Software development engineer

This role is for one of our clients

Industry: Empowering Fashion & Retail Companies with Data-Driven Sustainability Solutions
Seniority level: Associate level

Min Experience: 3+ years
Location: Bengaluru
JobType: full-time

Key Responsibilities:

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. 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.

1. 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

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