SDE-4 Java Backend Developer (5-10 Years)

Job Description – Senior Software Engineer (SDE-III) / Technical Lead (5–10 Years Experience)

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design & Development

Own and lead end-to-end development of core features or services across backend and frontend components.

Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems.

Write clean, modular, testable code following TDD , design patterns, SOLID principles, and industry best practices.

Ensure smooth integration of backend services with frontend applications and third-party systems.

Mentorship & Technical Leadership

Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance.

Promote engineering best practices including peer reviews, static code analysis, CI / CD hygiene , and code quality standards.

Contribute to defining and improving coding guidelines, development workflows, and engineering processes.

Innovation & Tooling

Leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI-assisted engineering tools to optimize development, debugging, and testing workflows.

Identify and propose new tools, frameworks, or libraries that enhance team productivity and software quality.

Quality & Performance

Partner with QA and SRE teams to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability across environments.

Develop and maintain automated test suites for unit, integration, functional, and end-to-end testing.

Monitor production systems, analyze logs and performance metrics, and proactively address performance bottlenecks.

Cross-Team Collaboration

Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.

Actively participate in sprint planning, estimation, retrospectives, and post-mortems.

Contribute to design documentation, architecture specs, and internal knowledge bases.

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

6–8 years of hands-on software development experience .

Strong backend development expertise with Java / Spring Boot , and working exposure to frontend technologies (React / Angular is a plus).

Deep knowledge of RESTful APIs , microservices architecture , and CI / CD pipelines .

Strong proficiency in Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA) and system design fundamentals.

Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services (Lambda, ECS / EKS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, SNS / SQS, etc.).

Strong skills in debugging, performance tuning, and distributed system troubleshooting.

Experience with Kubernetes / Docker, Git, and Agile methodologies.

Interest or experience in integrating LLMs / AI tools into engineering workflows for code generation, testing, or automation.