Software Development Engineer

Job Role-12 months(contract) which is extendable /permnanent

Required Skills:

• Advanced Java skills, Spring, Spring Boot, REST APIs,
• Intermediate in Design Patterns and Principles
• Application is moving into PCF  any cloud native experience is helpful
• DB:  Oracle, SQL Server, RDBMS
• Network Infrastructure knowledge is helpful (work with network support team to troubleshoot)
• Production support skills are highly preferred.
• CI/ CD knowledge is helpful
• Junit for unit testing
• Java certifications are a huge plus

Job Description:

• An ideal candidate is someone who works well with a cohesive team-oriented group of engineers, who have a passion for developing software, who enjoy solving problems in a challenging environment, and who have the desire to take their career to the next level.
• Participate in and lead day to day system development and maintenance activities of the team to meet service level agreements (SLAs) and create solutions with high level of innovation, cost effectiveness, high quality and faster time to market.
• Accountable for full systems development life cycle including creating high quality requirements documents, use-cases, design and other technical artifacts including but not limited to detailed test strategy/test design, performance benchmarking, release rollout and deployment plans, contingency/back-out plans, feasibility study, cost and time analysis and detailed estimates.
• Research and evaluate current and upcoming technologies and frameworks.
• Participate in PoCs (Proof of Concept) and help the Department with selection of Vendor Solutions, Technologies, Methodologies and Frameworks.
• Collaborate with Vendor Resources for Support of Products.
• Conduct brownbag sessions on new and upcoming technologies, methodologies and application appropriate frameworks. Ensure knowledge transfer of vendor technology to *** staff. Provide technical training to the other team members.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in related field.
• Broad understanding of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required.
• Back end Java Development
• API- Restful Services
• Automated Unit Testing (J Unit)
• Spring MVC
• SQL skills- Ability to work with tables, views, and stored procedures
• GIT
• Must be high-energy, detail-oriented, proactive and have the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment.
• Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.
• Possesses strong communication skills -- both verbal and written and strong relationship, collaborative skills and organizational skills.
• Willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities and to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
2. Write well designed, testable, efficient code
3. Ensure designs comply with specifications
4. Prepare and produce releases of software components
5. Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
6. Ensure continual knowledge management
7. Adherence to the organizational guidelines and processes

Skills /Competencies: a. Bachelor/Master’s degree with good experience in computer programming b.4+ years working experience in application development using Java

Essential Skills:

1. Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
2. Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
3. Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Data structure, Algorithm and time complexity, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
4. Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
5. Experience in the Spring Framework
6. Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC) and UI technology (Angular/React JS)
7. Ability to operate independently while establishing strong working relationships with co-workers and cross-functional teams
8. Strong organizational and prioritization skills
9. Demonstrate critical attention to detail and deadlines, and are self-motivated
10. Ability to adapt to changes in direction and priorities in a project and deadline-oriented environment
11. Strong written and verbal English communication skills
12. Problem-solving attitude

Preferred skills Good to have –

1. Knowledge in any UI technology (Angular, React, JS)
2. Intermediate level knowledge of Unix environment (User commands, not System Admin commands)
3. Understanding of capital markets and middle/back office processes in the financial services space

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Java Developer with over 4 years of hands-on experience in building robust and scalable backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-performance, scalable, and secure backend services using Java 8+, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
• Participate in the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements gathering to production deployment and support.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, DevOps engineers, and product owners to deliver end-to-end features.
• Optimize application performance and ensure high availability and responsiveness.
• Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code while following best practices (coding standards, unit testing, CI/CD, etc.).
• Develop RESTful APIs and ensure their quality and consistency.
• Handle integration with external systems and third-party services.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior developers.

Technical Skills Required:

• Languages: Java 8 or above
• Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security
• Architecture: Microservices architecture and design patterns
• Databases: MySQL/PostgreSQL, MongoDB (optional)
• Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ (optional)
• API Development: RESTful APIs, Swagger/OpenAPI
• Version Control: Git, GitHub/GitLab
• Tools: Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Docker
• Testing: JUnit, Mockito
• Cloud (optional): AWS/Azure/GCP exposure
• CI/CD & DevOps tools (optional): Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

Nice to Have:

• Experience in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of API Gateway, Service Registry (e.g., Eureka), and Circuit Breakers (e.g., Hystrix or Resilience4j).
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).

About us:

HappyFox is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) support platform. We offer an enterprise-grade help desk ticketing system and intuitively designed live chat software.

We serve over 12,000 companies in 70+ countries. HappyFox is used by companies that span across education, media, e-commerce, retail, information technology, manufacturing, non-profit, government and many other verticals that have an internal or external support function.

