Software Engineer

REVIEW CRITERIA:

MANDATORY:

• Strong Forward Deployed / Client-Facing Software Engineer / Integration / Product Support Engineer profiles
• 1–6 years of professional experience or strong internship/project work in software engineering.
• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (Python / Java / JavaScript / TypeScript)
• Solid foundation in Data Structures, Algorithms, System Design, and ability to build production-grade solutions quickly
• Experience working on API integrations, backend services, data pipelines, or workflow-based systems
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability; ability to work directly with enterprise clients to diagnose and solve complex technical issues
• Strong communication skills and proven ability to collaborate with product, engineering, and customer teams
• Willingness to travel frequently to global client sites for deployments and solution delivery
• B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science from Tier-1 institutes (IITs, BITS, NSIT, DAIICT, DTU, etc.)
• Product Company only

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Exposure to cloud services, data integration, ETL/Reverse ETL, or workflow automation tools.
• Experience with React / frontend frameworks, low-code development, or building internal tools.
• Familiarity with AI/ML, GenAI tools, LLM-driven automation, or experience applying them to real use cases.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer (FDSE) at UnifyApps, you’ll work at the intersection of engineering, problem-solving, and customer impact. You’ll embed with enterprise clients, understand real-world problems, and design and implement solutions using the UnifyApps platform. This role is ideal for high-potential engineers from Tier-1 colleges who want to work on real enterprise-scale problems, gain full-stack exposure, and grow rapidly in a high-impact SaaS environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with client and internal teams to understand complex business processes, legacy systems, and integration needs.
• Design, build, and deploy solutions using the UnifyApps platform across data, workflows, and GenAI/LLM use cases.
• Develop data pipelines, API integrations, and low-code apps to solve high-impact problems.
• Collaborate closely with UnifyApps’ product and engineering teams to shape platform capabilities through real deployments.
• Rapidly prototype, iterate, and deliver production-grade solutions with high ownership.
• Contribute to internal accelerators, templates, and best practices.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• B.Tech / B.E. in Computer Science from Tier-1 institutes such as IITs, BITS, NSIT, DAIICT, DTU etc.
• 1–6 years of professional experience or strong internship/project work in software engineering.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and ability to work collaboratively.
• Willingness to travel frequently to client sites across the globe.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

• Exposure to data integration, APIs, cloud services, or workflow tools.
• Experience with React / frontend frameworks or low-code platforms.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts or GenAI tools.
• Prior internships in SaaS, enterprise tech, or consulting environments.

PERKS, BENEFITS AND WORK CULTURE:

• Competitive salary package.
• Opportunity to learn from and work with senior leadership & founders.
• Build solutions for large enterprises that move from concept to real-world impact.
• Exceptional career growth pathways in a highly innovative and rapidly scaling environment.

• Be responsible for engineering road map, architecture and scalability/quality of products.
• Effectively collaborate with Product managers, Business teams to develop long-term product roadmap and own release planning - in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Perform well in ambiguous situations. We are a startup with a significant product suite.
• Mentor and guide a team of engineers across various levels and areas of expertise. Help engineers make good architectural decisions, improve code quality and delivery.
• Be responsible for tech solutioning, architecture being deployed maintaining right balance b/w short term and long term outcomes – speed vs quality.
• Establish strong engineering best practices and champion their adoption.
• Define career trajectory for your team and share feedback regularly to help them grow.

• 7+ years of experience in end to end cloud software development with exposure in building scalable, fault tolerant and secure large scale distributed systems. At least 1-2 years managing eng. teams.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering (preferably computer science or sister branches) from a reputed institute (preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes).
• Deep expertise in Java & tech stack (Springboot) & micro service based architecture writing maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code. This position requires a good mix of hands-on and people management.
• Hands-on experience in low-level and high-level design with the ability to propose and validate system design.
• You are comfortable jamming on code refactoring, architecture and design principles.
• Sound understanding of web technologies (JS, HTML5 CSS), databases - SQL & NoSQL (e.g. Cassandra), distributed caches (e.g. Redis), message queues (e.g. Kafka).
• Knowledge of UI architectural patterns like MVVM, MVC, MVP etc is useful.
• Exposure to android app development is a good plus.
• You have working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Gradle, GIT, Jenkins, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana or equivalents.
• You are an opensource enthusiast with the curiosity to stay abreast of latest tech.
• Must be comfortable working in fast paced agile environments. Ability to plan, prioritise, estimate and execute releases with strong degree of predictability.
• Excellent people & communication skills.
• Experience with AWS stack is preferred.
• Experience with a high-growth startup is a plus.

Job Summary:

– We are looking for a kick ass software engineer with exceptional skills in data structures, algorithms, core java, and distributed systems. If you think you have it in you to deliver on aggressive timelines, have the hunger for growth, don’t like giving excuses, contribute to product features, be hands-on and deliver a world-class product, then we want to hear from you.

This is a predominantly back-end engineering role.

– You are a rockstar engineer with proven capabilities working on SaaS product and a passion for writing exception code.

– You are hungry for an opportunity to join a start-up and become a member of core platform team driving the company forward.

– You will be responsible for the delivery of product features as a part of the platform engineering team.

– You will be hands-on working on key features of the product.

– You will be responsible for design of back-end architectural changes and product features.

– You will have plenty of opportunity to learn and implement ideas to build products in efficient and cohesive manner.

– Understand the product mission, goals, and tasks and execute with the team to achieve them.

– Understand the design and architecture and build modules in accordance with it or recommend and make the necessary changes that adds more stability to our product.

Eligibility:

– 4+ years of experience with hands-on experience in Core Java/Kotlin

– 2+ years of experience as a technical architect with responsibility for core features 

– 4+ years of working experience in cloud-based systems

– 2+ years of experience working on distributed systems

– 2+ years of experience working on Kafka and Zookeeper

– Experience working on RxJava/ Reactive Programming

– Adept on design patterns and distributed systems

– Excellent verbal and written communication

– Proficient in building REST APIs to interact with relational and non-relational data sources

– Proficient in SQL and RDBMS

– Hands on experience in code and system optimization

– Experience in working with NoSQL databases is a plus