Product Development Engineer 2

Job Summary

Product Development Engineer II (Backend)

Roles & Responsibilities

Backend Development

• Develop, enhance, and maintain

  Java-based microservices

  using Spring Boot as the primary framework.
• Support and optimize legacy services built on

  Play

  and

  Jersey

  frameworks.
• Build robust, reusable, and maintainable backend components.
  

API & Service Development

• Design and implement

  RESTful APIs

  and internal service communication layers.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and security of backend services.
  

System Design & Architecture

• Actively participate in

  system design discussions

  and architectural decision-making.
• Apply

  design patterns

  , best practices, and engineering principles to create scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Contribute to designing distributed systems capable of handling high throughput and low latency.
  

Database & Storage

• Work extensively with

  NoSQL databases

  , especially

  MongoDB

  for operational data storage.
• Utilize

  Elasticsearch

  for search, indexing, and analytics.
• Optimize data models, queries, and indexing strategies for performance and reliability.
  

Distributed Systems & Messaging

• Build and integrate

  event-driven systems

  using

  Kafka

  .
• Design and implement message streams, consumer groups, and partition strategies.
  

Cloud & DevOps

• Deploy, monitor, and manage services on

  AWS

  using cloud-native tools and managed services.
• Collaborate with DevOps to improve CI/CD pipelines, logging, and deployment automation.
  

Quality, Testing & Maintenance

• Write comprehensive tests: unit, integration, and performance tests.
  
• Monitor production systems, debug issues, and ensure reliability and uptime.
  
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving engineering standards.
  

Requirements

Technical Skills

• 4 to 6 years

  of backend development experience in a product-based company.
• Strong hands-on experience in

  Java

  and

  Spring Boot

  (primary framework).
• Familiarity with

  Play Framework

  and

  Jersey

  for maintaining/optimizing legacy services.
• Deep knowledge of

  NoSQL databases

  , especially

  MongoDB

  ; hands-on experience with

  Elasticsearch

  .
• Strong experience with

  Kafka

  and event-driven/distributed system architecture.
• Solid understanding of

  AWS cloud

  services (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, etc.).
• Strong fundamentals in

  system design

  , scalability, performance optimization, and distributed systems.
• Strong grasp of

  design patterns

  , clean code practices, and microservices best practices.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.
  

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
• Excellent collaboration with cross-functional teams (Product, QA, DevOps).
  
• Strong communication and ability to articulate technical decisions clearly.
  
• Ownership mindset and ability to independently deliver features end-to-end.