloud-native products.
- Understands and knows how to work with GIT.
- Able to develop or implement HLD into LLD and vice versa.
- Strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL database.
- Strong on DSA.
- Has previously built and delivered end-to-end products preferably with any FinTech startup.
- Someone very motivated and loves taking ownership of building an end-to-end application
Perks:
> Fully-remote
> Flexible work hours
> You could be our first Director/VP of technology
> Founding Team role
> ESOPs
Working in highly collaborative teams and building quality code
Working in lots of different domains and client environments also understanding the business domain deeply
Architect highly scalable, highly available, reliable, secure and fault-tolerant systems with minimal guidance
Suggest new architectural elements to improve the existing architecture
Design and implement low latency RESTful services; Define API contracts between services; Version APIs and make them backward compatible
Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design
Create platforms, reusable libraries and utilities wherever applicable
Continuously refactor applications to ensure high-quality design
Choose the right technology stack for the product systems/subsystems
Write high-quality code that are modular, functional and testable; Establish the best coding practices
Formally mentor junior engineers on design, coding and troubleshooting
Plan projects using agile methodologies and ensure timely delivery
Troubleshoot issues effectively in a distributed architecture
Communicate, collaborate and work effectively in a global environment
Operationalize releases by partnering with Tech operations on capacity planning and operability of the product.
Skills Required:
Proficient in JVM based language(like Java, Groovy), J2EE technology stack
Expertise in API design and development, experience in dealing with a large dataset
Strong in collections, algorithms, multithreading, also have worked on Springboot, Hibernate frameworks.
Practicing the coding standards (clean code, design patterns, etc)
Very strong object-oriented design skills, awareness of design patterns and architectural patterns
Performance tuning and Troubleshooting memory issues, GC tuning, resource leaks, etc.
Strong problem-solving skills, algorithmic skills and data structures
Experience in agile methodologies like Scrum
Good understanding of branching, build, deployment, continuous integration methodologies
Experience in leading a team (min 5)and mentoring engineers
Attitude to getting Stuff Done!
Ability to make decisions independently.
Good to have:
Hadoop knowledge
Cloud Platform Architecture
Groovy
scalability, accessibility, usability, design, and security in mind. If you don't have all
of these, that's ok, but be excited about learning the few you don't know.
Familiar with building complex web applications using Javascript / AJAX, XHTML,
CSS.
Experience with or knowledge of jQuery, Java, Struts, and other website technologies.
Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a
UNIX or Linux platform)
Solid software development background including design patterns, data structures,
test driven development
Knowledge of Perl or other scripting languages a plus
Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational
databases
Software development experience in building highly scalable applications
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical
discipline
Experience in eCommerce and Deep hands-on technical expertise
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Experience working with service oriented architectures and web based solutions.











