Senior Java Engineer

GeekSoft Consulting; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GeekSoft Consulting in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Java Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud-native Spring Boot microservices on AWS EKS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.

You will collaborate with product teams, architects, and SRE/DevOps teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions while implementing resilience patterns and mentoring junior engineers in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience with strong expertise in Spring Boot.
• Design, develop, and operate cloud-native Spring Boot microservices on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/SE

Tools

Spring Boot

Kubernetes (Amazon EKS)

AWS

Kafka

SQS/SNS

RDS/Aurora

DynamoDB

CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins)

Observability tools (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.