Sr Software Engineer 1

Job Description

Role : Senior Software Engineer1

Location : Bangalore

Senior Software Engineer1 who will work as part of a team on the implementation of a large, customer facing, backend application. The candidate will collaborate directly with the development team, application architect and product owner, with the aim to contribute allowing for parallel and independent evolution of the application by multiple teams. And also, the candidate will be responsible for creating the reusable components and horizontal features.

Primary Responsibilities

Own and drive hands-on design and development of complex, enterprise-scale Java applications.
Lead technical direction for modules or subsystems while remaining actively involved in implementation.
Support modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy or monolithic systems to modern architectures.
Act as a technical mentor and role model for engineers across teams.
Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, security, and maintainability expectations.
Collaborate closely with product, QA, DevOps, and architecture teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Specific Assignments

Software Engineering Development

• Design, develop, and maintain backend and full-stack features using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and relational databases.
• Support modernization of legacy Java applications to modern, cloud-ready architectures.
• Build modular services and support microservices-based designs where applicable.
• Design and integrate RESTful APIs, backend services, and data models.
• Support UI teams building Angular or React frontends by providing robust backend APIs.
• Implement high-performance data processing and integration logic for analytical workflows.

Architecture Design

• Apply object-oriented design principles and design patterns (SOLID, OOP, layered / hexagonal architecture).
• Contribute to application and solution architecture discussions.
• Perform technical trade-off analysis and guide design decisions.
• Ensure clean, extensible, and maintainable codebases.

Quality, Performance Reliability

• Ensure high code quality through unit testing, mocking frameworks, and static code analysis.
• Perform performance profiling, memory analysis, and JVM tuning to resolve bottlenecks.
• Support performance tuning and stability improvements in production environments.
• Work closely with QA teams to ensure strong test coverage and release quality.

Collaboration Agile Delivery

• Work within Agile / Scrum teams, contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Support end-to-end product development, including development, deployment, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with global teams and stakeholders across regions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers.

Skills Required

   **Core Technical Skills**    

Strong hands-on experience with:

• Java (8+)
• Spring / Spring Boot
• RESTful API design
• SQL
• Angular
• React
• Mongo DB
• AKS, etc
• Experience with software design patterns, layered architectures, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design and clean coding practices.
• Strong experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, etc.).
• Good hands-on knowledge of performance profiling and memory analysis.

Additional Technical Skills

• Experience with microservices architecture, service communication, and integration patterns.
• Working knowledge of Hibernate / JPA and transaction management.
• Exposure to event-driven or message-based systems is a plus.
• Exposure to Azure cloud-native development is an advantage.
• Integration - Experience with API-based, file-based, and message-based integrations (e.g., Azure Service Bus or similar).
• Domain Exposure - Experience with shipping/logistics workflows or scientific data processing (e.g., Genomics, laboratory systems) is a plus.
• DevOps - Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud platforms.
• Understanding of build and dependency management tools such as Maven or Gradle.

Preferred Qualifications

• MCA or Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 6-10 years of hands-on experience in Java-based software development on global or enterprise projects.
• Proven experience in product development environments.
• Strong understanding of the Product Development Lifecycle and Lean…