Senior Java Developer

Overview

Senior Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, high-performing applications across backend services, web APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure, including integrating AI capabilities into products.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain backend applications using Java and PHP.
• Build and consume RESTful and SOAP web services that are secure, versioned, and well documented.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including schema design, indexing, query tuning, and stored procedures.
• Write complex, efficient SQL queries for transactional and reporting use cases.
• Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP) using services such as compute, storage, queues, and managed databases.
• Integrate AI/ML capabilities into applications, such as LLM APIs, embeddings, semantic search, chatbots, or automation workflows.
• Participate in system design and architecture discussions, and drive technical best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and improve system reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers, QA, DevOps, and designers in an Agile environment.

What you'll need

• BA/BS degree and 4-6 years' relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java (Spring / Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA).
• Solid experience with PHP (Laravel / Symfony or similar frameworks).
• Proven experience designing and building web services (REST, SOAP, JSON/XML).
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL and SQL, including performance optimization.
• Working experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Practical exposure to AI/ML or Generative AI integration (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face APIs, LangChain, vector databases).
• Good understanding of microservices architecture, design patterns, and OOP principles.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD tools, and containerization (Docker; Kubernetes is a plus).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS).
• Familiarity with caching (Redis, Memcached).
• Knowledge of API security (OAuth2, JWT, OWASP practices).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Exposure to front-end technologies (JavaScript, React, or Angular).
• Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) or prompt engineering.
• Cloud or relevant professional certifications.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, KA, India.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, Agile teams.