Technical Lead- Java/J2EE Development

Founding Engineer:

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and launching our product to customers. Specifically,

• Since our team is lean and we plan to keep it that way - you’ll be one of the first five engineers in leading the zero-to-one journey of a product our customers are hungry for
• Lead technical design and implementation of the frontend and backend of the product with coaching and mentorship from world-class technical architects
• Have knowledge of (or learn) how to work with Shopify’s CLI
• Iterate quickly to create delightful user experiences, working closely with customers/ design partners
• Help us hire a world-class engineering team in the months ahead
• Our team is currently fully remote (with offices to be opened in Bangalore and Mumbai over next few months) and cross-border across San Francisco, Boston, and India - help us cultivate a remote-first, inclusive, diverse, and friendly culture
• Work directly with the founders with an ownership mindset

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks (e.g. Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel)
• Experience with service service-oriented architecture, writing REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Mysql, Redis, Kafka)
• Prior experience working with frontend tech stacks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Prior experience working with frontend UI frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

We are looking for a talented MERN Developer with expertise in MongoDB/MySQL, Kubernetes, Python, ETL, Hadoop, and Spark. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and optimize scalable applications while ensuring efficient source code management and implementing Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain robust applications using MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).
• Design efficient database architectures (MongoDB/MySQL) for scalable data handling.
• Implement and manage Kubernetes-based deployment strategies for containerized applications.
• Ensure compliance with Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), including source code management, development tools, and security best practices.
• Develop and integrate Python-based functionalities for data processing and automation.
• Work with ETL pipelines for smooth data transformations.
• Leverage Hadoop and Spark for processing and optimizing large-scale data operations.
• Collaborate with solution architects, DevOps teams, and data engineers to enhance system performance.
• Conduct code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance optimization to ensure seamless application functionality.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proficiency in MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).
• Strong understanding of database technologies (MongoDB/MySQL).
• Experience working with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Hands-on knowledge of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) in application development.
• Expertise in Python, ETL pipelines, and big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark).
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and cloud computing frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications in cloud computing, Kubernetes, or database management.
• Experience in DevOps, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure management.
• Understanding of security best practices in application development.

What You will do

● Create beautiful software experiences for our customers using design thinking, lean and agile methodology.

● Design and develop software products from scratch using the latest cutting edge technologies, platforms and languages such as JAVA, python, Javascript, GoLang and Scala.

● Work in a dynamic, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchical culture.

● Help to grow the next generation of developers and have a positive impact on the industry.

Basic Qualifications

● Experience: 8+ years.

● Engineering Degree in Computer Science OR Equivalent.

● Hands-on development experience with a broad mix of languages such as JAVA, Python, Javascript etc.

● Server-side development experience mainly in JAVA, (Python and nodeJS can be considerable)

● UI development experience in ReactJS or AngularJS or PolymerJS or EmberJS or Jquery etc.

● Passion for software engineering and follow the best coding concepts.

● Good to great problem solving and communication skills.

● Must have experience in technical architecture and design , code reviews and mentoring junior developers.

● Should have experience in stakeholder management and work along with architects as and when necessary to lead the project.

Nice to have Qualifications

● Product engineering and customer-centric mindset.

● Great OOP skills, including design patterns.

● Experience with devops, continuous integration & deployment.

● Exposure to big data technologies, Machine Learning and NLP will be a plus.

Benefits

● Competitive salary.

● Work from anywhere.

● Reimbursements for remote work set up.

● Insurance (including a top up insurance for COVID).

● Free Access to Online learning libraries such as O'reilly or equivalent

Location

Remote - work from anywhere.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Developing and implementing highly responsive user interface components using react concepts.
• Writing application interface codes using JavaScript following react.js workflows.
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes.
• Create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Optimize application for performance and speed.
• Implementation of security and data protection.
• Provide technical support to users.

Skills:

• At least 5 years of experience as a Java Developer or similar role
• Strong expertise in Java programming language and working Knowledge on Back-end technologies such as Spring/Spring Boot.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.
• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux.
• Experience with user interface design.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, MongoDB.
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing.
• Experience with at least one of the Cloud Services such as AWS, GCP, Azure are plus.
• Familiarity with SCRUM methodologies
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Analytical and logical skills
• Good problem-solving skills.

Qualification:

• 3-4 years of experience working as a ReactJS Developer or in a similar role.

