Software Development Engineer 3

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Backend Engineer – Microservices (4-6 Years Experience)

4–6 years

We are looking for a Backend Engineer with strong experience in Java and Spring Boot to design and build scalable, reliable microservices. The role requires solid backend system design skills, experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka, and a strong focus on test-driven development. You will work on distributed systems deployed on Kubernetes using modern CI/CD practices.

• Design and develop microservices using Java and Spring Boot

• Build RESTful APIs and asynchronous services using Kafka

• Ensure services meet requirements for performance, scalability, and reliability

• Contribute to end-to-end backend system design

• Design services considering scalability, fault tolerance, and data consistency

• Apply clean architecture principles & standard design patterns,

• Participate in architecture and design discussions

• Follow Test-Driven Development (TDD) and write unit/integration tests

• Containerize services using Docker and deploy on Kubernetes

• Work with CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment

• Monitor and debug production issues

• Strong proficiency in Java (8+) and Spring Boot

• Hands-on experience with microservices architecture

• Experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven systems

• Strong understanding of backend system design and distributed systems

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD

• Good knowledge of unit testing and TDD

• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases

• Spring Cloud, API Gateway, Service Discovery

• Observability tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana)

• Cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)

• Knowledge of API security (OAuth2, JWT)

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