Snapdeal
Full Job Description
We are seeking a talented Backend Engineer with a focus on Java to join our team at Snapdeal in Gurugram. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing and developing highly scalable microservices and backend APIs using Java and Spring Boot, powering Snapdeal's core e-commerce operations. You will contribute to building high-availability systems, ensuring their observability and debuggability with tools like Grafana Loki and Pinpoint for distributed tracing. Your responsibilities will include writing comprehensive unit, integration, and performance tests, participating in code reviews, and adhering to best practices for clean, maintainable, and testable code. You will also be involved in optimizing applications for performance, scalability, and availability, monitoring production systems, resolving issues, and collaborating with DevOps for CI/CD integration.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable microservices and backend APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and related frameworks.
- Contribute to high-availability system design that powers Snapdeal's core e-commerce functionality.
- Ensure observability and debuggability of systems using tools like Grafana Loki, and Pinpoint for distributed tracing.
- Write unit, integration, and performance tests, and participate in code reviews.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, following best practices in software engineering.
- Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and availability. Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and contribute to system architecture.
- Monitor production systems, resolve issues, and continuously improve system health and performance.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams for seamless CI/CD pipeline integration.
Requirements
- 2-5 years of professional experience in backend development using Java (8/11/17).
- Strong foundation in object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
- Proficiency in Spring Boot, RESTful API design, and JPA/Hibernate.
- Experience with relational databases like MySQL, and familiarity with NoSQL databases is a plus.
- Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and asynchronous programming.
- Good hands-on experience with monitoring/logging/tracing using tools like Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Pinpoint, or similar.
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
- Good understanding of messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ, Active MQ.
- Experience with Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and performance tuning skills.
- Good communication skills and a collaborative mind-set.
Company
Snapdeal
Snapdeal is a leading Indian e-commerce company that offers a wide range of products to consumers across the country. Based in Gurugram, India, Snapdeal is committed to providing a seamless online sho...