Sr.Java Developer

About the Role 

As a result of our rapid growth, we are looking for a Java Backend Engineer to join our existing Cloud Engineering team and take the lead in the design and development of several key initiatives of our existing Miko3 product line as well as our new product development initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

•  Designing, developing and maintaining core system features, services and engines
• Collaborating with a cross functional team of the backend, Mobile application, AI, signal processing, robotics Engineers, Design, Content, and Linguistic Team to realize the requirements of conversational social robotics platform which includes investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, and evaluate technical feasibility
• Ensure the developed backend infrastructure is optimized for scale and responsiveness 
• Ensure best practices in design, development, security, monitoring, logging, and DevOps adhere to the execution of the project. 
• Introducing new ideas, products, features by keeping track of the latest developments and industry trends 
• Operating in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules

Requirements 

• Proficiency in distributed application development lifecycle (concepts of authentication/authorization, security, session management, load balancing, API gateway), programming techniques and tools (application of tested, proven development paradigms)  
• Proficiency in working on Linux based Operating system. 
• Working Knowledge of container orchestration platform like Kubernetes
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language like Java. Additional languages like Python and PHP are a plus 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side framework like Servlets, Spring, java spark (Java). 
• Proficient in using ORM/Data access frameworks like Hibernate,JPA with spring or other server-side frameworks. 
• Proficiency in at least one data serialization framework: Apache Thrift, Google ProtoBuffs, Apache Avro,Google Json,JackSon etc. 
• Proficiency in at least one of inter process communication frameworks WebSocket's, RPC, message queues, custom HTTP libraries/frameworks ( kryonet, RxJava ), etc.  
• Proficiency in multithreaded programming and Concurrency concepts (Threads, Thread Pools, Futures, asynchronous programming). 
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• Good understanding of networking and communication protocols, and proficiency in identification CPU, memory & I/O bottlenecks, solve read & write-heavy workloads. 
• Proficiency is concepts of monolithic and microservice architectural paradigms. 
• Proficiency in working on at least one of cloud hosting platforms like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc.   
• Proficiency in at least one of database SQL, NO-SQL, Graph databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Orientdb 
• Proficiency in at least one of testing frameworks or tools JMeter, Locusts, Taurus 
• Proficiency in at least one RPC communication framework: Apache Thrift, GRPC is an added plus 
• Proficiency in asynchronous libraries (RxJava), frameworks (Akka),Play,Vertx is an added plus 
• Proficiency in functional programming ( Scala ) languages is an added plus 
• Proficiency in working with NoSQL/graph databases is an added plus 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of tools for server, application metrics logging and monitoring and is a plus Monit, ELK, graylog is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization utilities like Ansible, Salt, Puppet is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization technologies like Docker, LXD is an added plus  

Summary

Miko is an advanced consumer robotics innovation lab focused with the mission of Bringing Robotics and AI to every consumer home. Founded by young and dynamic entrepreneurs from IIT Bombay, Miko is a global deep tech company with offices in US, UK and India, and customer base across 140+ countries. Focused on taking Robotics and AI to every consumer home, Miko is the first of its kind "content on subscription" hardware platform for kids powered by patented technology. 

Our flagship products, Miko 3 and Miko Mini (www.miko.ai), are playful companion robots that engage, educate and entertain kids. Their unique approach is to focus on child learning and development through self-initiated contextual topics that encourage conversational learning. It hosts a powerful marketplace for third party content partners to plug their content and connect with Miko users on subscription. 

Miko is powered by a proprietary emotional intelligence and adaptive personality engine, complex conversational and multilingual AI framework, edge and hybrid speech & vision recognition along with an active learning and behavioral analysis engine. All of this is built over an autonomous navigation system, which enables Miko to offer a range of benefits for the user. 

The team at Miko team is an interdisciplinary team consisting of team members from electronics, embedded system, mechanical, industrial, robotics and AI engineering domains, Human Robot Interface designers, UI/UX designers, mobile and cloud software engineers, content creators, artists, mathematicians, neuropsychologists, marketing and sales mavericks, Customer support professionals and knowledge partners. 

The Role

We are looking for a middleware software engineer to join the team. In this role you will be working on designing, developing and optimizing the middleware stack for current as well as new companion robot products.

