Senior Backend Software Engineer

Nexthink SA; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible Hours

Unlimited vacation

Professional training access

Maternity and paternity leave

Gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act

Bonuses for referrals

Job summary

Nexthink SA is seeking a software developer with over 12 years of experience to contribute to its digital employee experience management solutions. The role involves designing and validating product features while collaborating with teams in a hybrid work environment.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java, Kafka, and API design, along with professional English communication skills. The position offers a competitive compensation package, health insurance, and flexibility in work hours.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in software development.
• Able to design, implement, test, deliver and maintain product features.
• Passionate towards continuous improvement, lean thinking, and high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, deliver and validate product features.
• Help improving the team architecture, design and development best practices.
• Handle L3 support requests (together with the rest of the team).
• Participate actively in the technology roadmap.

Skills

Java

Kafka

API design

GIT

CI/CD

Professional-level English

Education

BSc or MSc in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,300 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 18 million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.

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Job Description

Our project is to provide visual solution to investigate and query all data from our platform for customers using Nexthink Query Language (NQL) behind the scenes hiding the complexity of the language. For that we developed Visual Editor, Rich data table with actions over data, and for more advanced queries we provide NQL Editor built on top of Monaco Editor.

Design, implement, deliver and validate product features.

Help improving the team architecture, design and development best practices.

Handle L3 support requests (together with the rest of the team).

Participate actively in the technology roadmap.

Work with the agile iterative/incremental mindset and best practices and participate actively to the different ceremonials.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in software development
• Proficient experience with Java
• Experience working on Kafka
• Experience in API design
• BSc or MSc in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
• Able to design, implement, test, deliver and maintain product features
• Passionate towards continuous improvement, lean thinking, and high-quality work
• Motivation for complex challenges and learning new technologies
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Professional-level English spoken and written
• Comfortable using GIT and build tools (CI/CD)

Nice to Have

• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker
• Strong refactoring and test automation abilities
• Experience with observability and Cloud

Benefits

Permanent Contract and a competitive compensation package.

Health insurance through our partnership with ACKO, including OPD coverage for dental, vision, health check-ups, consultations, and pharmacy expenses.

Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with a structured approach for new hires to foster connections and onboarding.

Flexible Hours and unlimited vacation (employees have unlimited paid time off on top of the 22 days of holidays we offer). Plus, company-paid bank holidays (12), sick days (10-30), bereavement leave (5), and 3 days per year for volunteering.

Free access to professional training platforms to explore your interests and enhance your skills.

Stay covered against accidents, bodily injuries, and disabilities with our personal accident insurance policy, providing assurance with coverage up to three times your annual CTC.

New mothers are entitled to up to 26 weeks of maternity leave, with the flexibility to use up to 8 weeks before the expected delivery and the remaining 18 weeks after. Birth fathers can take 6 weeks of paternity leave, while adoptive parents are eligible for 26 weeks for mothers and 6 weeks for fathers.

Under the Payment of Gratuity Act, receive gratuity at the rate of 15 days of basic pay for every completed year of service, provided you've been employed by the company for a minimum of 5 years. Gratuity is payable at retirement or resignation based on your last drawn basic pay.

Bonuses for referring successful hires after three months of continuous employment.