Staff Engineer

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Experience: 4 - 12 yr

Department: Software

Reports To: Senior Software Engineer / Software Architect

Purpose of the Role

The incumbent will be responsible for designing and developing robust software solutions for products in the domains of Warehouse Automation, Industrial Automation, Robotics, and IoT. The role includes defining software architecture, ensuring scalability and performance, and mentoring the development team to drive technical excellence and innovation.

Technical Skills Required

• Proven experience in designing, developing, and deploying high-volume, scalable applications.
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and central system architectures.
• Programming & Frameworks: Proficiency in Java 17+.
• Experience with frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, Kubernetes, and RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of JPA, MS SQL, and database modelling/design.
• Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure for cloud architecture.
• Familiarity with virtualization and containerization technologies.
• Strong skills in data modelling and database design.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices.
• Tech stack: Java, MSSQL, MySQL, Spring Boot, Redis, Data Structures, Linux, basics of Kubernetes.

Behavioural Skills Required

• Attention to Detail (Proficient)
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Collaborative approach
• Adaptability to a volatile environment
• Accountability
• Good Leadership skills

Job Responsibilities

• Understand requirements and define database and application structure under guidance of Software Architect.
• Write high-quality, scalable, and efficient code.
• Prepare Functional Requirement Documents (FRD) based on inputs from BA team.
• Guide junior and mid-level developers and provide technical support.
• Collaborate to identify and fix technical issues in UAT/Production.
• Work closely to meet project deadlines.
• Take ownership of product implementations at customer sites.
• Hands-on development for assigned modules/products.
• Handle application performance in production.
• Work with customers to understand automation requirements.
• Review and merge code changes from the team.
• Conduct sprint meetings, demos, and resolve development roadblocks.
• Optimize code for performance and efficiency.

Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based J2EE, JAVA applications.

Experience on Java Spring Framework is required.

Experience on Hibernate is required.

Experience on REST Services is required.

Object-oriented programming, design, and patterns.

Strong proficiency with:Relational database concepts and data modeling.

Good communication skills to interact with customer, understand their requirement, effectively record the requirement and implement the same. 

Integration Lead

Job Description

This role must be capable of building Dot net application and integration capabilities to enable microservice architecture. In addition to being hands on developer, the role requires the individual to leading and work with Dot net developers and integration developers, overseeing the end to end technical working to deliver features. Candidates who like to experiment and learn/discover new technologies, methods, tools with a direction to bring new capabilities to the product will be suitable

Key Responsibilities

• Perform Product Discovery proof of concepts as directed by Product manager
• Design, develop, and maintain both new and existing code, ranging from client-side development using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, to server-side code using C# and ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Windows services, and ADO.NET for data persistence and retrieval.
• Write readable, extensible, testable code, while being mindful of performance requirements. • Create, maintain, and run unit tests for both new and existing code, with a goal of delivering defect-free and well-tested code to QA.
• Capable of developing restful services using Dot net framework and other integration tools
• Work with management to create and adhere to schedules, while maintaining flexibility to adapt to shifting market demands.
• Translate mockups and wireframes into functioning front-end code.
• Write and maintain documentation for new and existing features.
• Keep up-to-date on best practices and new technologies.
• Rapid prototyping, and presenting conceptual design and working prototypes to management.
• Conduct design and code reviews and collaborate to ensure your own code passes review.
• Work with Product Management to analyze require

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in Dot Net framework preferably in cloud based platforms/infrastructure
• Experience in integration enablement preferably in REST APIs
• Experience in Database languages and stored procedures, database query optimization
• Experimental knowledge in a broad technical aspects like SSO (SAML2/Oauth2), Security, RPA, Microservices architecture

Qualifications

BE with 6+ years of experience in product development

Job Title: Java Spring Boot Engineer

📍 Location: Bangalore

🧾 Experience: 3–4 Years

📝 Employment Type: Contract (1 Year + Extendable)

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and backend development.
• Hands-on experience with PHP.
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with GraphQL and RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency in working with SQL & NoSQL databases.
• Experience using Git for version control.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Exposure to monitoring and logging tools like Grafana, New Relic, and Splunk.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Company Overview 

McKinley Rice is not just a company; it's a dynamic community, the next evolutionary step in professional development. Spiritually, we're a hub where individuals and companies converge to unleash their full potential. Organizationally, we are a conglomerate composed of various entities, each contributing to the larger narrative of global excellence.

