Sr. Backend Developer

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer with strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and REST APIs. The candidate should have experience designing and developing scalable, reliable, high-performance backend applications and should be comfortable taking ownership of solutions from design through deployment and production.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.


• Design and develop RESTful APIs and Microservices.


• Participate in system design and architectural discussions.


• Build reliable, secure, maintainable, and high-performance backend systems.


• Design efficient database interactions and optimize application/database performance.


• Troubleshoot complex application and production issues and perform root-cause analysis.


• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.


• Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and convert them into technical solutions.


• Identify technical risks, edge cases, scalability concerns, and potential improvements proactively.


• Mentor junior developers and contribute to improving overall engineering standards.


• Take end-to-end ownership of assigned modules/features from requirement analysis to production deployment.

Mandatory Skills

• 10+ years of software development experience


• Strong hands-on experience with Java


• Strong experience with Spring Boot


• Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture


• Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs


• Strong understanding of OOP, Collections, Multithreading and Design Patterns


• Good knowledge of relational databases and SQL


• Experience with system design, scalability and performance optimization


• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills


• Experience working on production-grade enterprise applications

Good to Have

• Apache Kafka / RabbitMQ


• Event-Driven Architecture


• Redis / distributed caching


• Docker


• Kubernetes / OpenShift


• AWS / Azure / GCP


• Spring Cloud


• API Gateway


• CI/CD / Jenkins


• Observability and application monitoring


• Distributed systems


• Security concepts such as JWT / OAuth2


• Performance tuning and production troubleshooting

What We Are Looking For

Beyond technical knowledge, we are looking for someone who demonstrates ownership, initiative, curiosity, and strong problem-solving ability. The candidate should be able to understand a business problem, think through different technical approaches, identify potential edge cases, and propose effective solutions rather than only implementing predefined requirements.