Sr. Backend Engineer

We are looking for a technically savvy and experienced senior developer to lead development efforts. You will help the team grow in size and skills, optimizing their code while working on your own. You will design, and develop the products that exceed client expectations in terms of value and benefit. You will collaborate on scalability issues involving access to massive amounts of data and information.

You have hands-on experience in building secure, high-performing and scalable systems in Java. Your design intuition inclines towards usability, elegance and simplicity. You are biased towards open-source tools and existing frameworks. You have successfully shipped applications with beautiful front-end and intelligent backend. You have demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills.


Responsibilities
- Co-lead end-to-end design and development efforts
- Keep an eye out for open source projects and technology trends that can be introduced in the products
- Be hands-on, adopt practical approach to software and technology
- Work with product management and engineering team to build highly scalable products


Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
3+ years of design and development experience in scalable and distributed enterprise applications
Experience in developing web applications using Java/J2EE, Spring framework and RESTful web services
Excellent coding skills in Java
Experience in managing, implementing and optimizing database solution such as MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
Experience in deploying applications on cloud (AWS, Azure)
Experience in front-end technologies HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, AngularJS and D3.js is preferred
Strong foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design
Proven ability to drive large scale projects with deep understanding of Agile SDLC, high collaboration and leadership
Excellent written and oral communication skills, judgment and decision making skills, and the ability to work under continual deadline pressure