Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Java Backend)

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About Unicommerce

Unicommerce is a leading e-commerce enablement SaaS platform, helping businesses streamline and scale their e-commerce operations. Our technology powers complex workflows across inventory management, order processing, warehouse management, returns, and omnichannel commerce.

At Unicommerce, we are building scalable, high-performance technology solutions while embracing an AI-first engineering culture.

Role Overview

Senior Software Engineers (SSEs)

Beyond core engineering skills, we are looking for engineers who actively leverage AI-powered tools and coding assistants to enhance their development workflows, improve code quality, accelerate debugging, and drive engineering productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java, Spring Framework / Spring Boot, and Hibernate.
• Build and enhance RESTful APIs and microservices to support business-critical product functionalities.
• Work with relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring efficient data modelling, query optimization, and performance.
• Identify, debug, and resolve complex technical issues across backend services.
• Write clean, reusable, maintainable, and well-tested code, following engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, QA, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Take end-to-end ownership of development tasks, from requirement understanding to deployment and post-release support.
• Leverage AI coding assistants and agents to improve development speed, code quality, testing, debugging, and overall engineering efficiency.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in

  Java, Spring Framework / Spring Boot, and Hibernate

  .
• Good understanding of

  MySQL

  , database design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Working knowledge of

  MongoDB

  and experience with NoSQL databases.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices architecture, and backend development.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and core software engineering principles.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.

AI-Driven Engineering

AI-first engineering approach

Candidates should:

• Be comfortable using AI coding assistants and AI agents for software development.
• Use AI tools for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and test case creation.
• Understand how to validate, review, and optimize AI-generated code.
• Demonstrate curiosity and willingness to experiment with emerging AI development tools and practices.
• Look for opportunities to improve engineering productivity through AI-assisted workflows.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong ownership and accountability with the ability to drive tasks independently.
• Ability to take end-to-end responsibility for development deliverables.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with a focus on building scalable and maintainable applications.
• Proactive problem-solver with a structured approach to debugging and troubleshooting.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced product engineering environment.
• Willingness to learn, experiment, and adopt new technologies and engineering practices.

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