Software Engineer - Backend Core Platform

Job Title: Java Developer (Immediate Joiners Only)

Experience: 5+ Years

Work Locations: Pune, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore, Ahmedabad

Work Mode: Hybrid

Joining: Immediate Joiners / Candidates who have completed their notice period only

About Us

At Deqode, we build high-performing engineering teams for cutting-edge technology solutions. We are currently looking for experienced Java Developers who are passionate about scalable systems, clean code, and modern architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based applications using Java 8 and Spring Boot
• Build robust RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services
• Work on microservices architecture, including containerization and orchestration
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver new features
• Write unit and integration tests to maintain code quality

Mandatory Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Java 8 or above
• In-depth knowledge of Spring Boot and Microservices architecture
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs
• Proficient in object-oriented design principles and software design patterns
• Good understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL)
• Familiarity with version control tools like Git
• Exposure to CI/CD practices and tools

Good to Have:

• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Cloud exposure (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Basic knowledge of unit testing frameworks like JUnit, Mockito

About the Role-

Thinking big and executing beyond what is expected. The challenges cut across algorithmic problem solving, systems engineering, machine learning and infrastructure at a massive scale.

Reason to Join-

An opportunity for innovators, problem solvers & learners.  Working will be Innovative, empowering, rewarding & fun. Amazing Office, competitive pay along with excellent benefits package.

Requiremets and Responsibilities- (please read carefully before applying)

• The overall experience of 3-6 years in Java/Python Framework and Machine Learning.
• Develop Web Services, REST, XSD, XML technologies, Java, Python, AWS, API.
• Experience on Elastic Search or SOLR or Lucene -Search Engine, Text Mining, Indexing.
• Experience in highly scalable tools like Kafka, Spark, Aerospike, etc.
• Hands on experience in Design, Architecture, Implementation, Performance & Scalability, and Distributed Systems.
• Design, implement, and deploy highly scalable and reliable systems.
• Troubleshoot Solr indexing process and querying engine.
• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science from Tier 1 Institutions

Role- Software Development Engineer-2

As a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, you have industry-leading technical abilities and demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge. You build software to deliver business impact, making smart technology choices. You work in a team and drive things forward.

Top Skills

You write high quality, maintainable, and robust code, often in Java or C++ or C#

You recognize and adopt best practices in software engineering: design, testing, version control, documentation, build, deployment, and operations.

You have experience building scalable software systems that are high-performance, highly-available, highly transactional, low latency and massively distributed.

Roles & Responsibilities

You solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context.

You develop pragmatic solutions and build flexible systems that balance engineering complexity and timely delivery, creating business impact.

You understand a broad range of data structures and algorithms and apply them to deliver high-performing applications.

You recognize and use design patterns to solve business problems.

You understand how operating systems work, perform and scale.

You continually align your work with Amazon’s business objectives and seek to deliver business value.

You collaborate to ensure that decisions are based on the merit of the proposal, not the proposer.

You proactively support knowledge-sharing and build good working relationships within the team and with others in Amazon.

You communicate clearly with your team and with other groups and listen effectively.

Skills & Experience

Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or relevant technical field.

Experience in software development and full product life-cycle.

Excellent programming skills in any object-oriented programming languages - preferably Java, C/C++/C#, Perl, Python, or Ruby.

Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance, scalability, and availability.

Proficiency in SQL and data modeling.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing Web Applications/ Rest Apis/ Automation Scripts.
• Design, Develop, Enhance and test Back End Web Modules using Nodejs, Nestjs Framework, Mongo DB.
• Research and explore existing solutions, competition to get a holistic understanding of the design and development.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with various teams for effective outcomes.
• Meet deadlines in a high intensity work environment.
• Write Highly scalable and stable code.
• Pick up any project & amp; suggest a solution for completing it.
• Write production ready code with minimal bugs.
• Review other engineers' code and provide constructive feedback.
• Help grow the engineering team through involvement in the technology community (conferences, meetups, blog posts, open-source projects, etc) and referrals.
• Monitor changes in production & amp; rollback if necessary.
• Pair often and provide some guidance to more junior engineers.

Requirements:

• 2-6 years of working experience in backend technologies.
• Proficient in NodeJs, NestJs, Js.
• Understanding of Backend End Technologies.
• Proficient in RESTful APIs and API Communications.
• Understanding of Sql and NoSql Databases.
• Good grasp of Asynchronous Programming and its work arounds.
• Database schema Creation for business process.
• Working knowledge in user authentication and authorization.
• Implementing data protection Error Handling skills
• Good at analyzing and solving problems.
• Passionate to work in a start-up.
• Knowledge of firebase authentication and analytics.
• Knowledge of AWS deployment tools and strategy.
• Should be good with the Low Level and High Level Design.
• Understanding of Different Design Patterns.

We are looking to hire a Senior Backend Developer, with over 4+ years of experience, to directly work with the CTO and contribute in building and developing new products and feature sets for NostraGamus. The work will entail the opportunity to explore and utilise the latest developments in the world of technology, and formulate ways to incorporate them into day to day work to create stellar products. The candidate must have had significant exposure in building real products, including working with various stakeholders across product and marketing teams. Prior knowledge in building games at scale is highly desirable, but not necessarily.

The following skillsets are highly essential:

1. Expertise in Node Js&Javascript, and hobbyist interest in few other languages like Python, Ruby, PHP. Must have done C/C++ programming in school/college
2. Deep knowledge on Database systems, especially PostgreSQL, and any noSQL clones, including knowledge to optimise
3. Awareness of Docker, virtualization, Redis or similar caching toolsets
4. Absolute mastery in using Unix based systems and Bash. Ability to work in seamlessly in headless environments is a must.
5. Disciplined in approaching problems, ability to maintain composure under catastrophic failures and propensity to work under deadlines

Bonus Points :

1. Passionate about building new products - having done a few personal projects, regardless of success achieved or goals completed.
2. Prior knowledge in building games at scale.
3. Good understanding in AWS and its various services - EC2, ECS, RDS, SQS, Elastic Beanstalk, Elasticache, Route53.
4. Strong interest in Mathematics, Probability Theory, Statistics, Machine Learning and ability to apply math in real-world applications.