Principal Engineer - Backend

LogiNext; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Mumbai is looking for a Senior Developer to lead development efforts on scalable applications. This role involves co-leading design and development of high-volume systems, managing a team of engineers, and delivering high-performance platforms. Ideal candidates should have 8-10 years of experience in Java and scalable systems, excellent coding skills, and a strong foundation in computer science. Experience with cloud services and front-end technologies is also preferred. This position offers an exciting opportunity for someone looking to make an impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of design and development experience in scalable enterprise applications.
• Excellent coding skills in Java.
• Experience in managing and optimizing big data stores.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead design and development efforts for high-volume applications.
• Define software architecture and collaborate with teams.
• Deliver high-availability and performance using microservices.

Skills

Java

Agile SDLC

Communication Skills

Front-end Technologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

AWS

Azure

HTML5

CSS3

AngularJS

React

D3.js

Job description

LogiNext is looking for a technically savvy and experienced senior developer to lead development efforts. You will help the team grow in size and skills, optimizing their code while working on your own. You will design, and develop the products that exceed client expectations in terms of value and benefit. You will collaborate on scalability issues involving access to massive amounts of data and information.

You have hands-on experience in building secure, high-performing and scalable systems in Java. Your design intuition inclines towards usability, elegance and simplicity. You are biased towards open-source tools and existing frameworks. You have successfully shipped applications with beautiful front‑end and intelligent backend. You have demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead end-to-end design and development efforts for high-volume, low-latency applications for real-time event based systems
• Lead and direct senior software engineers, define software architecture, collaborate with other teams to explore existing systems, determine areas of complexity and potential risks to successful implementation of platform modules and features
• Deliver high-availability and high-performance platform using microservices architecture
• Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in code, and devise solutions to production and non-production issues
• Keep an eye out for open source projects and technology trends that can be introduced in the products
• Transform business functionalities and production specifications into technical requirements and low level design
• Be hands‑on, adopt a practical approach to software and technology
• Work with product management and other teams to build highly scalable products

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
• 8 to 10 years of design and development experience in scalable and distributed enterprise applications using Java/J2EE, JPA, Spring framework and RESTful web services
• Excellent coding skills in Java
• Experience in managing, implementing and optimizing big data stores such as MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch
• Experience in deploying applications and using various managed services provided by cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
• Experience in front-end technologies HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, AngularJS, React and D3.js is preferred
• Strong foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design
• Proven ability to drive large scale projects with deep understanding of Agile SDLC, high collaboration and leadership