Staff Software Developer - Java Technologies (8-12 yrs)

Job Title : Staff Software Engineer

Job Location : India (Remote)

Work Experience : 8 to 12 Years

RESPONSIBILITIES :

- You lead the end-to-end delivery of complex software applications, ensuring adherence to best practices and high overall quality standards.

- You create frameworks and abstractions that lessen the workload of other engineers. Your documentation and tutorials enable other teams to leverage your work independently.

- You identify and resolve improvements in test coverage for end-to-end business flows across multiple systems (and teams).

- You introduce new tools, techniques, and coding patterns to other engineers, some of which may be developed by yourself, and drive this change to other teams.

- You drive technical decision-making, contribute to, and sometimes lead, architectural discussions, and propose innovative solutions to address complex technical and/or systemic architectural challenges.

- You collaborate across teams and build systems to address architectural gaps.

- You take ownership of critical projects and initiatives, providing project leadership, and ensuring successful delivery through effective project management and communication.

- You engage with stakeholders across the group, understanding their needs and working through the complexity and conflicting goals.

- You have the ability to provide a clear and concise explanation of business strategy, technical concepts, designs or implementation to a non-technical audience.

- You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to gather and translate business requirements into efficient and scalable software solutions.

- You have a track record of leading cross-team efforts that deliver meaningful results across engineering, product, and/or design.

- You work through technical, organizational and scheduling complexity to align teams and deliver results in a positive way for the people and teams involved.

- Your interactions build trust and speed at scale into our organization.

- You are the technical thought leader of the team and provide necessary guidance and mentorship to senior team members whenever required.

- You play the key technical counterpart to an engineering manager with a larger team; you can provide effective feedback to engineering managers at all levels to identify and help address gaps in their teams.

- You successfully advocate for technologies and processes that make multiple teams more efficient.

- You conduct rigorous code reviews, offering valuable feedback to maintain code quality, performance, and maintainability.

- You continuously identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiency gains within the software development lifecycle.

- You stay informed about emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices, and proactively introduce relevant advancements to enhance our products and services.

REQUIREMENTS :

- 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or a Master's degree with an equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Proven track record of delivering sophisticated software solutions in a leadership capacity with high quality.

- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for tackling complex technical and business problems. challenges.

- Mastery over data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.

- Demonstrated experience in web application development, Java, Micro services, Spring boot, Spring

Framework, RESTful APIs, Hibernate

- Ability to quickly learn new systems/requirements and create POCs and develop code.

- Experience in relational databases like MySQL, MariaDB and SQL

- Solid grasp of version control systems, such as Git.

- Knowledge in OAuth2

- Proven ability to mentor and lead a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with a track record of effectively collaborating in a team-oriented environment.

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE :

- Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS or Azure, is highly desirable.

- Experience in working on Authentication and Authorization with any Identity Providers.

- Experience in automation with Web Driver IO.

- Knowledge/experience in working with DevOps/CICD.