HDFC Securities - Java Architect - System Design

As a Backend Leader, Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Technical ownership , spearheading Architectural Strategy and will be responsible for product direction.
• Lead, mentor, and guide a team of backend developers, providing technical expertise and fostering a collaborative environment to achieve project goals effectively.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of backend applications using Java ensuring adherence to best practices, coding standards, and project timelines.
• Architect, build, and deploy backend applications from scratch.
• Interact with stakeholders to understand requirements, analyze the impact of changes, come up with reasonable timelines, and execute.
• Plan and execute extensive load testing for services.
• Create an execution plan for the team to iterate based on the load test findings to ensure a resilient, self healing set of subsystems that have loose coupling and high cohesion.
• Understand and analyze existing systems to identify improvements and performance/maintenance issues.
• Fix or rebuild existing systems to ensure resilience.
• Write extensive test cases in a way that systems can be easily modified in the future with confidence and without ambiguity.
• Build ETL pipelines to collect data in a Data lake.
• Use the Data lake to power BI and generate reports.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of technical specifications, code changes, and architectural decisions.
• Prepare a growth plan for the team and help them achieve it.
• Provide regular feedback for the team.
  

We Are Looking For Someone With

• 9 to 15 years of hands-on experience in Backend technologies.
• Strong architectural leadership experience.
• Strong experience in Java.
• Experience with debugging and solving issues in a cloud environment.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar databases.
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Deep understanding of technology and architecture in a highly scalable and available environment.
• Experience with open-source technologies such as Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka, etc, and their adoption into products.
• Proven experience in leading and managing development teams, providing technical guidance and mentorship.
• Willingness to work in a startup-like environment.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology.
  

Following Aspects Would Be a Plus

• Prior experience in FinTech
• Experience in using AWS services such as S3, SNS, SQS etc.
• Contributed to open-source projects
• Experience with Big data pipelines
• Experience with BI tools