Sr Backend Engineer

Senior Product Engineer

From booking a taxi to shopping to even finding a life-partner, technology today is
playing a role which is indistinguishable from magic. However, we are still stuck to
old means of teaching, operations and collaboration in education institutions which
directly impacts student experience as well as learning outcomes. We are
changing this. We are a platform, a philosophy, and a mission.
We are looking for great technologists to join the engineering team of our core
product which will be used by millions of students. Do you see delightful user
experiences and robust back-end engineering as two faces of the same coin? Do
you persevere to relentlessly improve your code till you are intrinsically satisfied? Do
you feel like an engineer and an artist when you deliver a final product? If yes, keep
on reading!
We are a data-driven software product company with a strong focus on delightful
design. While you put your experience and knowledge into practice, you can expect
yourself unlearning and learning new things every day. You will be part of a strong,
passionate, and high-velocity team of engineers that regularly launches big features
that make a significant impact to our offering.

You will be an important member of engineering team reporting to the founding team
with following responsibilities:

 Design, architect and deliver our core product modules
 Continuously improve and refactor the code-base
 Measure and improve application performance, security and stability
 Promote innovation, new technologies, and best practices
 Review code of reporting engineers and continuously mentor them

Required Experience

 4+ years of software development experience with strong concentration in
enterprise SaaS based technologies.
Required Technical Qualifications
 Strong design and coding skills in Enterprise Java, REST web services and
JSON.
 Deep knowledge of relational databases.
 Deep knowledge of Test-driven Development (TDD) and Continuous
Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD)
 Experience with AWS Cloud Computing Services or others.
 Strong leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
 Ability to work independently and make decisions under minimal supervision.

Looking for a java developer candidate who should be strong in java programming 
java,J2EE,Hibernate,spring,

The ideal candidate should be a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team player. You will be responsible for the production support of software products and coordinating with various teams for support. You should have outstanding communication and Team-Player skills.

Educational Qualification: BCA, MCA or BE/B.Tech (CS)

Must-know technologies: Java,
Good to know technologies: DMN tools
Experience: 02 Years - 05 Years
Skill Level: Good

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to Java development work as well as the latest Decision model and notation tools

   

• Comply with coding standards and directions given by his direct manager Collaborate with an international and diverse team of Data Architects, Business Analysts, and Project Managers

• Tasks will be assigned and after completion, code need to be committed and task assigned for review by Senior Java developer

• Work with technology stakeholders to devise solutions that will fulfill business requirements and meet organizational strategic goals

• Develop application functionality which meets business requirements with high quality within given deadlines - develop maintainable, well-documented application functionality with an eye toward standardization, common components, simplicity, performance, robustness and other attributes of enterprise-strength solutions

• Thoroughly test all functionality - utilize detailed and thorough practices including negative testing, testing of boundary conditions, , and work collaboratively with business areas.

• Support interfaces between the deployment of developed applications and the decommissioning of legacy applications

• Support with the Development and Infrastructure Teams

• Design, and develop scalable, high-performance, highly reliable and secure applications using waterfall and agile methodologies

• Create reusable code

Requirement

• JAVA Microservices with AWS needed
• Provide solution architecture & design involving Cloud and DevOps
• Develop new microservices in a cloud-native way.
• Ensure the unit testing and code coverage are achieved as per the agreed percentage.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Optimize application for maximum performance and scalability.
• Collaborate, and coordinate with team members and key stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively with different stakeholders.
• Ensure best practices & standards are followed during SDLC.
• Takes ownership of the whole solution from a technical perspective and ensures adherence to defined Architecture & Design.
• Ensures the latest technology standards, and guidelines are utilized for development.
• Performs consistent & adequate code reviews & feedback to the team.
• Training and induction of new resources on the projects.

 

Skills and Qualifications

• Deep understanding of OOPs and OOAD.
• Expert and hands-on in Java JEE and Spring framework, Spring Boot.
• Should have experience with RESTful web services and API standards.
• Should know various integration patterns in distributed environments.
• Working knowledge of microservice architecture and different design patterns.
• Hands-on in writing unit tests with Mockito and code coverage tools.
• Hands-on data modeling (Logical physical).
• Knowledge of RDBMS, SQL and any ORM framework (JPA, Hibernate etc.)
• Should know Event-driven and asynchronous programming using message broker.
• Should know about cloud IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and Serverless models of any cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP), preferably AWS.
• Knowledge of JavaScript frameworks like NodeJS (For the Backend) and Angular React (For Frontend) will be added advantage.
• Good to have DevOps related technologies like Container (Docker), Container Orchestrator (Kubernetes EKS)
• Excellent in communication

Job Description :

 

LOCATION: Bangalore

Experience: 5-7 years

Notice period: Immediate to 30 days

Skill required :

- 5-7 years experience in Java8, J2EE, Microservices, Kafka, Domain-Driven Design.

-User Experience- ReactJS, No SQL Database.

Educational Qualification - BE or Equivalent.

Responsibility -

- Requirement Analysis and understanding, Documentation, Coding, testing, defect fixes and deployment.

- Must have strong experience in Java8, J2ee and Microservices.

- Problem-solving/ Troubleshooting skills.

- High levels of ownership and commitment on deliverables.

- Strong Communication Skills.

- Should interact with client stakeholders to probe a technical problem or clarify requirement specifications.

