Solutions Architect- Java(AWS)

About Us:

We’re a startup based in Hyderabad. We focus on making speech, text & structured data actionable. We are building an exciting range of products, and have paying customers.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Java Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate

will have 5 to 8 years of hands-on experience in Java development, with a strong understanding

of software  development principles and methodologies. The Java Developer will be

responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software solutions that

meet our clients' needs.

  Responsibilities:

·      Designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance and scalable Java applications.

·      Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

·      Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices.

·      Participating in code reviews and providing constructive feedback to peers.

·      Troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving technical issues in a timely manner.

·      Ensuring the performance, security, and scalability of applications.

·      Staying updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices.

·      Mentoring junior developers and assisting in their professional growth.

·      Develop Spring based server-side components of Enterprise applications.

·      Build self-dependent modules which can integrate with external applications.

·      Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

·      Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

What we will bring to the table:

·      Focused opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies

·      Exposure to key customers in India and abroad

·      Work closely with senior leadership that has already developed world class products

·      A learning environment

·      Challenging problems to solve

What you'll do:

· Perform complex application programming activities with an emphasis on mobile development: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, RESTful APIs and related backend frameworks

· Assist in the definition of system architecture and detailed solution design that are scalable and extensible

· Collaborate with Product Owners, Designers, and other engineers on different permutations to find the best solution possible

· Own the quality of code and do your own testing. Write unit test and improve test coverage.

· Deliver amazing solutions to production that knock everyone’s socks off

· Mentor junior developers on the team

What we’re looking for:

· Amazing technical instincts. You know how to evaluate and choose the right technology and approach for the job. You have stories you could share about what problem you thought you were solving at first, but through testing and iteration, came to solve a much bigger and better problem that resulted in positive outcomes all-around.

· A love for learning. Technology is continually evolving around us, and you want to keep up to date to ensure we are using the right tech at the right time.

· A love for working in ambiguity—and making sense of it. You can take in a lot of disparate information and find common themes, recommend clear paths forward and iterate along the way. You don’t form an opinion and sell it as if it’s gospel; this is all about being flexible, agile, dependable, and responsive in the face of many moving parts.

· Flexible and willing to accept change in priorities, as necessary

· Demonstrable passion for technology (e.g., personal projects, open-source involvement)

· Enthusiastic embrace of DevOps culture and collaborative software engineering

· Ability and desire to work in a dynamic, fast paced, and agile team environment

· Enthusiasm for cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure

· Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Strong knowledge of Ruby on rails framework.
• Strong Knowledge of coding languages, like PERL, Python and Ruby.
• Good knowledge of Relation and NoSQL databases. like MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL etc.
• Knowledge of Microservices development and AWS concept will be an added advantage.
• Ready to adopt new technologies and implement them in project.

Role Description

The SDE 2/3 will be part of the engineering/development team in Games24x7 Pvt. Ltd. and will be responsible for taking ownership of the core products of the company. The applicant must have good communication, interpersonal, technical and analytical skills in order to take part in the collaborative and cooperative development process that delivers the high quality software we use to provide the best possible playing experience to our players. He/she must be an expert in the Java programming language and needs to be familiar with popular IDEs, tools and scripting languages on the Linux operating system. Familiarity with an RDBMS, preferably PostgreSQL, is essential to succeed in this position.

General Accountabilities/Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in the requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• Write clean and efficient code and stay hands-on with it.
• Write high level code, code review, unit testing and deployment.
• Ensure practical application of design principles with a focus on the user experience, usability, template designs, cross browser issues and client server concepts.
• Contribute to the development of project estimates, scheduling, and deliverables.
• Work closely with QA team to determine testing requirements to ensure full coverage and best quality of product.
• Take up the opportunities to mentor and guide junior team members in excelling their jobs.

Requirements:

• B.E. /B.Tech. in Computer Science or MCA from a reputed university.
• 3-12 years of experience in software development, with emphasis on JAVA/J2EE Server side programming.
• Hands on experience in core Java, multithreading, RMI, socket programing, JDBC, NIO, webservices and design patterns.
• Knowledge of distributed system, distributed caching, messaging frameworks, ESB etc.
• Experience in Linux operating system and PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB/Cassandra database
• Additionally, knowledge of HBase, Hadoop and Hive is desirable.
• Familiarity with message queue systems and AMQP and Kafka is desirable.
• Experience as a participant in agile methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• This is not a fullstack requirement, we are looking for a purely backend expert.

The opportunity

The Engineering Manager (EM)is responsible for a managing a team of full stack engineers that is building highly innovative and cutting edge solutions. This role is accountable for leading a team, developing code, deploying and managing in production. Most importantly, the EM, while working with the Product owners drives the product Net promoter score (NPS), user satisfaction, building the product roadmap and delivering highly functional, exceptionally innovative and intelligent software. You will be called upon to be the technical representative for your team during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning. Success in this role will require strong and innovative approaches to problem solving, great technical leadership, excellent communication (written and verbal, formal and informal), flexibility, accountability and a self-motivated working style with attention to detail.

You are great at

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll take the lead as you - drive product development, operations and technical decision making. You’ll have a strong focus on team management and development, equal focus will be on writing production code and hands on active development of the capabilities and solutions. Assist in defining infrastructure need and use enterprise solution and drive resolution of technology roadblocks including code, infrastructure, build and deployment. Manage overall software development cycle by adhering to development and security standards. Establish good stakeholder communication and work closely with Product teams and influence set product roadmap and help drive requirements while being a strong advocate of extreme agile and DevOps practices across engineers. Build and manage a team of high performing full stack engineers and provide leadership, coaching, motivation and recommend staffing levels, operating procedures, tools and systems for the team. Provide career development and performance management to a team of engineers.

Required Candidate Profile

• 4 year degree in or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of engineering (software development) experience
• 1-3 years of managing teams with a strong track record of delivery for cross-functional product experience with Cloud hosting and managing products
• Proficient in building high performing APIs and writing specs
• Expertise in programming languages. Hands on experience in Java, J2ee technologies is preferred.
• Experience in SAP Hybris Commerce would be a plus
• Experience with integration, data handling technologies and other open source frameworks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to variety of audiences
• Team-orientated, passionate about developing others’ skills and capabilities
• Successful track record of working in large scale technology solutions
• Deep understanding of agile development processes and methodology including continuous integration and delivery, with a mindset of building incrementally and delivering business value quickly

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design and Build API/Micro services using Spring boot.
• Experience in Spring Reactive programming.
• Exposure to docker and containerization
• Developing enterprise grade highly scalable java-based application
• Writing test cases using Java testing framework like JUnit, Mockito.
• Proficient understanding of code version tools, such as Git, SVN
• Displaying initiative and an ability to lead others, and develop applications team disciplined manner
• Participating in application solutions including assisting with planning and architectural design, development, resolution of technical issues, and application rationalization.
• Utilizing and applying robust analytic thinking with the ability to identify, debug, and resolve technical issues.
• Achieving significant contributions within a small team of developers to lead teams and deliver solutions within an Agile methodology, whilst ensuring quality, timeliness and team-wide adherence to good architectural practice and guidelines.
• Good Experience in Application Software Design and Development, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), Software Testing and Debugging.
• Conduct peer code reviews