Senior Software Engineer

Position : Senior Backend Engineer

Experience : 5–7 years

Location : Kerala – Thiruvananthapuram

Mode : Hybrid

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 days

In this position, you'll focus on :

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization) and Java.
• Implement efficient serialization / deserialization using Jackson and Kotlin Serialization.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated tests using JUnit 5, Mockk, and ArchUnit to ensure code quality. Work with Kafka Streams (Avro), Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA), DynamoDB, and Redis for data storage and caching needs.
• Deploy and manage services in AWS environment leveraging DynamoDB, Lambdas, and IAM. Implement CI / CD pipelines with GitLab CI to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Containerize applications using Docker and integrate monitoring using Datadog for tracing, metrics, and dashboards.
• Define and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform for services including GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, and Optimizely.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs with OpenAPI (Swagger) and JSON API standards.
• Apply resilience patterns using Resilience4j to build fault-tolerant systems. Adhere to architectural and design principles such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and Contract Testing (Pact).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile Scrum environment to deliver high-quality features.
• Utilize feature flagging tools like Optimizely to enable controlled rollouts.
• Mandatory Skills & Technologies Languages :
• Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization), Java
• Frameworks : Spring Boot (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data)
• Serialization : Jackson, Kotlin Serialization
• Testing : JUnit 5, Mockk, ArchUnit
• Data : Kafka (Avro) Streams Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA) DynamoDB (NoSQL) Redis (Caching)
• Cloud : AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, IAM)
• CI / CD : GitLab
• CI Containers : Docker Monitoring & Observability :
• Datadog (Tracing, Metrics, Dashboards, Monitors) Infrastructure as Code : Terraform (GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, Optimizely)
• API : OpenAPI (Swagger), REST API, JSON
• API Resilience : Resilience4j
• Architecture & Practices : Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Contract Testing (Pact) Feature Flags (Optimizely) Platforms : E-Commerce Platform (CommerceTools), Promotion Engine (Talon.One)
• Methodologies : Scrum, Agile