Software Developer

Job Summary:

Java developer will be responsible for many duties throughout the development lifecycle of applications, from concept and design right through to testing. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

• To support and maintain existing Java code base, debug the application 
• To analyse user and business requirements and design and implement appropriate solutions 
• To design and code programs following in-house standards and good design principles 
• To ensure that all programs are documented to the company standards 
• To create unit test plans and perform unit testing of the programs
• To provide advice and guidance to other members of the team

Required Skills/Abilities:  

• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms 
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns 
• Good knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate) 
• Experience in the Spring Framework 
• Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC) 
• Experience in RESTFul webservices
• Experience with test-driven development 
• Exposure to portal/mobility development - Desired
• Exposure to any of middleware solutions like MQ, Oracle fusion middleware(WebLogic), WebSphere, Open Source

Key Result Areas :

● Communication skills and clearness in your reporting and communication.

● Knowledge in the Java programming languages you use.

● Knowledge in the Spring Framework and libraries you use.

● Knowledge in the tool-sets you use.

● Analytical thinking and experience (practical when you design the architecture of the

“thing” prior to coding it).

● Technological understanding (ability to see your new “thing” in a wider perspective, for

example how a small library fits into a large project or product).

● Creativity (finding better ways to achieve your project goals).

● Coding (testable code, clean reusable code, maintainable code, readable code, bug-

free code, beautiful code).

● Correctness (few bugs, few iterations with refactoring).

● Learning (your ability to learn about and use new technologies, protocols, libraries, or

even languages as needed).

● Durability (to stay on track no matter what, even when you feel dead bored, or in way

over your head).

● Adherence to Effort and Schedule

● Team hand holding for day to day activities with team and monitor their progress

● Lead the team technically for the on time delivery and best efforts.

Essentials Skills:

● Strong Hands-on experience in Core Java, Spring framework, Maven, Rational Database.

● Comfortable with source code repository Github.

● Experience in developing REST APIs using Spring-MVC, Play Framework.

● Good to have No Sql, Neo4J, Cassandra, Elasticsearch.

● Experience in developing apache samza jobs (optional).

● Good understanding of CI-CD pipeline.

Required Skills:

• 3+ 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:

• 3+ 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.

• To perform requirement analysis and oversee the implementation of architectures of project scope
• To provide customized reusable solutions of project, program or operational scope
• To develop high-quality and detailed designs
• To conduct unit testing using automated unit test frameworks and identify and address possible risk by conducting mitigation action planning
• Conducting configuration of your own work or from the team and assess the technical impact of multiple technologies/strategies
• Reviewing the work of other developers with feedback for improvement (if applicable)
• Using coding standards and best practices to ensure quality deliverables
• Contribute as a team member to an operational, integration or application architecture requirements, design, implementation, or on-going operations deliverables

• Hands-on Java Engineers, with experience building consumer-facing or enterprise applications using Java stack – Spring, Hibernate, MySQL
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming concepts and Design patterns.

Do You Know? (Skills good to have)

• Exposure to building service-oriented distributed systems
• In building systems that process big data in a distributed environment, either in real-time streaming or offline batching.
• In messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, kinesis, etc.
• In real-time computation tools like Storm / Spark or Hadoop-based tools.
• In Data warehousing technologies like Redshift, BigQuery, etc.

1. B.E/ B.Tech / MCA in computer science or a related field
2. 6+ Years of Java/J2EE work experience.
3. Minimum 6 months in Team Lead position.

1. Object-Oriented design, patterns, algorithms, data structures
2. Well knowledge about Spring Hibernate framework.
3. Exposure to React JS / Angular JS.

1. Experience with SQL/No-SQL database technologies – MySQL, Mongo dB, Cassandra, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.
2. Good working experience in OpenStack/AWS & cloud application development and deployment
3. Experience in Web services (REST or SOAP)

1. End to end web development experience is highly preferred
2. Good understanding of unit testing methodologies.
3. Good analytical and communication skills
4. Startup work culture mindset.

Responsibilities Include

You will break down business opportunities and problems into software solutions. You will work closely with the CTO to help product and marketing stakeholders distill the product vision and roadmap, into a technology vision. You will be responsible for the evolution of an already bleeding-edge highly distributed systems at the back-end, and would need to work with front-end architects to come up with the best user experience for the gaming platform. You will be required to make decisions quickly, and work under strict timelines. You would lead technology strategy through analysis of market trends and product requirements. You would help set coding guidelines and help bring the most modern tools to keep engineering processes most efficient.

Requirements

• B.E/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years or more of progressive software technology experience with at least 3 years in an architectural role.
• Completely hands on with technology and architecture. Start-up experience is a huge plus.
• Ability to quickly prototype and demonstrate technology value adds and educate + drive adoption within the extended technology team
• Excellent and robust understanding of scalable product system architecture(s), platforms and core technologies
• Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions. Ability to embrace and demonstrate leadership beyond ownership
• Work with engineering leadership to setup and manage processes.
• Track record of thought leadership and out of the box thinking in the technology arena.
• Ability to work efficiently in an entrepreneurial and in a start-up environment
• A Java/Spring/Akka, Javascript or Golang rockstar.
• Deep and hands on knowledge of some of these technologies - MySQL, NodeJS, message brokers such as Kafka/RabbitMQ, NoSQL datastore such as Mongo, Cassandra, Arango, distributed caches such as Redis/memcached, container technology such as Docker and Kubernetes etc.
• Great proficiency in distributed systems design, with an ability to make the right trade-offs for creating future-proof solutions.
• Building quick PoCs and full-fledged solutions with various AWS managed services would be a big plus.