Software Development Engineer

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Java Developer with 4+years of hands-on experience to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java development, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance and scalable applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based applications.
• Write well-designed, efficient, and testable code following best software development practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during development and production support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including QA, DevOps, and Product teams.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Maintain proper documentation for code, processes, and configurations.
• Support deployment and post-deployment monitoring during night shift hours.

Required Skills:

• Strong programming skills in Java 8 or above.
• Experience with Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, etc.).
• Proficiency in RESTful APIs, Microservices Architecture, and Web Services.
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Hands-on experience with version control systems like Git.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Experience with build tools like Maven/Gradle.
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks (JUnit/TestNG).

Preferred Skills (Good to Have):

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Basic understanding of frontend technologies like JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

• Lead multiple client projects in the organization. 
• Define & build technical architecture for projects. 
• Introduce & ensure right coding standards within the team and ensure that it is maintained in all the projects. 
• Ensure the quality delivery of projects. 
• Ensure applications are confirmed to security guidelines wherever required. 
• Assist pre-sales/sales team for converting raw requirements from potential clients to functional solutions. 
• Train fellow team members to impose the best practices available. 
• Work on improving and managing processes within the team. 
• Implement innovative ideas throughout the team to improve the overall efficiency and quality of the team. 
• Ensure proper communication & collaboration within the team 
  
  

7+ Years of experience in developing large scale applications. 
Solid Domain Knowledge and experience with various Design Patterns & Data Modelling (Associations, OOPs Concepts etc.)
Should have exposure to multiple backend technologies, and databases - both relational and NOSQL databases
Should be aware of latest conventions for APIs
Preferred hands-on experience with GraphQL as well as REST API
Must be well-aware of the latest technological advancements for relevant platforms. 
Advanced Concepts of Databases - Views, Stored Procedures, Database Optimization - are a good to have.
Should have Research Oriented Approach 
Solid at Logical thinking and Problem solving 
Solid understanding of Coding Standards, Code Review processes and delivery of quality products 
Experience with various Tools used in Development, Tests & Deployments. 
Sound knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD Pipeline Tools 
Solid experience with Git Workflow on Enterprise projects and larger teams 
Should be good at documentation at project level and code level ; Should have good experience with Agile Methodology and process
Should have a good understanding of server side deployment, scalability, maintainability and handling server security problems.
Should have good understanding on Software UX 
Proficient with communication and good at making software architectural judgments
Expected outcomes 

• Growing the team and retaining talent, thus, creating an inspiring environment for the team members. 
• Creating more leadership within the team along with mentoring and guiding new joiners and experienced developers. 
• Creating growth plans for the team and preparing training guides for other team members. 
• Refining processes in the team on a regular basis to ensure quality delivery of projects- such as coding standards, project collaboration, code review processes etc. 
• Improving overall efficiency and team productivity by introducing new methodologies and ideas in the team. 
• Working on R&D and employing innovative technologies in the company. 
• Streamlining processes which will result in saving time and cost optimization 
• Ensuring code review healthiness and shipping superior quality code 
  
  
  

• Unlimited learning and growth opportunities 
• A collaborative and cheerful work environment 
• Exceptional reward and recognition policy  
• Outstanding compensation  
• Flexible work hours  
• Opportunity to make an impact as your work will directly contribute to our business strategy.
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At Nickelfox, you have a chance to craft a career path as unique as you are and become the best version of YOU. You will be part of a team with a ‘no limits’ mindset in an inclusive, people-focused culture. And we’re counting on your unique perspective to help Nickelfox grow even faster.  

Are you passionate about tech? Dedicated to learning? Come, join us to build an extraordinary experience for yourself and a dignified working world for all. 
 

What makes Nickelfox a great place for you?

In Nickelfox, you’ll join a team whose passion for technology and understanding of business has driven the company to serve clients across 25+ countries in just five years. We partner with our customers to fuel their growth story and enable them to make the right decisions with our customized technology services and insights. All in all, we are passionate to see our customers win the day. This is the reason why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.  

Our mission is to provide dignified employment and an environment that recognizes the uniqueness of every individual and values their expertise, and contribution. We have a culture that encourages everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. Our people enjoy a collaborative work environment with exceptional training and career development. If you like working with a curious, youthful, high-performing team, Nickelfox is the place for you.

Job Description: (Mandate Skills)

• Exceptional architecture and design skills using Object Oriented Programming concepts and Design patterns
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Hands on Java Engineer, with experience building consumer facing or enterprise applications using Java stack
• Ability to manage small teams (2-4 members) using agile development process

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
• 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.

Experience: 5+ Years

An  Architect  is a hands-on, talented, innovative, and practical individual with functional experience to design, implement and support the delivery of core products and product components.  

• Capable of working under minimal direction and exercising considerable latitude, they will provide technical expertise in developing solutions to complex software engineering problems, which require frequent use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Experienced in designing application framework solutions, performing architectural analysis, and identifying issues and provide solutions for the business problems.
• Sound functional knowledge of application architecture service architecture, code modularity, data synchronisation, customisable workflow management, partner application integration and API developer frameworks.
• Responsibilities:
• Lead the design and development of new architecture and major functional upgrades for the most advanced capabilities 
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, designers, and developers.
• Engage cross-organizational teams such as Product Management, Integrations, Services, Support, and Operations, to ensure the success of overall software development, implementation, and deployment.
• Requirements:

Ideal candidate should have

• 7+ years of system implementation experience 
• Experience with any of the following languages like Java / Nodejs / ROR / Python
• Expertise in micro service / Data modelling / AWS / Messaging
• Expertise in building scalable & reliable systems
• Good Experience in working with technologies like AWS, Redis,
• Experience in messaging systems like SQS/RabbitMQ
• Good knowledge of caching, Databases, distributed systems.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Good experience with Devops

Type: Individual contributor with good hands on proficiency. 

Must have

• Strong proficiency in at least one of  Java, Ruby, Python
• Exposure to databases: any of  PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Cassandra
• Any NoSQL database experience is a plus
• Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure: EC2 or S3 
• Proficiency with Git
• MUST: Using REST to make API calls. 

Great to have: 

• Experience working with one or more middleware, enterprise bus, queueing frameworks
• Any of Memcached/Redis, Apache Kafka / RabbitMQ / PubSub+ / AmazonMQ

Soft skills:

• Appreciation for clean and well documented code

What will you do at Tradyl:

(Examples for illustration only)

• Build a shipping service module that is called by our website to query shipping rates from India to a destination country. Configure this to so that an Ops person can update shipping costs as and when they change. Own deployment and monitoring of this service. 
• Use Zapier to build a workflow to export a MixPanel report into a Google sheet every day.
• Change our supplier portal (built on bubble.io) to make an API call to our customer facing site, whenever a supplier modifies his profile.
• Write an alert mechanism that identifies catalogues with insufficient information and makes them non discoverable, which can run every day.
• Work with Business Team to design a workflow for product inwarding using Airtable. Write a small app within Airtable so that whenever a product is updated as “shipped” in airtable, it updates the customer facing website.
• Use an open source dashboarding framework to create a quick dashboard to track important business events.