SDE IV

Software Development Engineer IV (SDE IV)

Software Development Engineer IV (SDE IV)

Role Value

This role is pivotal to the mission of delivering cutting-edge technology solutions. By driving technical excellence and leading by example, you will help accelerate product delivery, improve system reliability, and elevate engineering standards across the team.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design & Development

• Own and lead the end-to-end development of key features or services across the backend and frontend.
  
• Collaborate with architects and leads to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.
  
• Write clean, modular, and testable code following TDD, design patterns, and coding best practices.
  
• Ensure seamless integration between backend services and front-end applications.
  

Mentorship & Technical Leadership

• Guide and mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions.
  
• Champion engineering best practices such as peer reviews, static code analysis, and CI/CD hygiene.
  
• Help define coding standards and development workflows that align with organizational quality expectations.
  

Innovation & Tooling

• Leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI tools to streamline development and testing workflows.
  
• Explore and propose new frameworks, libraries, or tooling that can improve team productivity and code quality.
  

Quality & Performance

• Work closely with QA and SRE teams to ensure high performance, availability, and test coverage.
  
• Build and maintain automated test suites for functional, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  
• Monitor production systems, analyze performance metrics, and proactively address bottlenecks.
  

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, retrospectives, and post-mortems.
  
• Contribute to documentation, design specs, and engineering knowledge bases.
  

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

• 6+ years of experience in software development, with strong backend expertise (e.g.,

  Java, Spring Boot

  ) and exposure to frontend frameworks (e.g.,

  React, Angular

  ) being a plus.
• Deep knowledge of

  RESTful APIs

  ,

  microservices architecture

  , and

  CI/CD pipelines

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  containerization (Docker)

  ,

  version control (Git)

  , and

  Agile methodologies

  .
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
  
• Exposure to or interest in

  integrating LLMs/AI tools

  into engineering workflows.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with

  cloud platforms

  like

  AWS, GCP, or Azure

  .
• Familiarity with

  testing frameworks

  (e.g., JUnit, TestNG, Rest Assured).
• Experience working in

  DevOps-centric environments

  and using infrastructure-as-code tools like

  Terraform

  .
• Understanding of

  secure coding practices

  and

  data privacy-compliant development

  .

  Role & responsibilities