Backend Engineer

Lenskart; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenskart Bangalore is seeking a senior Java backend engineer to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable systems, driving the full software lifecycle and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver on time.

The role emphasizes SOA/microservices, RESTful APIs, and strong DB design, with experience in Kafka/RabbitMQ a plus. Join a fast-growing optics tech company in an agile startup-like environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Java Backend development.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent object-oriented programming and software design skills.
• Experience with SOA/Microservices/RESTful services and N-tier Java/Spring Boot applications.
• Strong DB design and SQL skills (MySQL/MariaDB).
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ or other queueing systems.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex functional requirements into technical requirements and maintain a coherent development strategy.
• Design, develop, and maintain complex systems using best practices and modern technology.
• Oversee the software development lifecycle and ensure high quality, scalable delivery.
• Deliver high-quality, scalable systems on time and within budget.
• Adopt and evolve engineering practices and tools across the organization.
• Keep up with new technologies and open source offerings; evaluate and apply where appropriate.
• Collaborate with tech and business teams to provide robust solutions.
• Drive bug triage processes and ensure status reporting to management and stakeholders.
• Lead development of formalized solution methodologies.
• Foster a startup-like passion and environment.

Skills

Java Backend

Data Structures & Algorithms

OOP & Software Design

Spring Boot/API Development

RESTful Services

Microservices

SQL & DB Design

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Tools

MySQL

MariaDB

Job description

Company Overview

Lenskart is India’s fastest growing optical business. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Peyush Bansal, Amit Chaudhary & Sumeet Kapahi to provide Vision to India. 1/3rd of India’s population today needs vision correction and only 25% of those in need wear specs. Lenskart was founded in 20110 with a vision to solve this problem of eye wear and be the Numero Uno eyewear provider in India.

With technology integration into the eyewear vertical, and keeping a deep focus on consumer happiness, Lenskart has grown more than 200% Year on Year in the last 2 years to be among the top 3 Optical Retail businesses of India today.

Lenskart brings together the brightest minds to create breakthrough technology solutions, helping our customers get highly engaging experience. We are continuously evolving how we work and how we look at the business challenges, so we can continue to deliver measurable, sustainable solutions to our businesses.

Job Location: Bangalore

• Translation of complex functional requirements into technical requirements, implementing and maintaining a coherent and progressive development strategy for our product line
• Design, develop, and maintain complex systems using the best of the breed development practices and technology.
• Responsible for the overall software development life cycle.
• Delivery of High Quality, Scalable and Extensible systems, and applications on-time and on-budget.
• Adoption and Evolution of the software engineering practices and tools within the organization
• Keep in sync with the latest technology developments and open source offerings. Evaluate and adapt them to solving the business problem of the organization.
• Collaborate with other technology and business teams within the organization to provide efficient robust solutions to the problems.
• Drive and manage the bug triage process
• Report on the status of product delivery and quality to management, customer support, and product teams.

• Minimum of 4+ years in experience in Java Backend
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Sound understanding of object-oriented programming and excellent software design skills.
• Good experience of SOA/Microservices/Restful services and development of N-tier J2EE / Java Springboot applications (API’s).
• Strong understanding of database design and SQL (mySql/mariaDB) development
• Should have experience in Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other Queueing systems.

• Drive discussions to create/improve the product, process, and technology
• Provide end to end solution and design details
• Lead development of formalized solution methodologies
• Passion to work in a startup-like environment