Software Engineer & Application Architecture Senior Engineer

Pepsico; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Pepsico seeks a senior backend engineer to lead the AIQ global features module and oversee a four-person team. You will design performant RESTful/GraphQL APIs, optimize data pipelines, and ensure secure, scalable service delivery.

You will guide code reviews, enforce testing standards, and collaborate with DevOps to automate testing and deployments, while building scalable microservices with Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above with 8+ years of experience in fullstack development.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud.
• Handle service discovery, API gateways, and circuit breakers.
• Enable event-driven integration with Kafka or messaging queues.
• Containerize and deploy services with Docker and Kubernetes (AKS/EKS).
• Develop autonomous agents with task automation and reasoning loops (e.g., ReAct).
• Orchestrate multi-agent workflows with routing and prompt chaining.
• Integrate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with vector databases.
• Connect LLM providers securely via REST APIs.
• Monitor system latency and failure rates in production.
• Collaborate with DevOps to automate testing and deployments.

Skills

Team leadership

Code reviews

Testing standards

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

GraphQL

Azure AI Search

Job description

Job Summary

• Responsible for AIQ global features development as module lead.
• Takes care of Metrics , Insights, AI Agent and any new global feature modules design develop performant, secure RESTful/GraphQL APIs with clear contracts to enable parallel UI development, while optimizing databases and data pipelines for strict throughput requirements.
• Guide and unblock a small sub-team of four backend engineers by effectively delegating tasks, conducting code reviews, and enforcing rigorous unit, integration, and performance testing standards

Responsibilities

• Design Build Services- Create scalable microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.
• Implement Distributed Patterns - Manage service discovery, API gateways, and circuit breakers.
• Event-Driven Integration - Connect services using message brokers like Kafka or messaging queues.
• Containerization Deployment - Deploy and orchestrate services using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS/EKS).
• Develop Autonomous Agents - Build intelligent agents capable of task automation, reasoning loops (like ReAct), and decision-making.
• Orchestrate Workflows - Set up multi-agent collaboration patterns, routing, and prompt chaining.
• Vector RAG Integration - Integrate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and vector databases (e.g., Azure AI Search) with Java backends.
• API Connectivity - Link LLM providers (OpenAI, Hugging Face) securely via REST APIs
• Track agent behaviors, system latency, and failure rates in production environments.
• Partner with DevOps teams to automate testing and streamline deployments

Qualifications

• Any Bachelors degree or above with 8+ years of experience in fullstack developement