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Backed by a $40 million Series A funding from leading Korean & US VCs, Redrob is building the next frontier in global outbound sales. We’re not just another database—we’re a platform designed to eliminate the chaos of traditional prospecting. In a world where sales leaders chase meetings and deals through outdated CRMs, fragmented tools, and costly lead-gen platforms, Redrob provides a unified solution that brings everything under one roof.

Inspired by the breakthroughs of Salesforce, LinkedIn, and HubSpot, we’re creating a future where anyone, not just enterprise giants, can access real-time, high-quality data on 700 M+ decision-makers, all in just a few clicks.

At Redrob, we believe the way businesses find and engage prospects is broken. Sales teams deserve better than recycled data, clunky workflows, and opaque credit-based systems. That’s why we’ve built a seamless engine for:

• Precision prospecting
• Intent-based targeting
• Data enrichment from 16+ premium sources
• AI-driven workflows to book more meetings, faster

We’re not just streamlining outbound—we’re making it smarter, scalable, and accessible. Whether you’re an ambitious startup or a scaled SaaS company, Redrob is your growth copilot for unlocking warm conversations with the right people, globally.

EXPERIENCE

Duties you'll be entrusted with:

• Develop and execute scalable APIs and applications using the Node.js or Nest.js framework
• Writing efficient, reusable, testable, and scalable code.
• Understanding, analyzing, and implementing – Business needs, feature modification requests, and conversion into software components
• Integration of user-oriented elements into different applications, data storage solutions
• Developing – Backend components to enhance performance and receptiveness, server-side logic, and platform, statistical learning models, highly responsive web applications
• Designing and implementing – High availability and low latency applications, data protection and security features
• Performance tuning and automation of applications and enhancing the functionalities of current software systems.
• Keeping abreast with the latest technology and trends.

Expectations from you:

Basic Requirements

• Minimum qualification: Bachelor’s degree or more in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability practices.
• Experience with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing Elasticsearch.
• Work with modern tools including Jira, Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, etc.
• Expertise in Event driven architecture.
• Experience in Integrating Generative AI APIs.
• Working experience in high user concurrency.
• Experience in scaled databases for handling millions of records - indexing, retrieval, etc.,

Technical Skills

• Demonstrable experience in web application development with expertise in Node.js or Nest.js.
• Knowledge of database technologies and agile development methodologies.
• Experience working with databases, such as MySQL or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with web development frameworks, such as Express.js.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and DevOps principles.
• Well-versed with AWS and serverless architecture.

Soft Skills

• A quick and critical thinker with the ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic and bring fresh and innovative ideas to the table to enhance the visual impact of our content.
• Potential to apply innovative and exciting ideas, concepts, and technologies.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, animation techniques, and software advancements.
• Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.

THRIVE

Some of the extensive benefits of being part of our team:

• We offer skill enhancement and educational reimbursement opportunities to help you further develop your expertise.
• The Member Reward Program provides an opportunity for you to earn up to INR 85,000 as an annual Performance Bonus.
• The McKinley Cares Program has a wide range of benefits:
• The wellness program covers sessions for mental wellness, and fitness and offers health insurance.
• In-house benefits have a referral bonus window and sponsored social functions.
• An Expanded Leave Basket including paid Maternity and Paternity Leaves and rejuvenation Leaves apart from the regular 20 leaves per annum. 
• Our Family Support benefits not only include maternity and paternity leaves but also extend to provide childcare benefits.
• In addition to the retention bonus, our McKinley Retention Benefits program also includes a Leave Travel Allowance program.
• We also offer an exclusive McKinley Loan Program designed to assist our employees during challenging times and alleviate financial burdens.

• 3+ years of experience in the Development in JAVA technology.
• AWS or cloud Experience
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem-solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 3+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• 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 mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.