Sr. Backend Engineer (SDE-2)

Mactores is a trusted leader among businesses in providing modern data platform solutions. Since 2008, Mactores have been enabling businesses to accelerate their value through automation by providing End-to-End Data Solutions that are automated, agile, and secure. We collaborate with customers to strategize, navigate, and accelerate an ideal path forward with a digital transformation via assessments, migration, or modernization.

Mactores is looking for a Software Engineer with proficiency in Java, Spring, and Hibernate to participate in the migration project from Oracle to PostgreSQL. The ideal candidate should possess a robust understanding of Java, Spring, and Hibernate, with hands-on experience in developing large-scale Java web applications.

What you will do?

• Analyze and remediate large enterprise Java codebases to replace legacy or database-specific SQL constructs with modern, standards-compliant SQL.
• Convert embedded SQL within Java services and MyBatis XML mappers, including rewriting constructs such as vendor-specific functions, sequences, pagination logic, dynamic SQL, and error-handling patterns.
• Collaborate closely with schema and database migration engineers to ensure application-layer SQL aligns with the modernized target schema.
• Refactor Java transaction logic, error-handling, drivers, and ORM/DAO layers to support the behavior of modern databases.
• Participate in unit, integration, and performance testing to confirm functional parity and ensure applications meet performance SLAs post-modernization.
• Support application cutover activities for production environments, including validation, monitoring setup, rollback planning, and stabilization.
• Produce engineering documentation: SQL remediation guides, code-migration runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-transfer material for customer teams.
• Work across distributed teams (US & India) and collaborate with customer SMEs to ensure business logic alignment and successful modernization outcomes.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional Java development experience (Spring, JDBC, MyBatis/Hibernate or equivalent).
• Experience with application modernization, database migrations, or large-scale refactoring initiatives.
• Strong SQL expertise and the ability to analyze, interpret, optimize, and rewrite complex SQL used within Java applications.
• Deep understanding of JDBC, ORMs, Java transaction patterns, and database-driven application flows.
• Experience working on enterprise-grade, high-performance applications with complex data interactions.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with global distributed teams in US time-zones.

You will be preferred if

• Experience with PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, or modernization from legacy databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, or DB2.
• Exposure to automated code-refactoring tools or GenAI-assisted remediation workflows.
• Familiarity with CI/CD environments, performance testing tools, and observability stacks.
• Consulting or professional services experience delivering fixed-timeline modernization projects.

WHO YOU ARE

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have the following skills:

·         Love for coding: A fanatic about writing beautiful and scalable code.

·         A sense of analytics: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Should be resourceful, innovative and inventive.

·         Dynamic: Should be comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces. Have exquisite attention to detail, and are comfortable learning new technologies and systems. 

·         Team player: Knack for influencing without being authoritative. Pitch in wherever the team needs help, from writing blog posts to supporting customers.

·         Accountability: High sense of ownership for your code and relentlessness to deliver projects with high business impact. 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

·         BE/BTech in Computer Science or related field. 

·         5+ years of professional production and development experience with leading-edge server and database technologies (e.g., Python, Java, Node.js, Scala, Spring Boot, MySQL, and NoSQL databases).

KEY SKILLS

·         Strong computer system analysis and design skills in current methodologies and patterns Experience with professional production cloud (AWS preferred).

·         Experience with RESTful Services and APIs.

About the Role -

We’re seeking a seasoned Senior Java Engineer to drive the development of our B2B product suite. In this pivotal role, you will build robust, scalable, and intuitive applications that empower customers to seamlessly handle money movement transactions, including international payments. You will ensure technical excellence by advocating best practices, prioritizing security, enhancing development processes, and championing a quality-first mindset.

What You'll Do -

• Design and Development: Create robust, efficient, and scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.

• API Development: Design, build, and maintain APIs for web and mobile applications.

• Performance and Security: Ensure application performance, scalability, and security best practices.

• Cloud Integration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate cloud services into our backend infrastructure.

• Code Quality: Write high-quality, maintainable code that adheres to industry standards.

• Mentorship: Support junior and mid-level team members, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

What You’ll Need -

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer.

• Experience showing strong problem-solving skills and a passion for creating user-centric solutions.

• Core Java proficiency. A strong command of the Java language, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, exception handling, and memory management.

• Spring Framework (including Spring Boot)- In-depth knowledge of Spring, especially Spring Boot for building efficient and scalable backend applications.

• Understanding of Spring components like controllers, services, repositories, and security.

• RESTful API Development: Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.

Bonus Points -

• Mastery over Java’s core APIs, such as collections, streams, and concurrency frameworks.

• Experience within a B2B fintech environment would be highly desirable

• Database-driven performance query optimization and Kafka messaging systems

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where we connect the dots for international property payments. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world of PropTech forward, together.

