Senior Backend Engineer (Java Spring Boot + Oracle)

CHG IT Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

CHG IT Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to migrate and enhance a government-grade taxation platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The position is remote-first with potential Chennai office visits on demand. Candidates should have over 7 years of backend development experience, with strong skills in Java, Spring Boot, and Oracle Database. Responsibilities include developing and optimizing backend services, ensuring quality through testing, and collaborating with DevOps teams in Kubernetes deployments. Immediate onboarding will focus on understanding existing services and delivering enhanced features.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience with strong backend focus.
• Experience in government portals or ERP-like implementations is mandatory.
• Experience with agentic software development pipelines is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Understand existing code, refactor safely, fix defects, implement improvements.
• Design and maintain APIs used by portals and integrations.

Skills

Java + Spring Boot

Oracle Database (SQL proficiency)

RESTful API design

Debugging existing codebases

Problem solving and ownership

Agentic software development pipelines

Job description

Experience: 7+ years |Location: Remote-first; Chennai office visit on demand

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to migrate, modernize and enhance a government/ERP-grade taxation platform running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with Kubernetes-based deployment. This is a hands‑on role with responsibility for service design, implementation quality, and backend architecture decisions.

Experience Required

• 7+ years of software development experience with strong backend focus
• Proven delivery experience in government portals or ERP-like implementations (mandatory)
• Taxation / revenue systems experience is an advantage

Work Location / Work Mode

• Full-time role
• Remote-first; Chennai office visit on demand
• Selected resources may have to work in GST (Gulf Standard Time) based on project needs

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Perform migration/modernization: understand existing code, refactor safely, fix defects, implement improvements
• Work with Oracle Database: SQL development, schema understanding, performance tuning and transaction management
• Design and maintain APIs used by portals and integrations; implement robust error handling, logging and resilience
• Contribute to backend architecture and integration patterns; ensure scalability and maintainability
• Support Kubernetes-based deployment readiness on OCI in collaboration with platform/DevOps teams
• Ensure quality through unit/integration testing, code reviews, and CI/CD compliance

Must-Have Skills

• Strong hands‑on Java + Spring Boot experience in enterprise production systems
• Strong Oracle DB experience (SQL proficiency; query optimization; troubleshooting performance issues)
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and layered backend architectures
• Ability to read, debug and modernize existing codebases
• Strong problem solving and ownership mindset

GenAI / Agentic Development (Mandatory)

• Experience with agentic software development pipelines using Claude Code (required)
• Ability to guide AI to produce correct, maintainable Spring Boot code aligned with architectural constraints
• Verify AI outputs thoroughly using tests, reviews and runtime validation; use AI for refactoring and test generation
• Deployment environment: Kubernetes on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Comfortable with containerized delivery workflows and collaborating with platform/DevOps teams

Good to Have

• PL/SQL exposure (helpful if stored procedures are encountered during migration)
• Experience with observability practices (structured logging, metrics, tracing concepts)

Onboarding Focus (First 4–12 Weeks)

• Understand current service flows, Oracle schema and migration roadmap
• Deliver at least one migrated/enhanced service/module with tests and stable deployment behavior
• Demonstrate effective Claude Code usage within the configured agentic pipeline with strong verification discipline
• Selected resources will be under client evaluation of their work and delivery for 1 month (2 sprints); continuation will be based on the evaluation outcome