What we offer:

• Flexible working hours
• Up to 12 Lakh insurance
• Work life balance

• High School diploma or GED required 
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience designing and building scalable web based applications 
• Experience with RESTful web services, Java/Spring framework, NodeJS applications, React & Vue Frameworks 
• Strong relational database modeling and SQL experience (Oracle, MSSQL)f 
• Solid knowledge of testing principle and ability to build comprehensive test suite  
• Demonstrated UI design and UX sensibilities 
• Experience in scripting against Windows/Linux i.e. PowerShell, VB or Unix Shell Script, Python  
• Ability to coordinate the release/deployment process and versioning, code, configuration management 
• Experience with Git/Bitbucket and Opensource Tools and Agile methodologies 
• Experience leading software developers on development best practices as a technical lead 
• Experience with using JIRA (for defect tracking and for ITSM ticketing with Incident/Problem/Change)  

This is an excellent opportunity to lead the award winning payment solution team.

Finzly is looking for a Java Lead with 10+ years of experience. The role will be part of a team of offshore engineers to create innovative solutions for our banking customers. This is a leading and hand on software engineering role for those who enjoy working on latest technologies, and are always eager to learn and innovate. A great opportunity to be a part of a growing Fin-tech Product based company and to build up a career in the core banking/payments domain

Skills: Java*.*, Angular, Spring Boot, Spring Batch 

Job Location:Pune/Chennai

*Immediate joiners preferred

What Finzly offers?

• An exciting opportunity to be a part of a growing Fin-tech Product based company.
• An opportunity to learn , be a part of a vibrant team and build up a career in the core banking/payments domain.
• Competitive compensation.
• A result oriented and agile company culture, with a flat hierarchy and zero politics.

What you'll do?

• Responsible for the design and implementation of features for new products and enhancements to existing products.
• Understand, apply and create high-level architectural design and patterns
• Actively guide and challenge intermediate and junior developers
• Writing high quality robust code to meet the desired specification.
• Work seamlessly with the local development and QA team and with other members of our global team.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment delivering great quality product..
• 100% Remote working during COVID Pandemic.

What you have to bring ?

• A Bachelors or Masters degree in subjects such as computer science or an equivalent qualification
• Experience in building microservice based applications
• A “can do” attitude with zeal to deliver the best quality product.
• Take ownership and shape the future of our product with your ideas.
• Extensive hands on experience in Core Java, J2EE, Multi-threading, Web Applications.
• Extensive knowledge of Spring Boot and Spring Framework.
• Experience with Messaging Middleware like Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ
• Experience with Angular and building responsive web applications is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in an international multi-site environment in conjunction with remote teams.

About the team:

At Finzly you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, and passionate and above all fun. We require skill in developing modern micro service web applications and restful APIs on Amazon's AWS cloud platform. The role will be part of a team of offshore engineers to create innovative solutions for our banking customers. This is a hand on software engineering role for those who enjoy working on latest technologies, and are always eager to learn and innovate.

Finzly is on a mission to free banks from their core and core-vendor limitations by creating an App store ecosystem which empowers banks to instantly and easily try new products and services. Therefore, enabling them to make smarter technology decisions while going-to-market at fin-tech speed.

Finzly recently won an award “Best enterprise payment solution”

Job Description

Desired Skills: Oops, Core Java/J2EE, Collections, Exception Handling, Multi-Threading, JDBC.

Key skills: 

• Should have good knowledge on object-oriented design, good adaptive skills.
• Good knowledge in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance

You will be responsible for: 

• Owning the design and delivery of your code from cradle to grave.
• Peer reviewing your team mate’s code
• Being a key player in this client’s Digital Transformation – both implementing changes to existing APIs and developing new ones to integrate with the latest digital stack.
• Developing new and be-spoke features as well as working on large scale integrations 
• Working in an Agile Scrum environment where you will be challenged and motivated 
• Calling out risks if you spot them in a particular approach or design.

Qualifications

Skills Required:

• Technical design experience.
• Hands on Java development experience, in particular with Spring (minimum of 4 years)
• Knowledge of JavaScript and NodeJS is highly desirable
• You will have worked in an Agile Scrum environment and be comfortable with fast-paced Sprint Cycles
• Previous experience building web service API’s is key for this role – Apigee is the preferred technology
• Any experience with Microsoft Azure is a nice to have – this is the direction we are going

Additional skills we are looking for include:

• Spring Framework
• GIT
• Jenkins
• Maven
• Bash Scripting
• Oracle PL/SQL or any other SQL technologies
• Weblogic 12c or other container technologies
• Unit testing with Mockito
• Integration testing with FitNesse, Spock or similar