Redpin, Currencies Direct and TorFX are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

• 2 + years of software development experience utilizing Java based frameworks and technologies to build enterprise grade product solutions.
• 2+ years of experience designing, developing and documenting RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of concepts/technologies like Spring MVC, Spring boot, J2EE, EJB, application/API security, API governance/gateway platforms like apigee or kong.
• Good understanding of RDMS concepts and development preferably using MS SQL Server.
• Experience using test automation technologies like cucumber, selenium is a big plus.
• Partner with scrum masters to address technical blockers/impediments to progress.
• Prior experience working with agile scrum-based development methodology. Participate in sprint planning and estimate development efforts for features and stories.
• Partner with DevOps to install and configure/tune application containers like embedded Spring boot tomcat and webserver technologies preferably nginx or apache.
• Partner with cloud engineering group to outline the infrastructure provisioning requirements/needs for new product development.
• Design and develop CI/CD tools and process preferably using Jenkins to configure build jobs for APIs and design pipeline to promote artifacts from development all the way to production
• Experience with messaging technologies like kafka is a huge plus
• Work with Test Automation engineering team to integrate test automation scripts as part of the CI/CD process.
• Prior proven experience of utilizing and productionizing container/container orchestration technologies like Docker, kubernetes.
• Participate and Resolve issues related deployments, application performance etc.

• 5+ years of software development experience including 4+ years of deep, hands on experience in building highly scalable web-based backend applications using Java and Spring ecosystem
• BE/BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
• Great problem-solving skills with solid data structures and algorithms knowledge
• Has extensively used the Spring ecosystem – Spring Boot, REST API Development, ORM tools like Hibernate
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Class loading, Multi-Threading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
• Experience of coaching and mentoring junior developers with good delegation and time-management skills
• Implemented CI/CD in any of the projects done
• Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
• Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience of Elastic Search
• Has designed relational databases; conversant with SQL
• Knowledge of Jenkins/ Docker and Devops
• Knowledge of Redis or similar technology
• Worked with some or all of these AWS services: EC2; lambda; SQS/SNS; Elastic Search, Transcoder
• Understanding and experience of building services and applications using principles of service-oriented architecture, preferable using REST or SOAP
• Contributed in the creation of end-to-end automation tests (functional or non-functional)
• Worked with WebSocket, Push notifications etc

• Experience in ELK stack
• Knowledge of Video tools like FFMPEG, Wowza / Node Media Streaming
• Understanding of different video formats, streaming, CDN etc
• Understanding of Machine Learning Models, Pipelines etc

• Working with the product team to develop new features focused on improving the user experience
• Improving existing features and working on streamlining client implementations through improved tools
• Improving our technical architecture and building out a continuous integration pipeline
• Modernizing our front-end in new frameworks
• Everything else - our team is small and you'll likely be involved in almost every tech-related thing going on
  
  

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience building consumer-facing web apps
• You are interested in the full-stack opportunity and love building a feature from start to finish
• Self-starter with a deep interest in tech - we want someone who will come in with opinions, and shape our engineering practices and decisions for the better
• An eye for design - you'll have an important role in making the product look great
• Believe in our mission and love the idea of working in education to help students succeed
  
  

Technologies you'll work with:

• NodeJS, http://sails.js/">Sails.JS
• http://react.js/">React.js, Redux, Redux-Saga
• Kubernetes, Postgres, ElasticSearch, Redis, RabbitMQ
• Whatever else you decide - we're constantly re-evaluating our stack and tools
• Having prior experience with the technologies is a plus, but not mandatory for skilled candidates.

Benefits

• Remote Option - You can work from any location of your choice
• Reimbursement of Home Office Setup
• Competitive Salary
• Friendly atmosphere
• Flexible paid vacation policy

• IMMEDIATE JOINEE.
• Work with other engineers to develop and test tools and applications used by team on daily basis
• Play a significant role in the ongoing evolution and refinement of current tools and applications
• Triage, troubleshoot, escalate and provide resolution to production issues.
• Reproduce, document and escalate product defects to the Engineering Team.
• Provide well-thought out and reliable direction, both in technical and non-technical terms, to help customers.
• Take ownership of customer issues, including initial troubleshooting, identification of root cause and issue resolution or escalation.
• Identify and escalate priority issues that need immediate attention.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams which requires strong presentation skills and attention to details
  
  
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. MS degree is preferred.
• 9+ years development experience in JAVA (using OO Design and Analysis, Design Patterns, etc.)
• High experience in Java 8 Required.
• 4+ years’ experience building highly scalable, distributed and reliable Restful Web Services using Spring, Jersey, etc.
• Should have knowledge on Cloud applications preferably on AWS.
• Knowledge on building Front end applications using JavaScript, AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3.
• Experience with relational DBs like MySQL and NoSQL Database like MongoDB, Solr/Lucene will be a plus.
• Experience with Tomcat, Jax-RS, REST, JPA, IntelliJ, Groovy, Hibernate is must.
• Experience with build technologies like Gradle, Jenkins will be a plus.
• Experience with Test Driven Development using TestNG/Junit testing frameworks.
• Experience working with version control like GIT.