Senior Java Engineer

GeekSoft Consulting; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GeekSoft Consulting in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to design, develop, and operate cloud-native Spring Boot microservices on AWS EKS. You will ensure high availability, scalability, and performance while collaborating with product teams, architects, and SRE/DevOps to deliver enterprise-grade software.

The role requires 10+ years in backend engineering, strong Java/Spring Boot, and experience with Kubernetes, messaging platforms, and observability tools.

Qualifications

• 10+ years backend engineering experience with Spring Boot.
• Design, develop, and operate cloud-native Spring Boot microservices on Amazon EKS.
• Collaborate with product teams, architects, and SRE/DevOps to deliver robust, enterprise-grade solutions.
• Design microservices with clean architecture and define APIs and domain models.
• Drive scalability, performance, and resilience of systems.
• Implement distributed patterns: circuit breakers, retries, backoff, idempotency, tracing.
• Integrate services with AWS components (RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, Kafka/MSK).
• Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and security checks.
• Establish observability via logging, monitoring, tracing (OpenTelemetry, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana).
• Mentor engineers and participate in architecture reviews.

Responsibilities

• Help design, build, and continuously improve the clients online platform.
• Research, suggest and implement new technology solutions following best practices.
• Ensure resiliency and availability of products.
• Be a productive member of the team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software.

Skills

Spring Boot

Java

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Observability

Architectural design

Mentoring engineers

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/SE

Tools

Amazon EKS

Kafka

SQS/SNS

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

OpenTelemetry

Job description

• Help design, build and continuously improve the clients online platform.
  
• Research, suggest and implement new technology solutions following best practices/standards.
  
• Take responsibility for the resiliency and availability of different products.
  
• Be a productive member of the team.
  

Requirements

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience with strong expertise in Spring Boot
  
• As a Senior Java Engineer, you will design, develop, and operate cloud-native Spring Boot microservices on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
  
• You will collaborate with product teams, architects, and SRE/DevOps engineers to deliver robust, enterprise-grade solutions.
  
• Design and build microservices using Spring Boot aligned with clean architecture principles
  
• Define API contracts, domain models, schemas, and integration patterns
  
• Drive system-level improvements in scalability, performance, and resilience
  
• Implement distributed system patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, backoff strategies, idempotency, and distributed tracing
  
• Integrate services with AWS components including RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, and Kafka/MSK
  
• Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security checks, and deployment strategies
  
• Establish and maintain observability through logging, monitoring, and tracing solutions
  
• Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to key technical decisions
  
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews to ensure quality standards
  
• Collaborate with SRE/DevOps teams to troubleshoot and resolve production issues
  
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
  
• Proven experience designing and operating microservices and distributed systems
  
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (preferably Amazon EKS)
  
• Experience with messaging/streaming platforms such as Kafka, SQS, and SNS
  
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
  
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins
  
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and OpenTelemetry
  
• Experience leading technical design discussions and mentoring engineers
  
• Comfortable working in global, distributed teams
  
• Strong expertise in backend engineering and cloud-native microservices
  
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
  
• Customer-focused approach with emphasis on quality and reliability
  
• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills
  
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and resilience patterns
  
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code
  
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
  
• Proactive mindset towards automation and continuous improvement
  
• Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities
  
• A challenging, innovating environment.
  
• Opportunities for learning where needed.