About us :

- Incorporated in 1997, NetConnect Global has grown, catering to over 100 businesses across the sub-continent over two glorious decades. Our headquarters is in India, Silicon Valley(Bangalore), with delivery centres across major cities in India and 60 + locations.

- Specializing in IT Professional Services and Managed Services, Net Connect Global has garnered best-of-the-breed IT professionals, processes, and partners to support its clients in enhancing their IT operations and making better use of their IT Infrastructure.

General Accountabilities/Job Responsibilities
• Participation in the requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• The candidate is expected to write code himself/herself.
• The candidate is expected to write high level code, code review, unit testing and deployment.
• Practical application of design principles with a focus on the user experience, usability, template
designs, cross browser issues and client server concepts.
• Contributes to the development of project estimates, scheduling, and deliverables.
• Works closely with QA team to determine testing requirements to ensure full coverage and best
quality of product.
• There is also the opportunity to mentor and guide junior team members in excelling their jobs.

Job Specifications
• BE/B. Tech. Computer Science or MCA from a reputed University.
• 6+ 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.
• Should have Knowledge of distributed system, distributed caching, messaging frameworks, ESB
etc.
• Knowledge of Linux operating system and PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB/Cassandra database is
essential.
• Additionally, knowledge of HBase, Hadoop and Hive are desirable.
• Familiarity with message queue systems and AMQP and Kafka is desirable.
• Should have experience as a participant in Agile methodologies.
• Should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• This is not a Fullstack requirement, we are purely looking out for Backend resources

1. 0 to 2 years of experience into Java 6/7/8, J2EE, EJB, Servlets, JSP, JDBC, LOG4J, SQL, PL/SQL, XML, XSLT, JSON,
2. Good to have strong experience in Core Java SpringBoot, Spring framework
3. knowledge of Spring MVC, Spring REST, JDBC Templates
4. Knowledge of Java/J2EE Design patterns
5. knowledge of implementation of WebServices like REST will be added advantage
6. Good knowledge of Relational Databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server with complex SQL Queries, Stored Procedure, Triggers
7. Knowledge of Unit Test Cases is added advantage
8. Knowledge of build tools like Maven, Gradle, Ant
9. Knowledge of any one or more of MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J, Redis, Kafka, ActiveMQ, Caches, Microservices will be a major plus
10. Good to have knowledge of ORM like Hibernate
11. Knowledge and experience in nodejs backend will be added advantage

Requirements :

1. Must be a good team player and self-motivated Individual
2. Very Strong analytical abilities and interpersonal skills
3. Strong verbal and written communication skills with other developers and business clients
4. High commitment levels

About Hop:

 

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

 

About Individual

 

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

 

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

 

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

 

General Skills

 

• 1-2 years of experience in backend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

 

 

 

 

Technical Skills

 

• Exposure with back-end programming languages with hands on JAVA, Node JS etc along with Spring framework.
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Post-gres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.
• Has handled scalability and worked on backend security protocols.
• Has worked on both mobile and web development.
• Has experience and inclination to work on architectural design and review.

 

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Contribute in all phases of the software development life cycle.
2. Partake in software and architectural development activities.
3. Conduct software analysis, programming, unit-testing and debugging.
4. Transforming requirements into functional modules.
5. Recommend changes to improve established application processes.
6. Work quickly with a clear bias towards actions and continuous development.
7. Participate in regular code reviews of peers and be open to pairing when necessary.

Some skills we consider critical to being a Lead Software Engineer:
● A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and
work experience
● 5 to 9 years of Software Development experience
● Experience in system design, distributed systems, relational and No-SQL databases.
● Strong, object-oriented design and coding skills (C/C++ and/or Java preferably on a UNIX or Linux
platform)
● Solid software development background including design patterns, algorithms, data structures,
test driven development
● Any previous experience in working with Big Data or leveraging machine learning in improving
consumer experience is desirable.
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What you have done :- He/She has built distributed systems. Has the capacity to identify a problem and provide a solution.- Has experience with scalable applications. Should identify probable bottlenecks and come up with approaches to mitigate them.- Has a good understanding of OOP concepts.- Has hands on working experience in Java Version 7.0+. Has good experience with JMS, Spring and Hibernate.- Has implemented search and analytics using ElasticSearch, caching with Redis.- Has hands on experience with Linux based systems.- Has good experience with build tool Maven and Git.- Has experience in identifying database solutions for a given problem. Should have experience working with RDBMS, preferably MySQL.- Have a working knowledge of web technologies like HTML, CSS and Javascript.- Has a good knowledge about API building and consuming 3rd party APIs.- Knowledge on SMPP protocol is a plus.- Good written and verbal communication skills.- Should be a highly motivated and a quick learner.What you will be responsible for - - Will own a complete platform from initial architecture, design of components, quality and deployment planning.- Will understand requirements by studying information needs, discussing with the stakeholders, understanding workflow processes, data flows. Create design and architecture documents to explain, justify and evaluate design approaches.- Should be strong in design principles and have implemented them in existing projects.- Involved in troubleshooting existing applications in production. Identify and build tools for troubleshooting.- Will be involved in creating flowcharts and data flow diagrams. Will be involved in code review for peers. Should be able to identify and implement best practices.- Should be aware of the latest technology trends. Should be flexible to identify and refactor existing code to improve platform efficiency and code maintainability.- Will be involved in mentoring junior team members and aligning them towards company goals.- Will be responsible for working with a team and making sure that delivery deadlines and quality standards are adhered to. (ref:hirist.com)