Tech Lead - Backend

Pickyourtrail (PYT) is an expert co-creator of super hit customised holidays. We are the perfect partner to the ‘designated travel planner/s’ of every group - big or small. Our service, customisation and expertise help us deliver super hit holidays and make the planner the hero of the holiday. 

PickYourTrail is a technology-driven travel company building personalized, end-to-end travel experiences. Our platform powers dynamic itinerary creation, real-time pricing, booking orchestration, and post-booking workflows at scale. We operate in a high-throughput, real-time environment where backend systems are critical to business success.

What are we looking for in you?

You are enthusiastic about developing highly scalable, foolproof, end-to-end quality software. You have worked on api integrations, have a good understanding of api docs, SOAP, REST, rate limiter and caching. You are very passionate about data structures and algorithms. You are flexible in working with multidisciplinary teams and you push your teammates to their limits & ensure that the work is done. You consider AI as your friend and use them in all facets to augment your work, as your pair programmer, code reviewer and design philosopher. If you feel we are talking about you, contact us asap.

Who will you work with?

Being a part of a small team of backend engineers, you get to solve a wide range of problems in the travel space. Be it feature discussion, solution design, development, dev testing, deployment, enhancement or maintenance, you get to experience everything.

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to contribute and solve interesting problems in the travel space.
• Solve for scalability, availability and performance along with functional integrations.
• Freedom to explore solutions rather than getting tied down by rigid standards.
• Work with some of the best techies in the industry
• An environment where Attitude is higher than Skill and performance scores over politics
• Take the product to the next level that has an impact on the end customer

What you'll bring to the team?

• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Good experience in System & Solution design.
• Working knowledge of Java, Web Services, SOAP, REST and Spring Boot.
• Experience working with coding assistants like co-pilot, Claude desktop etc.
• Knowledge of GIT version control
• Good knowledge of any database (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
• Knowledge of Unit testing is a must
• Fair debugging skills

• 4+ years exp with solid backend/engineering experience.
• Knowledge of data structures and an eye for architecture.
• Solid CS fundamentals, fluent in multi-threaded and asynchronous programming, a strong inclination for architecting at scale.
• Excellent technical design, problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Rapid prototyping worked on distributed systems at scale.
• Basic knowledge of SQL as well as NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in Golang, it's design, and concurrency patterns.

Auriga IT, founded in 2010, is a trusted digital solution partner based in Jaipur. They bring together design, technology, and data capabilities to help organizations launch new businesses and drive transformation in the digital age. Their offerings include user experience and design, digital product development, enterprise applications and modernization, process automation, ERP and CRM implementation, and data science.

Auriga has a strong track record of providing tailor-made IT solutions and services to clients both in India and overseas. They have worked with notable companies such as Meta, Yes Bank, Zomato, Grofers, and Ola. The team at Auriga is composed of young and passionate software professionals who are experienced in client and server-side coding, database management, open-source technologies, and API integrations.

With a focus on meaningful and innovative work, the team at Auriga collaborates to build incredible products and services for clients. They strive for high-quality standards and pursue success together.

Connect with us: https://www.aurigait.com/#contact-us

Role Description:

This is a full-time on-site role for a Java Software Engineer at Auriga IT in Jaipur. The Java Software Engineer will be responsible for software development, creating microservices, programming, and utilizing the Spring Framework. They will work on developing Java-based applications and implementing software solutions.

Qualifications:

• Software development, microservices, and programming skills
• Experience with the Spring Framework and Java
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills
• Knowledge of database systems and SQL
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Role & Responsibilities:

• Handle multiple products/modules simultaneously, lead the team in development and support
• Lead development teams
• Daily updates to customers and Product Managers/Delivery Managers
• Participate in design discussions
• Design and Architect small modules
• Effort estimations for modules, subsystems or use cases.
• Learn new skills and mentor the new team members
• Champion best practices within the team, including code reviews
  
  

Work Experience & Skills:

• B.E/B.Tech or any relevant Masters degree from reputed college.
• Strong 5+ years of experience in Java, J2EE, Spring IOC, Spring Annotations, Spring JDBC, Jquery, Java script, HTML 5 and CSS
• Strong experience in Postgres or any SQL technology
• Experience with working on Tomcat, Apache, JBoss or any similar application server
• Should have 3+ years of experience in leading team.
• Good experience in JSON / RESTful API / Web Services.
• Experience in working on Agile methodology using Scrum and sprints
• Experience in using build tools, Maven, GIT, Bugzilla or similar tools.
• Experience in cloud technologies, Microservices and frameworks such as AWS or GPC, container technologies like Docker is a plus.
• Ability to adapt to new development environments, changing business requirements and learning new systems highly desired
• Experience in Microservices, SpringBoot and Angular is a plus.
• Experience with tuning deployed applications for scalability and performance.
• Good knowledge of deployment and scripting on Linux/Unix servers
• Strong technical documentation skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills

Who we are looking for

A candidate who can design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements.

