Software Engineer - Java Spring

Role & Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer at Locus, you will play a critical role in defining and driving our backend architecture as we scale globally. You’ll own key systems that handle high volumes of data and transactions, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability across distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities-

• Own one or more core applications end-to-end, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Lead the design, architecture, and development of complex, distributed systems, frameworks, and libraries aligned with Locus’s technical strategy.
• Drive engineering operational excellence by defining robust roadmaps for system reliability, observability, and performance improvements.
• Analyze and optimize existing systems for latency, throughput, and efficiency, ensuring they perform at scale.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Establish and uphold coding standards, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices across teams.
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies, frameworks, and patterns to strengthen Locus’s technology foundation.
• Contribute to hiring by identifying and attracting top-tier engineering talent.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong staff engineer profile
• Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 9+ years in backend engineering with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and microservices building large and schalable systems
• Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have been SDE-3 / Tech Lead / Lead SE for at least 2.5 years
• Mandatory (Tech skills 1): Strong in DSA, system design, design patterns, and problem-solving
• Mandatory (Tech skills 2): Proven experience building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems
• Mandatory (Tech skills 3): Hands-on with SQL/NoSQL databases, REST/gRPC APIs, concurrency & async processing
• Mandatory (Tech skills 4): Experience in AWS/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and observability/monitoring
• Mandatory (Communication): Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders
• Mandatory (Company): Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)
• Mandatory (Stability): Must have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies
• Mandatory (Education): B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

JOB DESCRIPTION

Experience: 4-7 years

Location: Bangalore

Wissen Technology is now hiring for a Java Developer - Bangalore with hands-on experience in Core Java, algorithms, data structures, multithreading and SQL. We are solving complex technical problems in the industry and need talented software engineers to join our mission and be a part of a global software development team. A brilliant opportunity to become a part of a highly motivated and expert team which has made a mark as a high-end technical consulting. 

Required Skills:

• Exp. - 4-7 years
• Experience in Core Java and Spring Boot.
• Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale applications and systems. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
• Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client- facing applications.
• Good development experience with RDBMS.
• Good knowledge of multi-threading and high-performance server-side development.
• Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Excellent problem solving and coding skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
• Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts.

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead by the principle of "customer first" to analyse, debug, develop, and maintain customer-centric software.

• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to analyse, debug and fix issues with high quality code, zero regressions, scalable, innovative technical solutions.

• Optimizing components for maximum performance and scalability

• Participates in R&D, Proof of Concepts, Prototyping, Code review, Root Causing, etc.

• At least 2-3 yrs of experience in taking full ownership of software development lifecycle including planning, design, architecture, development, test & deployment. And 2+ years of experience in supporting production or customer issues and escalations.

• Review and analyze support tickets that are complex in nature and require more technical knowledge to analyze. Investigate issues to identify root causes and document findings clearly.

• Influences the development practices so that they follow best practices, policies, and procedures.

• Ensure software products meet all non-functional requirements including operational and security needs.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills.

• Address complex technical challenges within software systems, ensuring robustness, compliance, and customer satisfaction.

• Contribute to knowledge base

• Support the Lead and Mentor the team of software engineers and own the technical health of the service the team is working on.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Java development with expertise in core Java, JDK, data structures, and multithreading.

• Strong analytical skills with experience in root cause analysis and fixes • Strong experience with Spring and Spring Boot frameworks.

• Strong understanding of software design principles, architecture, and best practices

• Familiarity with server technologies, including Tomcat and WebLogic.

• Proficiency in working with relational databases such as Oracle and PostgreSQL

• Experience with messaging queues, particularly JMS MQ or Artemis MQ.

• Possess exceptional debugging and troubleshooting skills to resolve complex issues across the entire, cross-functional technology stack

• Awareness / exposure to debugging Frontend applications (ReactJS / .Net) is a good to have.

• Exposure to Kubernetes, containerization and cloud (AWS) technologies in building scalable, resilient, and distributed environments.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced and in production customer sensitive environments.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills. Quick learner.

• Experience and knowledge in working in the HRP application – specifically the Claims functionality. Added experience in other areas including Enrollment, Billing, Financials is a plus. Candidate must have worked previously in HRP

• Familiarity with ticketing systems (Jira, SalesForce) and production support workflows.

• Strong experience in Java programming.
• Must have experience on MicroServices using Spring boots /Jersy /Swagger / any other Microservices technology stack
• Good experience in either Spring or Hibernate
• Must have at least 1to 2 years’ experience in Web application
• Knowledge of OOP concepts, industry best practices, and design
• Good understanding of web technology/enterprise-level applications
• Good to have experience in JavaScript frameworks
• Good to have experience in Agile Methodology

• Self-motivated and a Quick Learner
• Creative ideas with a problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to consistently perform and meet deadlines
• Attention to detail and follow-through
• A good understanding of customer satisfaction
• Ability to work effectively in a team as well as in an individual environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Must have exp in Django. [ Mandatory]

• The ability to problem-solve and critically think.
• High level of knowledge of Python and the Django framework.
• Familiarity with event driven programming as well as the MVC.
• Good understanding of SQL databases.
• Good understanding of REST APIs.

