Sr. Software Engineer/Tech Lead (Java IOT Cloud)

Your Impact

• Build scalable backend services.
• Design, implement, and maintain databases, ensuring data integrity, security, and efficient retrieval.
• Implement the core logic that makes applications work, handling data processing, user requests, and system operations
• Contribute to the architecture and design of new product features
• Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and security
• Stay up-to-date with new technologies and frameworks, contributing to the advancement of software development practices
• Working closely with product managers and designers to turn ideas into reality and shape the product roadmap.

What skills do you need?

• 4+ years of experience in backend development, especially building robust APIS using Node.js, Express.js, MYSQL
• Strong command of JavaScript and understanding of its quirks and best practices
• Ability to think strategically when designing systems—not just how to build, but why
• Exposure to system design and interest in building scalable, high-availability systems
• Prior work on B2C applications with a focus on performance and user experience
• Ensure that applications can handle increasing loads and maintain performance, even under heavy traffic
• Work with complex queries for performing sophisticated data manipulation, analysis, and reporting.
• Knowledge of Sequelize, MongoDB and AWS would be an advantage.
• Experience in optimizing backend systems for speed and scalability.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (About 10 - 11 years and at least 9 years relevant experience)

Develop Java webservices and components according to a detailed design document.

Build efficient, reusable and reliable Java code per industry best practices.

Follow TDD approach and ensure unit-test coverage meets quality requirements.

Develop Integration tests to ensure coding adheres to acceptance criteria and verify end-to-end behavior of the system.

Ensure best possible performance, quality and responsiveness of applications.

EXPERIENCE / SKILLS

Must have experience developing in Java latest version (least version is 8)

Must have experience in design and development using Micro service architecture

Solid knowledge in OOP concepts, and design principles/patterns for developing scalable applications

Must have experience developing Spring Boot applications

Must have experience developing database access layer using Spring Data JPA/Hibernates

Must have experience in developing REST Services using Spring

Good working experience in development of event driven systems using any framework

Must have experience with any RDBMS and at least one NoSQL database preferably PostgresSQL and Mongo DB

Must have experience writing unit and integration tests using Junit

Must have experience using mock frameworks like Mockito, WireMock

Must have experience using Git

Must have experience with CI / CD

Basic hands-on experience in one of the cloud provider (AWS/Azure) or at least docker and Kubernetes

Familiarity with build tools Maven or Gradle

Added advantage with experience of Reactive and Functional Programming

Job Title: Lead – Application Engineering

Remote | Chennai | Hyderabad | Bangalore

Tiger Analytics is a global AI and analytics consulting firm. With data and technology at the core of our solutions, our 2800+ tribe is solving problems that eventually impact the lives of millions globally. Our culture is modelled around expertise and respect with a team-first mindset. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, you’ll find our delivery centres across the globe and offices in multiple cities across India, the US, the UK, Canada, and Singapore, including a substantial remote global workforce. 

We’re Great Place to Work-Certified™. Working at Tiger Analytics, you’ll be at the heart of an AI revolution. You’ll work with teams that push the boundaries of what is possible and build solutions that energize and inspire.

Curious about the role? What your typical day would look like?

As an Application Engineer, you will work with our Application Engineering team on designing and developing web applications. 

More specifically, you might:

• Collaborate with the business analysts and technical managers to understand functional, non-functional requirements, and scope.
• Design and develop multi-tier, cloud-native, high performance, and scalable solutions
• Involve in building world class and robust solutions by applying benchmarking software engineering principles and design patterns.
• Lead cross functional agile teams across the software development lifecycle
• Analyse design alternatives using proof-of-concepts, and engage with architects to choose the best optimal solutions
• Obsess about writing high-quality code and performing reviews of the design and code.
• Interact and collaborate with project/program managers to estimate, plan, and reduce technical concerns at the module or project level.
• Ideate with your peers. Being supportive of their work and providing constructive feedback on their solutions

What do we expect? 

• 4+ years of experience
• Experience in building scalable, reliable, and high-performance web applications.
• A desire to write clean yet simple programs using Java / .Net core / Python with Django or Flask
• Keen interest in creating web servers using Node.js / Nginx
• A passion to store, organize, and process information by using database technologies - MySQL / Oracle / PostgreSQL / MongoDB
• Experience in creating and designing test cases using Junit/ Selenium
• Exposure to Cloud environments - AWS / Azure / GCP
• Good understanding of working with API design and development

You are important to us, let’s stay connected!

Every individual comes with a different set of skills and qualities so even if you don’t tick all the boxes for the role today, we urge you to apply as there might be a suitable/unique role for you tomorrow. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. Our diverse and inclusive culture and values guide us to listen, trust, respect, and encourage people to grow the way they desire.

• Candidate should have Good Communication and Presentation Skills.
• Candidate should have very Good Logical and Analytical Skills
• Candidate should have Programmatic and Management Skills
• An understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle as well as the business approach for the product.
• Ability to work in a team as well as an individual
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain deadlines
• Knowledge of open source tools and utilities
• Ability to understand Project Requirements

• Design and develop cloud native enterprise applications 
• Define and establish conventions, standards and best practices for the SDLC process and ensure that quality control is of paramount importance at each step of the development life cycle
• Develop reusable frameworks and libraries that can drastically accelerate new application development in the future
• Participate in the requirement analysis and gathering process and also perform sit-withs with business teams to ensure there is full clarity of the problem statement
• Actively engage wih infrastructure team and take ownership of DevOps processes to ensure that build and deployment processes are efficient and optimal.
• Actively engage with project stakeholders to ensure all are in sync with the progress, risks and issues
• Quickly learn and adopt cutting edge technologies to help keep the org ahead of the curve