
BlackLight Games
About Us:
We are BlackLight Games; we bring culturally relevant synchronous multiplayer games experience to mobile. Our games have been rocking the Play Stores since launch. We have built cutting-edge back-end technology; we take pride that our games are played by more than 1 million players daily. Our flagship game, Ludo SuperStar has been downloaded more than 100 million times. Other titles include – CallBreak, Carrom, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire and Word games.
Website link- https://blacklightsw.com/
Position: Backend Developer( Java/SpringBoot/MySQL)
Location: Noida
Educational Qualification: B.Tech/ MCA / M.Tech / M.Sc or relevant professional experience; preferably in Computer Science.
Skills :
- Backend: Java/SpringBoot
- Databases: MySQL
Job Summary:
We are looking for a skilled Backend Developer to join our growing team and help build scalable systems that power products used by millions every month. You will work on Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL, with exposure to Node.js, crafting APIs and backend services that are reliable and production-grade.
What You Bring To The Team
- 3-4 years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot as primary focus.
- Strong working knowledge of MySQL (schema design, query optimization, migrations).
- Understanding of REST APIs and system design.
- Comfort with live system debugging, monitoring, and performance tuning.
- A mindset of ownership and building with quality.
- Design and develop scalable, reliable backend services and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL.
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and best practices.
- Collaborate with the frontend and game backend teams for seamless feature delivery.
- Write clean, maintainable code with proper testing and documentation.
- Monitor, debug, and improve live systems, ensuring high availability.
Extra Gems For
- Basic familiarity with Node.js and its ecosystem would be good to have.
- Experience working on a product that has launched and scaled to a solid user base would be good to have.
- Understanding of microservices architecture
- Exposure to AWS or GCP for deployments and scaling.
- Understanding of caching, queues, and real-time data pipelines.
- Prior experience in product-focused startups.
Why Us?
- High Growth Startup environment.
- Fast-paced, ownership-driven environment.
- You’ll build products millions play every month.
- Friendly, collaborative team with high standards.
- Culture that values learning, quality, and growth.
- Company sponsored courses and education material.
- Lots of learning opportunities.
- Work with a super-talented team of professionals.
- Informal work-culture, Casual Dress Code, multiple outings and trips.
- Medical Insurance for you and your family.
- Subsidies Lunch and Unlimited Snacks, Tea & Coffee in the house at all times.

About BlackLight Studio Works Pvt Ltd
About
About BlackLight Studio Works : We are BlackLight and we bring classic game experience to Mobile .Our games have been rocking the Play Store India since launch.
Our real time multiplayer games are a piece of cutting-edge technology, we take pride that they are played by more than 1 million players daily.
Our flagship game, Ludo SuperStar has been downloaded more than 50 million times. Other titles include - CallBreak, Carrom, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire and Word games.
Why Should you Join us ?.
• Lot of learning opportunity-free Books / Courses.
• Competitive Salary
• Free Medical Insurance for you and your family!
• Lunch on all day you order we pay 60%.
• Unlimited Snacks, Tea & Coffee on the house at all time.
• Work with super-talented team of engineers and designers.
• Casual Dress Code.
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Job Title : Senior Java Software Engineer
Experience : 5 to 10 Years
Location : Gurugram (Full-time)
Working Days : 5 Days (Monday to Friday)
Job Description :
- We are looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Java Software Engineer to join our dynamic team.
- The ideal candidate will have 5 to 10 Years of hands-on experience in Software Development, with a proven experience as Java Developer with a strong focus on Spring and Spring Boot, Relational Databases and AWS technologies.
- Strong understanding of monolithic & microservices architecture. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our applications.
- Ensuring their performance, quality and responsiveness.
Key Responsibilities :
● Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications using Java, Spring and Spring Boot.
● Develop and manage relational databases. Should be able to write complex SQL queries.
● Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.
● Have strong debugging skills to identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues.
● Deploy, manage, and scale applications on AWS.
● Conduct code reviews and integration testing to ensure software quality and reliability.
● Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
● Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
Qualifications :
● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
● 5 to 10 Years of experience in Software Development.
● Proficient in Java 8+, Spring and Spring Boot.
● Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL or other relational databases.
● Experience with microservices architecture.
● Understanding of Rest API design and development.
● Hands on experience with Unit Testing frameworks such as Junit, Mockito.
● Experience with version control systems such as Git.
● Solid understanding of object-oriented programming.
● Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
● Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Preferred Qualifications :
● Strong knowledge of AWS services and best practices.
● Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
● Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications using Java SE/EE.
- Implement, test, and deploy microservices and RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and related technologies.
- Develop efficient and scalable solutions by writing clean, maintainable, and optimized code.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and provide technical solutions.
- Write and execute unit tests using JUnit to ensure code quality and functionality.
- Perform code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize code for performance and scalability.
- Stay up to date with the latest Java technologies and development best practices.
Required Skills and Qualifications :
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Years of experience in Java development (Java SE/EE, Spring, Hibernate).
- Strong experience with JUnit and test-driven development (TDD).
- Proficient in building microservices using Spring Boot and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with version control tools like Git.
- Familiarity with build tools such as Maven or Gradle.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles.
- Familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL) and ORM frameworks (e.g., Hibernate).
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS (preferably).