What kind of work will you get?

We are looking for a java developer.

Examples of technical tasks:

Working on our backend SDK to implement APIs that will be consumed by the frontend widgets

Designing APIs for different auth recipes

Architecting auth flows

You will also be given non technical tasks like product brain storming, competitor analysis and writing documentation.

Note: Compensation is as per the applicant's geography

Requirements

Well versed in java with 2+ years of professional experience

Familiar with and comfortable working with Web frameworks like FastAPI, Django and Flask

Familiar with HTTP networking in java

Strong understanding of async and sync modes in java

Bonus:

Contributed to open source, or have your own open source repo with a community and many github stars

Built an in-house authentication or authorization solution or worked with solutions such as Keycloak, Auth0, Ory, Okta etc

If you like our project, please star us on https://github.com/supertokens/supertokens-core">Github

Note: Compensation is as per the applicant's geography

Recruitment Process

Initial Filtering

Apply

Technical Interview (1/2) - 1.5 hours

Discussion on your past work, this will involve sharing your work (code and output) via screen share

Architecture discussion and general programming related live code problems.

You will be allowed to use Google throughout the interview and you will be required to have screen share on.

This call will be with the CTO

Technical Interview (2/2) - 1.5 hour

This will involve a discussion to assess the breadth and depth of your technical knowledge and general questions on various technical topics.

You will not be asked to write any code

This call will be with the CTO

Chat with the Co-Founder - 1 hour

This call will involve a general discussion to assess culture fit

Position – Software Engineer

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop code for system changes or new modules within company and architecture according to specifications and standards
• Participates and contribute in formal and informal code reviews
• Prepares and executes accurate unit test plans, test data, and test modules and scripts
• Documents code changes and unit test results per Best Practices
• Performs production support and troubleshooting and maintenance (defect resolution)

Required Skills:

• 3-6 years of hands-on experience
• Expert level understanding of all phases of SDLC, preferably with Agile methodology.
• Strong coding experience with Java, J2EE, SQL. Strong experience in java frameworks, especially spring framework.
• Solid experience developing with SQL queries, stored procedures, views and triggers for Oracle databases.
• Understanding of multi-tier architecture, Web based development, and Services Oriented Architecture. Experience coding REST and SOAP services.
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills. Able to step into complex situations and take responsibility.
• Solid knowledge working with version control systems like bitbucket and build tools like maven.
• Strong problem solving and conflict resolution skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Able to guide junior developers.
• Ability to learn and master internal frameworks quickly.
• Deep knowledge in writing complex unit tests.
• XML and knowledge of generating Java data binding code from XSDs
• Knowledge of Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic and IBM MQ
• Experience with Agile methodology.

About CapitalCloud, A Bottomline Company:

Bottomline Technologies provides collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions to corporations, financial institutions and banks around the world. The company's solutions are used to streamline, automate, and manage processes involving payments, invoicing, global cash management, supply chain finance and transactional documents. Organizations trust these solutions to meet their needs for cost reduction, competitive differentiation, and optimization of working capital.

Serving industries such as financial services, insurance, health care, technology, communications, education, media, manufacturing, and government, Bottomline provides products and services to approximately 80 of the Fortune 100 companies and 70 of the FTSE (Financial Times) 100 companies.

Bottomline is a participating employer in the Employment Verification (E-Verify) program EOE/AA/M/F/V/D/E-Verify Employer

Bottomline Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Product Responsibilities:

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of one or more products and solutions.

10+ years of relevant industry experience.

Be technically strong and deliver product excellence.

Collaborate with your team and cross-functional partners to define and influence strategy.

Drive roadmap creation and execution.

Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives, and have an impact at an organizational level.

Participate in technical design. You will be the owner of the technical direction of the products.

Define clear OKRs and measure the impact of your team and individual members.

Evangelize your products across various teams and also to external customers.

Work with the GTM team to deliver success for the products.

Collaborate with the Recruitment/HR team to hire exceptional talent for your own team and also for other teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor degree preferably in Computer Science from a reputed engineering college.

10+ years of proven experience, with 2+ years of leading a team.

Very strong in hands-on coding.

8+ years of combined experience in JVM languages(Java, Scala, Kotlin, etc), any scripting language like python, relational and non-relational databases.

Very strong in system design. You should have designed and implemented large-scale Web applications or data systems.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management.

Good to have:

Don't worry, we'll ramp you up, but experience in any of these areas will help you hit the ground running:

Familiarity with technologies such as Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop ecosystem, and modern warehouses like Snowflake, AWS Redshift, etc.

Experience working with public cloud systems such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Experience with containerization and technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.

 Knowledge of large-scale, data-heavy distributed systems.