Associate Principal Engineer (Java Microservices)

Job Description

Company Description ???? We're Nagarro, we are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (17500+ experts across 39 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That is where you come in! Job Description REQUIREMENTS: Experience : 9+ Years Experience in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems and applications. Lead and mentor a high-performance team of backend engineers. Define and execute on the technical roadmap in collaboration with product managers, program managers, and business stakeholders. Translate business requirements into scalable, reliable, and maintainable technical solutions. Build, extend, optimize, and refactor backend and frontend architectures for evolving business needs. Establish engineering best practices, code quality standards, and design principles to drive technical excellence. Manage project delivery timelines, risks, and dependencies across multiple teams and functions. Deep understanding and hands-on experience in back-end development utilizing Java and Open-Source technologies (Java, Sprint boot, Application servers, servlet containers, JMS, JPA, Spring MVC, Hibernate) Hands-on experience with REST APIs, messaging technologies (e.g Kafka), MongoDB , Caching system (e.g Redis) etc. Experience with Node JS Familiarity with SQL and knowledge of other NoSQL and modern database technologies. Proficiency in software engineering tools (e.g., Java build tools, CI/CD) and adherence to best practices such as unit testing, test automation, continuous integration, etc. Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure. Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in a fluid environment Deliver high-quality and maintainable code using test-driven methodologies Monitor and maintain critical applications, services, and products. Efficiently collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end products and features RESPONSIBILITIES: Understanding the client?s business use cases and technical requirements and be able to convert them into technical design which elegantly meets the requirements. Mapping decisions with requirements and be able to translate the same to developers. Identifying different solutions and being able to narrow down the best option that meets the client?s requirements. Defining guidelines and benchmarks for NFR considerations during project implementation Writing and reviewing design document explaining overall architecture, framework, and high-level design of the application for the developers Reviewing architecture and design on various aspects like extensibility, scalability, security, design patterns, user experience, NFRs, etc., and ensure that all relevant best practices are followed. Developing and designing the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements; and defining technologies, patterns, and frameworks to materialize it Understanding and relating technology integration scenarios and applying these learnings in projects Resolving issues that are raised during code/review, through exhaustive systematic analysis of the root cause, and being able to justify the decision taken. Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements. Qualifications Bachelor?s or master?s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.