Software development engineer

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients Min Experience: 3+ years

Location: Bengaluru

JobType: full-time

Requirements Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership:

○ Lead end-to-end design and development of complex, high-performing, and scalable software solutions.

○ Drive technical decisions and establish best practices in software architecture, coding, and deployment.

○ Own design reviews, balancing trade-offs to deliver optimal technical solutions.

• System Design and Architecture:

○ Architect robust, distributed systems and microservices that can scale globally.

○ Perform advanced system design, factoring in scalability, security, and reliability requirements.

○ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical roadmaps with business objectives.

• Code Quality and Optimisation:

○ Champion clean, maintainable, and reusable code through design patterns, advanced coding practices, and automated testing.

○ Conduct in-depth code reviews and technical audits to ensure quality and adherence to standards.

○ Optimise critical performance bottlenecks, ensuring systems meet SLA and scale efficiently.

• Mentorship and Team Development:

○ Mentor SDE I and SDE II engineers, guiding them on design, debugging, and problem-solving.

○ Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.

○ Drive knowledge-sharing initiatives, tech talks, and documentation improvements.

• Ownership and Problem-Solving:

○ Own critical features/modules, proactively identifying and addressing technical debt.

○ Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues with deep root cause analysis and solutions to improve system reliability.

○ Lead incident response and post-mortems to drive operational excellence.

• Agile Delivery:

○ Lead Agile ceremonies like sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.

○ Effectively prioritise features, bugs, and technical debt in collaboration with Product Managers and stakeholders.

○ Ensure timely delivery of projects with high-quality code.

• Continuous Innovation:

○ Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and tools to drive innovation in development practices.

○ Identify opportunities for automating manual processes and improving engineering efficiency.

○ Contribute to the team’s technical vision, strategy, and roadmap.

Technical Skills:

○ Strong expertise in programming languages/frameworks like Java, Spring Boot, Python, etc.

○ Deep experience in designing distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.

○ Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with deployment experience.

○ Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes).

○ Expertise in performance optimisation, profiling, and system reliability.

○ Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and system design.

○ Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and version control (Git).

Must-have Skills Java, Microservices, Java Springboot