To know more, Visit! - https://www.happyfox.com/

We’re looking for a Lead Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience in building web services to join our engineering team to help architect, build and run our growing list of products. You should have prior experience being responsible for building sufficiently complex products/services and mentoring software engineers.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead a team of engineers working on our product roadmap. You are expected to contribute to feature development with hands-on development tasks
• Oversee software architecture, source control workflows, and CI/CD processes and perform code reviews to ensure exceptional code quality
• Improve the development experience and the quality of the codebase. You will define and uphold best practices and coding standards for the team
• Responsible for architecture and design decisions
• Own stability and performance of the service that you work on
• Work with the Engineering Manager to ship stable software on time
• Contribute to the vision and long-term strategy in your area of expertise

Requirements: 

• 2+ years of experience in a technical lead role designing and building complex backend systems
• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Excellent knowledge of best practices and coding patterns
• Deep knowledge of backend programming languages like Python and web application frameworks like Django
• Solid experience in building web services using relational databases like PostgreSQL or NoSQL databases like MongoDB
• Proficiency with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform or Azure
• Extensive experience with Linux/UNIX production environments
• Strong sense of quality in terms of both program architecture and code style
• Passion to dig into technically complex problems to troubleshoot and figure out a solution
• Desire to continuously improve and ship the best quality product
• Pragmatic approach to make sure technical decisions align with actual business needs. 
• Good understanding of the trade-offs when building for product value, reliability, or performance
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to discuss and explain your point of view clearly and effectively
• An engineering degree is a must(B.E. CS preferred)

Job Description for Drools developer -

• Hands on experience in design and development in Drools rule engine (minimum 1.5 years) and Core Java
• Exceptional ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical people
• Expertise in object oriented programming
• Experience in Deploying and supporting core and advanced features
• Good exposure to SQL and/or Oracle/ MySQL,
• Candidate should be well verse with Agile processes
• Strong ability to work collaboratively across diverse groups of business and technical stakeholders is required.

7+ years of experience with Design, development & architecture.

• Experience in software development with minimum 3 plus years of architecture experience.
• Experience in Core JAVA 8
• Experience in Java J2EE, Microservices
• Experience in Java - Spring, Java - SpringBoot, GCP , Hibernate,JDBC
• Experience in Multi-threading, Performance and Scaling is a plus
• Have used the RDBMS and NoSQL databases like MySQL/Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J Risk for production ready software’s
• Cloud Native application design experience is a plus
• CICD – Release Pipeline experience
• Experience in application of principles of Architecture Design
• Experience building large scale, high performance distributed systems
• Strong understanding of modern development techniques and processes such as Dev Ops /Cloud
• Promoter of Agile/Scrum, TDD and CI/CD best practices
• Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or Internet-related computer programs. (Code must be used in core version of applications available for sale commercially.)
• Interacts with Delivery managers and/or users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications.
• Participates in software design meetings and analyzes user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Writes code, completes programming and performs testing and debugging of applications using current programming languages and technologies.
• Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance.
• Trains and communicates with internal Client Training, Client Relationship and Sales teams on systems application.
• May be responsible for developing or executing project plans, budgets and schedules and for documenting work and results.
• May deliver informational and decision-seeking presentations to technical and business groups to internal and/or external audiences.

• Challenge technical decisions and web service designs and provide inputs for improvement
• Provide qualified code (tested and documented)
• Fix issues that arise from testing/customers
• Create or update all the relevant and required technical documents (design, architecture, )
• Follow quality development rules and recommendations (unitary test, change management, build management, Software factory…)
• Perform code reviews and suggest improvements
• Work in Agile mode and Test Driven development process
• Collaborate and work closely with all stakeholders

• Hardcore developers who can write performance-based quality code and drive code
• Preferred: Java1.8, Junit, Springboot, Dropwizard, RabbitMQ, Jenkins jobs, NoSQL DB (MongoDB, Neo4j), Docker, and DevOps (Optional: Python, AWS)
• Knowledge about Secure coding guidelines, Sonarqube, Configuration Management (Perforce), Jira
• MUST have experience in Scrum/Agile SDLC
• Value Add – experience on the server side in IPTV/OTT/STB

Additional Responsibilities: • Knowledge of more than one technology • Basics of Architecture and Design fundamentals • Knowledge of Testing tools • Knowledge of agile methodologies • Understanding of Project life cycle activities on development and maintenance projects • Understanding of one or more Estimation methodologies, Knowledge of Quality processes • Basics of business domain to understand the business requirements • Analytical abilities, Strong Technical Skills, Good communication skills • Good understanding of the technology and domain • Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of software quality assurance principles, SOLID design principles and modelling methods • Awareness of latest technologies and trends • Excellent problem solving, analytical and debugging skills Technical and Professional Requirements: • Primary skills: Java • Desirables: Java->Microservices, Java->Springboot Preferred Skills: Java Generic Skills: Java->Microservices Java->Springboot Educational Requirements Bachelor of Engineering Service Line Application Development and Maintenance * Location of posting is subject to business requirements.