Staff Engineer

About the Role: Staff Engineer, Java

We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Engineer with a strong background in Java backend development to join our team in Bengaluru, India. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and delivering complex software solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write and review high-quality code, ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Thoroughly understand functional requirements and analyze client needs within project contexts.
• Envision and define overall solutions, including technologies, patterns, and frameworks, for given requirements.
• Determine and implement appropriate design methodologies and toolsets.
• Coordinate requirements, schedules, and activities to enable efficient application development.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production rollouts.
• Create, understand, and validate Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and estimate efforts for modules/tasks.
• Address issues promptly, embrace challenges with a continuous improvement mindset, and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Assist the team in troubleshooting and resolving complex bugs.
• Propose and justify solutions for issues identified during code and design reviews.
• Conduct Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate proposed designs and technologies.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Total experience of 7+ years in software engineering.
• Extensive experience in backend development using Java 8 or higher, Spring Framework (Core/Boot/MVC), Hibernate/JPA, and Microservices Architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, MongoDB, Redis, and REST APIs.
• Familiarity with SQL and various NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency with build tools, CI/CD pipelines, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience working with cloud technologies, with a preference for Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of UML and design patterns.
• Proficiency in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services (Apache CXF, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, SOAP, REST).
• Strong working experience in Data Structures and Algorithms, Unit Testing, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for effective work within global teams.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.