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Preferred Skills :
- Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools.
- Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Scrum framework.
- Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.
A SaaS startup founded in April 2020.
What’s the opportunity?
Are you a backend developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world-class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?
We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers.
We’re laser-focused on delivering a world-class product again, and looking for an ambitious backend engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers.
If it excites you to think of a fast-paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating new APIs, working on performance issues, getting hands-on with DevOps initiatives, and showcasing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.
Some of the tech problems you get to work on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault-tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization.
About you:
● 3- 5 years of experience
● Expertise in the following areas ○ Java ○ HTTP Protocol
● You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks/products
○ Spring
○ PostgreSQL
○ Redis ○ Docker
○ Message brokers
○ GitHub
● These non-functional areas are familiar to you
○ Performance
○ Debugging
○ Log management
Nice to have:
● Familiarity with AWS
What’s in it for you?
● Great opportunity: We genuinely care about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.
● Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.
● Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.
● Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other roles you might like.
● Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.
● Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive stipend, flexible leave policy, and more
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Java 8 or later |
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Spring Framework |
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Rest API |
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Good knowledge in any Database (MySql, Oracle, or NoSQL) is mandatory. |
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Maven/Gradle/sbt |
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MQ/Kafka/RabbitMQ |
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Junit |
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Postman/Swagger/Jmeter |
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Enthusiastic to learn, |
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Good Programming, Coding, Basic DS/Algo Skill |
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Good Analytical Skill |
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Spring Boot |
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Microservice |
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No-SQL [Mongo, Cassandra] Preference on Cassandra |
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Knowledge on Caching Framework like: Redis Or Apache Ignite. Preference on Apache Ignite |
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Apache Kafka |
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Azure DevOps/JIRA |
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CICD Basic Knowledge |
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Docker , Kubernates |
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Scrum and Agile Methodology |
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What You will do
● Create beautiful software experiences for our clients using design thinking, lean and agile methodology.
● Work on software products designed 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.
● Work in collaborative, fast-paced and value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients.
● Help to grow the next generation of developers and have a positive impact on the industry.
Basic Qualifications
● Experience: 4+ years.
● 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. are good to have.
● Passion for software engineering and follow the best coding concepts. ● Good to great problem solving and communication skills.
Nice to have Qualifications
● Product and customer-centric mindset.
● Great OO 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.
● Learning and gaining experience rapidly.
● Reimbursement for basic working set up at home.
● Insurance (including a top up insurance for COVID).
Location
Remote - work from anywhere
Job ID : LK0601
Java Developer JD;
- 2-7 years of Experience
- Java 8
- Spring boot
- API development
- MVC architecture
- web services
- OOPS
- Java development knowledge is a must
- Springboot preferred
- 2.AWS exposure is a must
- Engineering degree in Computer Science, Electronics and, Communication or Information Science.
- Or MCA is agreeable.
- Location: Bangalore
- Min 5 years of hands-on experience in Java Spring-boot technologies
- Experience with monolithic applications
- Experience using Redis and RabbitMQ
- Experience with RDBMS such as SQLServer and My SQL
- Strong analytical, problem solving and data analysis
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills are a must
- Micro service frameworks such as Java SpringBoot
- Design and implement automated unit and integration tests
About the job
We focus on client adoption of disruptive technologies, technology architecture and providing specialized skills related to integration, custom software engineering, testing, application modernization, agile and more. We help our clients with the most complex projects including working in open web platforms, DevOps platforms as well as intelligent Computing and Architecture enhancement.
We are looking for hands on, smart thinking Applications developer to join our fast-growing team of talented professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on large enterprise solutions and deliver solutions that deliver business performance for our customers.
WORK YOU’LL DO
- Design and develop microservices/APIs using either Java/Spring boot, ISTIO, Kubernetes, Docker, CI / CD Pipelines
- You would scale micro services using Kafka or similar messaging systems.
- Collaborate with clients, architects, and application architectures to understand the operational objectives and purpose of the future system integration.
- Understand the points of integration between the different systems and highlight the potential risks associated with the delivery of solutions
- Collaborate with Functional Designers and Developers in order to find best solutions
- Produce detailed functional and technical specifications.
- Assist in producing solutions with threat assessments and associated security awareness.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- 5- 8 years of hands-on experience designing and developing microservices using either Java/Spring Boot
- 3-5 years of experience with system integration
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience with API concepts and technologies such as REST, JSON, XML, SOAP, YAML, GraphQL, and Swagger
- Experience developing within agile methodology using CI/CD pipeline
- Experienced in 3-tier, n-tier, cloud computing, microservices architectures and SOA.
- Good knowledge of integration architectures
- Experience supporting and/or implementing complex integration projects
- Excellent client management skills
- Experience with Data modelling would be an asset
QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience of working in an Agile Environment
- Ability to drive design from Stories and Requirements
- Adept at UML, Design Patterns, Reusable Services Development,
- Knowledge on Scaling Microservices
Requirements
- Experience in open source technologies - Solr, Redis, Kafka
- Exposure to building & managing applications in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
- Experience in security, scalability & performance aspects of solution
- Critical Skills: 1. Java / J2EE, Spring, PostGreSQL 2. Nginx, Tomcat 3. Developing REST webservices
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