Engineer, Backend - 4 (Java)

Overview

Backend Engineer role building and running event-driven microservices in Java 17 and Spring Boot for Tide's SME banking platform, owning services end to end.

What you'll do

• Define, build, run and scale the microservices your team owns, globally.
• Build services using Java 17, Spring Boot and JOOQ.
• Expose and consume RESTful APIs, treating APIs as products.
• Send events using SNS+SQS and Kafka.
• Use PostgreSQL via Aurora as the primary datastore.
• Deploy services to production frequently through CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Sonarcloud, SemGrep, JUnit/Pact testing).
• Work with GitOps using ArgoCD, Docker, Terraform and EKS/Kubernetes.
• Monitor services and investigate issues using DataDog.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners to translate user needs, business opportunities and regulatory requirements into engineered solutions.

What you'll need

• Experience building server-side applications and detailed knowledge of the relevant programming language for your stack.
• Willingness to learn Java, as most services are written in Java.
• Sound knowledge of a backend framework such as Spring/Spring Boot, used to write microservices that expose and consume RESTful APIs.
• Experience engineering scalable and reliable solutions in a cloud-native environment, with understanding of CI/CD fundamentals and practical Agile.
• Mindset of delivering secure, well-tested and well-documented software that integrates with third-party providers and partners.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools and LLMs to improve engineering productivity, software quality and delivery velocity.

Details

• Location: India, Delhi NCR.
• Flexible workplace model supporting both in-person and remote work, with regular in-person gatherings encouraged.