Lead I - Software Engineering-Kotlin and Java

5 - 7 Years
1 Opening
Trivandrum

Role Proficiency:

Act creatively to develop applications and select appropriate technical options optimizing application development maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions account for others' developmental activities

Outcomes:

Measures of Outcomes:

Outputs Expected:

Code:

Documentation:

Configure:

Test:

Domain relevance:

Manage Project:

Manage Defects:

Estimate:

Manage knowledge:

Release:

Design:

Interface with Customer:

Manage Team:

Certifications:

Skill Examples:

Knowledge Examples:

• Appropriate software programs / modules
  • Functional and technical designing

  • Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters

  • DBMS

  • Operating Systems and software platforms

  • Software Development Life Cycle

  • Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods

  • Integrated development environment (IDE)

  • Rapid application development (RAD)

  • Modelling technology and languages

  • Interface definition languages (IDL)

  • Knowledge of customer domain and deep understanding of sub domain where problem is solved
  
  
  Additional Comments:

  We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Kotlin and Java to join our dynamic engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of backend frameworks, cloud technologies, and scalable microservices architectures, with a passion for clean code, resilience, and system observability. You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining core backend services that power our high-availability e-commerce and promotion platforms. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization) and Java. Implement efficient serialization/deserialization using Jackson and Kotlin Serialization. Develop, maintain, and execute automated tests using JUnit 5, Mockk, and ArchUnit to ensure code quality. Work with Kafka Streams (Avro), Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA), DynamoDB, and Redis for data storage and caching needs. Deploy and manage services in AWS environment leveraging DynamoDB, Lambdas, and IAM. Implement CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI to automate build, test, and deployment processes. Containerize applications using Docker and integrate monitoring using Datadog for tracing, metrics, and dashboards. Define and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform for services including GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, and Optimizely. Develop and maintain RESTful APIs with OpenAPI (Swagger) and JSON API standards. Apply resilience patterns using Resilience4j to build fault-tolerant systems. Adhere to architectural and design principles such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), and Contract Testing (Pact). Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile Scrum environment to deliver high-quality features. Utilize feature flagging tools like Optimizely to enable controlled rollouts. Mandatory Skills & Technologies Languages: Kotlin (JVM, Coroutines, Serialization), Java Frameworks: Spring Boot (Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Kafka, Spring Data) Serialization: Jackson, Kotlin Serialization Testing: JUnit 5, Mockk, ArchUnit Data: Kafka (Avro) Streams Oracle SQL (JDBC, JPA) DynamoDB (NoSQL) Redis (Caching) Cloud: AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, IAM) CI/CD: GitLab CI Containers: Docker Monitoring & Observability: Datadog (Tracing, Metrics, Dashboards, Monitors) Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (GitLab, Datadog, Kafka, Optimizely) API: OpenAPI (Swagger), REST API, JSON API Resilience: Resilience4j Architecture & Practices: Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Contract Testing (Pact) Feature Flags (Optimizely) Platforms: E-Commerce Platform (CommerceTools), Promotion Engine (Talon.One) Methodologies: Scrum, Agile

Kotlin,Java,Aws,Restful Api