Sr. Backend Developer

Job Title : Senior Backend Engineer – Java, AI & Automation

Experience : 4+ Years

Location : Any Cognizant location (India)

Work Mode : Hybrid

Interview Rounds :

1. Virtual
2. Face-to-Face (In-person)

Job Description :

Join our Backend Engineering team to design and maintain services on the Intuit Data Exchange (IDX) platform.

You'll work on scalable backend systems powering millions of daily transactions across Intuit products.

Key Qualifications :

• 4+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong in Java, Spring framework.
• Experience with microservices, databases, and web applications.
• Proficient in AWS and cloud-based systems.
• Exposure to AI and automation tools (Workato preferred).
• Python development experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Comfortable with occasional US shift overlap.

Strong Java Backend Engineer.

Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 5+ years of backend development with strong focus on Java (Spring / Spring Boot)

Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have been SDE-2 for at least 2.5 years

Mandatory (Tech skill 1) : Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture

Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Strong understanding of distributed systems, multithreading, and async programming

Mandatory (Tech skill 3): Experience with relational and NoSQL databases

Mandatory (Tech skill 4) : Exposure to Kafka/RabbitMQ and Redis/Memcached

Mandatory (Tech skill 5): Experience with AWS / GCP / Azure, Docker, and Kubernetes

Mandatory (Tech skill 6) : Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices

Mandatory (Company): Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)

Mandatory (Stability): Must have stayed for atleast 2 years with each of the previous companies

Mandatory (Education): B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

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.

·        Confidence, not ego. You have an ability to collaborate with others and see all sides of the coin to come to the best solution for everyone.

·        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

Basic Qualifications: 

·        Minimum B.S. / M.S. Computer Science or related discipline from accredited college or University

·        At least 4 years of experience designing, developing, and delivering backend applications with Node.js, TypeScript

·        At least 2 years of experience building internet facing services

·        At least 2 years of experience with AWS and/or OpenShift

·        Exposure to some of the following concepts: object-oriented programming, software engineering techniques, quality engineering, parallel programming, databases, etc.

·        Experience integrating APIs with front-end and/or mobile-specific frameworks

·        Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful APIs

·        Ability to manage multiple tasks and consistently meet established timelines  

·        Strong collaboration skills

·        Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Preferred Qualifications:

·        Experience with Apache Cordova framework

• Demonstrable knowledge of native coding background in iOS, Android

·        Experience developing and deploying applications within Kubernetes based containers

Experience in Agile and SCRUM development techniques

• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in the Spring Framework
• Experience as a Sun Certified Java Developer
• Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC)
• Experience with test-driven development

• Sound knowledge on PHP  & object oriented programming.
• Good to have joomla knowledge .
• Comprehend the architecture and design of Joomla based development
• Should have good knowledge of joomla & MVC framework
• Strong database skills in SQL, MySQL, Postgre SQL and other RDBMS
• Comfortable with CSS, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, JQuery & Ajax
• Excellent understanding of Joomla and excellent knowledge on Components, Modules and Security.
• Analytical skills for Databases, data mining & MySQL
• Excellent PHP developer with Joomla who can work independently on complex Joomla applications, who have ability to build complex Joomla applications, user interfaces, design & implementation.

Job Description :

1. Coordinate with project managers and team to create detailed project plans for
achieving timeliness and 100% quality in each project and deliverables.
2. Address technical concerns, ideas, and suggestions and provide a technological
solution to them.
3. Creating API endpoints for web applications and internal scripts that will handle
the business logic of applications.
4. Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product and database to ensure strong
optimization and functionality.
5. Develop innovative, reusable web-based tools.

Skill Requirements :

1. Understanding the principles behind a scalable application.
2. Understanding of the software development life-cycle and best practices.
3. Must have experience with MySQL/Postgres SQL and should be capable of
writing queries, stored procedures, indexes, etc.
4. Working Experience in Laravel HMVC, Hooks & Plug-in Methodologies. Laravel
is Preferrable.
5. HTML5, CSS3, XML knowledge is mandatory. And experience with JavaScript
and jQuery for producing AJAX applications.
6. Ability to make modifications to the systems with little or no interruption of
service.
7. Exposure to REST API Development & API integrations.
8. Working Experience in Composer & PHP Libraries.

We are looking for Product Developers-Java Technology with hands-on experience in Core java and socket programming with the flair for working on cutting-edge solutions.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Responsible for the development and unit testing of various modules in JAVA and other related technologies. 
• Need to do requirement understanding, preparing initial concept and possible architecture design. 
• Responsible for feasibility analysis and POC development. 
• Ability to understand the product architecture and end-to-end system flow. 
• Ability to relate and analyze tasks as per overall product architecture and philosophy. 
• Work in Agile SCRUM development model and be able to plan, estimate, execute and deliver quality work as per committed timeline. 
• Ability to continuously analyze and contribute to lean processes, quality improvements, product growth, and productivity improvements within the team.

Required Skills: 

• JAVA - Core JAVA Concepts, Socket Communication, Multithreading, Exception Handling, Collections Framework, Reflections, I/O, XML, HTML, JSON, YML
• Database version management tools like Liquibase etc.
• Version control system like GIT. Hands-on experience with strong knowledge of branching, merging,
• Build systems like Maven, Gradle, Ant etc.
• Hands-on experience in running development environment on Unix/Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS).
• Cloud computing experience, Integration with third-party devices, experience in writing REST APIs, shell scripting knowledge will be an added advantage.

  We are looking for Product Developers-Java Technology with hands-on experience in Core java and socket programming with the flair for working on cutting-edge solutions.