Key Role Requirements:

• Experience in Java-J2EE Development
• Hands-on experience in Struts (Core Java, JSP, Servlets, EJB) framework.
• Hands-on experience in Oracle SQL, Procedures
• Hands-on experience in Spring boot, Spring batch
• Should have worked on application servers like IBM WAS / Jboss / Web logic.
• Knowledge of basic Linux commands and BIRT reporting tool is an added advantage.
• Knowledge in SVN or any other version control is an added advantage.
• Knowledge in Build tool like ANT, Maven is an added advantage
• Strong problem solving and analytical capabilities.

Job Title: Java Team Lead

Experience: 4.5 to 8 years

Notice Period: Up to 30days (Negotiable)

Job Description :

• Experience in Java/J2EE technologies - design development of high-volume, high-performance, high-availability, service-oriented applications
• Design and govern the reusable accelerators, design patterns and reusable technical components (e.g. error handling, logging etc.)
• Strong knowledge in developing scalable web applications using Spring Boot with JDBC, JPA, Security,  RESTful Web Services
• Experience in front end development using HTML5, JQuery, React JS or Angular
• Research and implement new tools, frameworks and patterns to build a hybrid cloud applications
• Strong knowledge in Database – MySQL / PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of deploying applications in Ubuntu on Cloud Infrastructure
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for automatic application deployment will be an added advantage
• Lead a team and provide technical knowledge to team members during development

Roles & Responsibilities

• Understand the Requirement
• Convert them into Document
• Deliver the Work Product (software components / modules) with Quality
• High level design & Defining Architecture
• Following Coding best practices

Responsibilities

• Help define Technical Roadmap and own the entire product delivery end to end
• Work very closely with various business stakeholders to drive the execution of multiple business plans and technologies
• Improve, optimize and identify opportunities for efficient software development processes
• Hire, Develop and Retain a strong team of engineers
• Keep abreast of the changes in the industry and champion new technologies and development processes within the team
• Thinking backwards from a customer POV and relentlessly pursuing customer's cause in tech and product decisions

Apply If You have:

• Graduation/Post Graduation degree in Computer Science (IITs, IIITs and NITs preferred)
• 6-10 years of strong experience in JAVA(Spring/Hibernate/JPA/REST), JavaScript, NodeJS with good exposure to MySQL
• Experience with AWS, Microservices, Caching, Performance Optimization, Nginx, Solr, Redis, Redshift
• Experience working with agile teams and making rapid decisions in dynamic and disruptive environment
• 2+ years of leading and managing a team consisting of backend, frontend and QA.
• Hands on writing and reviewing code
• Exceptional design and architectural skills
• Strong communication skills
• High motivation to work in a fast paced, dynamic, collaborative team environment

• Strong hands on in Core Java, OOPS, Exception handling, Multi-Threading, Generics and design patterns.
• Proficient in designing and developing web applications using Java/JEE
• Working experience in Spring Boot, Spring Integration and REST Web services
• Exposure to UI technologies/frameworks like JavaScript, React JS , Flux and knowledge of CSS, HTML etc
• Build tools like Maven.
• Should possess good communication skills and a go getter attitude.
• Good in debugging code through eclipse and browsers
• Should be capable to work independently. Desirable
• Experience in any Continuous Integration/Delivery tools like GIT, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible
• Working knowledge of database like Oracle and application server like Tomcat, WebLogic.
• Knowledge of Linux
• Exposure to any test automation technologies such as Selenium, Fitnesse, Mockito, Junit, any other testing frameworks
• Candidate must to have exposure to working in a fast-paced environment using Agile methodologies
• A person with technical thrust who keeps him up to date with latest technology trends, practices, patterns etc. Knowledge of Open Source tools and technologies