Senior Backend Developer

Kaleidofin Private Limited; Bengaluru, Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaleidofin Private Limited in Bengaluru seeks a highly capable Senior Backend Developer to design and own scalable backend systems inside a fast-growing fintech platform.

You will mentor peers, work closely with business teams, and ensure secure, reliable services using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of product development and delivery experience.
• Engineering degree in CS or a related field from a reputed institute.
• Strong CS fundamentals and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in product development or e-commerce background.
• Ability to own backend integration with mobile or web apps.
• Demonstrated stability across previous roles.
• Strong backend knowledge and cloud exposure.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST API.
• Experience with MySQL; NoSQL is a plus.
• Hands-on with microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Git/Bitbucket.
• Familiar with Grafana, Kibana, Jira, Prometheus, Redis/Memcached, Celery.
• Knowledge of AWS stack will be a good plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of products, working closely with the business team.
• Independently own software components and co‑own entire applications with a small group of fellow developers.
• Mentor junior software engineers on the team, reviewing design documents, peer reviewing code, and providing design direction and guidance.
• Build performant, scalable, yet secure, enterprise‑ready backend architectures that can support millions of users in parallel.
• Establish strong engineering best practices and champion their adoption.
• This role requires adherence to information security responsibilities for the role.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Hibernate

REST API

Cloud / AWS

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

Git/Bitbucket

Unit testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering (CS preferred)

Tools

MySQL

NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Gradle/Ant

Kafka

Git/Bitbucket

Jira

Prometheus

Grafana

Kibana

Redis

Memcached

Celery

AWS stack

Job description

We are seeking extremely smart and independent Senior Developers who are gung-ho about building large-scale systems that are going to have a big impact on millions of customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of products, working closely with the business team.
• Independently own software components and co‑own entire applications with a small group of fellow developers.
• Formally mentor junior software engineers on the team, reviewing design documents, peer reviewing code, and providing design direction and guidance.
• Build performant, scalable, yet secure, enterprise‑ready backend architectures that can support millions of users in parallel.
• Establish strong engineering best practices and champion their adoption.
• The candidate will be suitably well versed with the appropriate information security responsibilities for the role and is responsible for adhering to them.

Requirements

• 4+ years' experience in software product development and delivery.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering (preferably computer science or sister branches) from a reputed institute (preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes).
• Strong grasp of CS fundamentals, algorithms, and excellent problem-solving abilities.
• All experience should be from a good product development or e-commerce background.
• Able to take ownership of working with at least one of mobile or web app teams for complete integration with backend.
• Must have shown good stability in all your previous associations.
• Have strong backend knowledge and cloud development exposure.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST API development.
• Worked with at least 1 RDBMS (MySQL preferred). NoSQL is a plus.
• Have used or are very hands‑on with microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Gradle/Ant, Kafka, and Git/Bitbucket in a very agile workplace.
• Writing high‑quality code, which is made better by unit tests and integration tests, is how you work.
• Comfortable with exploring proven open‑source tech stacks like Grafana, Kibana, Jira, Prometheus, caches like Redis/Memcached, and task queues like Celery, to name a few.
• Knowledge of test‑driven development and AWS tech stack will be a good plus.