Work Experience & Qualifications

2 years or higher industry experience in the Software domain. No restrictions on degree/qualifications; only skills matter. (* for Junior role)

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing software on the product to enhance current functionality and add new features. Lead the technical delivery of assigned tasks/projects.
• Consistent coordination and collaboration with the Backend, AI, Product and QA team for efficient development cycles and testing for new features and improvements.
• Operating in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules
• Ability to diagnose, troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis of critical business and production issues
• Strong technical leadership with experience building software engineering teams. Demonstrate strong ambiguity resolution skills to be able to break down ambiguous problems into simpler milestones and delegate to junior engineers

Requirements & Skills

• 2+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
• Expertise in C/C++ and Java
• Strong understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies.
• Experience with implementing various communication protocols like I2C, SPI, UART
• Experience working on Embedded Linux OS and Android
• Demonstrated experience in developing multi-threaded applications
• Experience with IPC including socket programming
• Should have hands on experience and thorough knowledge in STL, BOOST understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Experience with using Git as a version control system
• Excellent coding and debugging skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong experience in Core Java, Multi-Threading, data structures (List/Map/Set) and unit testing
• with (Junit, Mockito)
•  Strong experience with Spring Framework (Spring MVC, Spring REST, Spring Data), ORM
• frameworks (JPA, Hibernate) and RDBMS (Oracle/MySQL/Postgres)
•  Strong experience in applying Object-Oriented design principles and Design Patterns
•  Good knowledge of Multi-Tier architecture, Micro Services architecture and Service Oriented
• Architecture 
•  Exposure to AWS Cloud, NoSQL Database (Mongo, Cassandra), Message Broker (Active
• MQ/RabbitMQ/Apache Kafka) and Big Data Technologies (Hadoop/Hive/Spark)
•  Additionally, must possess capability to review code, produce technical specification document
• and knowledge of code quality tools (PMD/FindBugs/Sonar)

Required Skills:

• 2+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• Spring Boot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) or MongoDB (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 2+ years of experience in using Java
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentor ship/coaching is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience

• 4+ years of object-oriented Java / J2EE development

• Full SDLC experience (requirements gathering, architecture, development, QA, etc.…)

• Experience with Spring (MVC, IOP/DI, REST, Security) & Hibernate/Spring

• Experience with SOAP / REST web services

• Knowledge of SQL

• Knowledge of No SQL concepts, understanding of Solr, Redis and Mongo DB is desirable

• Understanding concepts of CDN & Content Management

• Must have worked on any one messaging solutions

• Bonus Points for micro service design and development experience

• Bonus points for any mobile development experience

• Used Agile methodology

• Experience leading or working with cross geography teams

• Bonus Points for experience working on Unix, shell scripting & Build Systems

• Experience in performance optimization is an added advantage

POSITION

• You will be actively involved during the entire technology development lifecycle. Responsibilities will include all aspects from design, coding, testing, customer feedback cycle changes and support.

• Primary role in software development with object-oriented Java

• The customized solutions that you will be architecting and developing will also require knowledge and experience with spring / Hibernate, SOAP / REST, and SQL.

• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and willingness to read and digest large existing source code and take ownership on complex component or subsystem to drive improvements and re-architecture

• Work with a team of amazing developers and designers involved in the design and development of global platforms

• Invent and prototype new features, build, test and ship them to customers as SaaS, cloud based or hosted product platforms

• Drive the implementation of new technologies which improve our ability to build great customers products. • Participate in a fun, open learning environment with great benefits and smart talented folks that represent among the best globally.

QUALIFICATION

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

• M-Tech or advanced degree a plus

• Hackathon participation and accolades are a plus
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Responsibilities & ownership

• Lead, build, deliver and ensure customer success of next-generation features related to scalability, reliability, robustness, usability, security, and performance of the product.
• Work on distributed systems for data processing with efficient protocols and communication, locking and consensus, schedulers, resource management, low latency access to distributed storage, auto scaling, and self healing.
• Understand and reason about concurrency and parallelization to deliver scalability and performance in a multithreaded and distributed environment.
• Lead the team to solve complex and unknown problems 
• Solve technical problems and customer issues with technical expertise
• Design and deliver architectures that run optimally on public clouds like  GCP, AWS, and Azure
• Mentor other team members for high quality and design 
• Collaborate with Product Management to deliver on customer requirements and innovation
• Collaborate with Support and field teams to ensure that customers are successful with Dremio

Requirements

• B.S./M.S/Equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent experience
• Fluency in Java/C++ with 3alm+ years of experience developing production-level software
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, multi-threaded and asynchronous programming models, and their use in developing distributed and scalable systems
• 5+ years experience in developing complex and scalable distributed systems and delivering, deploying, and managing microservices successfully
• Hands-on experience  in query processing or optimization, distributed systems, concurrency control, data replication, code generation, networking, and storage systems
• Passion for quality, zero downtime upgrades, availability, resiliency, and uptime of the platform
• Passion for learning and delivering using latest technologies
• Ability to solve ambiguous, unexplored, and cross-team problems effectively
• Hands on experience of working projects on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform 
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes for orchestration and container management in private and public clouds (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud) 
• Understanding of distributed file systems such as  S3, ADLS, or HDFS
• Excellent communication skills and affinity for collaboration and teamwork
• Ability to work individually and collaboratively with other team members
• Ability to scope and plan solution for  big problems and mentors others on the same
• Interested and motivated to be part of a fast-moving startup with a fun and accomplished team