Microservices Java with Node Js - Software Engineer II

• Core JAVA & Backend engineering:
• 4-7 years of strong hands-on experience in JAVA( 8+) with solid grounding in Object-Oriented design principlesand clean coding practices including identifying design flaws in existing codebases and refactoring towards maintainable designs
• Well versed with core Java concepts including Exception Handling, Collections Framework, Concurrency (threads), Streams, Lambdas etc.
• Ability to design and implement efficient, Secure, and maintainable backend code, evaluate multiple solution approaches, and justify design decisions considering performance and security trade-offs
• Spring & Enterprise Frameworks:
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, with the ability able to design high-level service boundaries, ensure effective inter-service communication and manage data consistency
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs using Spring Boot, applying API design best practices and integrating with external services, data sources and databases
• Solid expertise in Spring framework/Spring Boot design principles including core annotations, dependency injection, bean lifecycle, transaction management, and database access patterns.
• Experience implementing security and cloud-native patterns using Spring Security and Spring Cloud (e.g. authentication/ authorization, configuration and resiliency)
• Strong understanding of data persistence, including RDBMS & SQL (or NOSQL), normalization, complex query troubleshooting and ORM/ JPA (e.g., Hibernate) for performant and transactional data access.
• Proven ability in testing, trouble shooting and debugging, including writing JUnit tests, identifying performance bottlenecks, and resolving production issues with minimal handholding
• NodeJS
• 4 - 7 years of hands-on experience in NodeJS:
• Design and develop RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL services using Node.js and a framework such as Express/Fastify/NestJS
• Build integrations with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL/MySQL, MongoDB) and caching (e.g., Redis)
• Implement authentication/authorization (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT) and secure coding practice
• Write unit/integration tests; maintain CI/CD quality gates and code reviews
• Optimize performance (profiling, async patterns, avoiding event-loop blocking) and improve reliability (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers
• Implement observability: logging, metrics, tracing; participate in on-call/incident response (if applicable)
• Collaborate on system design, estimation, and delivery planning; produce technical documentation
• Soft Skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience working directly with clients and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, manage expectations, and reduce ambiguity.
• Ability to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions constructively, and drive clarity in complex or evolving problem spaces.
• Strong collaboration mindset; able to work effectively with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers, QA, and platform teams.
• Ownership-driven approach with the ability to independently drive tasks to completion with minimal handholding
• Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Technology, Master of Computer Applications, or Master of Science in Computer Science from an accredited university

Preferred:

• Node.js Certified Associate certification
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) delivery environments
• Experience collaborating with product, quality assurance, and platform teams in iterative delivery models
• Experience participating in sprint planning, estimation, reviews, and retrospectivesRole & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile