Staff Software Engineer - Java

Roles and Responsibilities :

• SME in at least two or more services, subsystems, or system modules.
• Create designs (high level and low level, including sequence diagrams), write high quality & highly performant code and own the quality of the services owned as the SME.
• Debug systems, identify the failure points and fix the problems proactively.
• Ensure to meet the SLA of the services that you are working on or owned by you. Take care of functional and NFRs of the services/application you are building or in-charge of.
• You should be able to achieve a say/do ratio of > 98% in your task allocations
• You should participate in production incident war rooms, triage and identify problems and provide fixes.
• Exceed the quality expectations of the system you are working.
• Mentor and coach junior members in the team
• Serve on interview panels and help grow the organization.
• Work as a tech lead of the team when needed.

Must Have Skills :

• Total Experience : Ideally 12+ years (Staff or Principal level); may consider 10+ years for exceptionally strong candidates.
• Java/Spring Boot : 8+ years of hands-on experience with Core Java and Spring Boot,
• Proficient in multithreading, dependency injection, and aspect-oriented programming (AOP).
• Strong debugging skills and ability to identify performance bottlenecks.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Strong knowledge of Git (preferred : GitLab; acceptable : GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.
• Microservices Architecture : Solid experience developing and working with microservices.
• Knowledge of deploying and running services in Kubernetes.
• Experience with building RESTful web services (bonus : gRPC experience, but not required).
• Familiarity with tools like New Relic (preferred) or equivalent APM tools
• Ability to analyze log files to understand application behavior.
• Experience with end-to-end distributed tracing is required.

Qualification :

• BE/B.Tech or equivalent degree in Computer Science or related field.