Software Engineer - E5 - Backend

Albert Invent; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Albert Invent is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer in Bengaluru, India. This role involves providing technical leadership within the engineering team, ensuring quality deliverables, and collaborating closely with architects for technical excellence. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience, strong expertise in Core Java, REST, and Spring, and a passion for problem-solving. The company values innovation and offers a dynamic work environment where you can make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a full stack developer.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Experience in leading and mentoring teams of engineers.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the team of engineers and ensure the quality of deliverables.
• Work closely with architects to ensure architectural consistency and technical excellence.
• Develop technical roadmaps and guide the selection of technologies and tools.
• Mentor and coach team members to improve their technical and leadership skills.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployment activities.

Skills

Core Java

REST

Spring

Unit Testing

CI/CD

NoSQL (Cassandra/HBase/MongoDB)

Javascript

React

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Jenkins

Docker/K8s

Job description

Our Team

The Engineering team at Whatfix provides end-to-end engineering throughput that forms part of core platforms and services that drive Whatfix business. Our team is responsible for creating the Customer Platform and everything around it: Analytics, Infrastructure, or Core Algorithms. The team owns and is responsible for all pieces that we design, build and support end-to-end for Whatfix product/business.

Your Opportunity

As part of the Core Engineering Team @Whatfix, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by being a part of the development team that builds future-forward products. At Whatfix it’s all about scale. One of the key attributes of this job is that you are required to continuously innovate and apply technology to provide business 360 views of Whatfix customers.

Our Ideal Candidate

You have a deep interest and passion for technology. You love writing and owning code and enjoy working with people who will keep challenging you at every stage. You have strong problem solving, analytic, decision-making and excellent communication with interpersonal skills. You are self-driven and motivated with the desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven agile environment with varied responsibilities.

Key Responsibility

• Provide technical leadership to the team of engineers and ensure the quality of deliverables.
• Work closely with architects and ensure architectural consistency and technical excellence of the products and platforms.
• Work with stakeholders to understand their requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address all technical dependencies.
• Develop technical roadmaps and provide guidance on the selection of technologies and tools.
• Mentor and coach team members to improve their technical and leadership skills.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployment activities.
• Continuously improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of the systems.
• Actively participate in technical innovations, external presentations, technical publications, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience as full stack developer.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Experience in leading and mentoring teams of engineers.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Must-Have

• Strong Experience in Core Java, REST, Spring.
• Experience in Unit Testing and Automation.
• Experience in CI/CD, Jenkins.
• Experience with Storage systems - NoSQL (Cassandra/HBase/MongoDB).
• Analyze Functional & Non-Functional requirements with effort estimation and deployment strategies.
• Hands‑on in Architecting and developing applications from scratch.
• Hands‑on debugging skills.
• Design for performance, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability.
• Solid problem‑solving skills with understanding of data structure and algorithms.

Good to Have

• Experience in Javascript & React.
• Browser Extension understanding.
• Exposure to GWT/Swing/AWT.
• Exposure to Docker/K8s.

Note

• We strive to live and breathe our Cultural Principles and encourage employees to demonstrate some of these core values - Customer First; Empathy; Transparency; Fail Fast & Scale Fast; No Hierarchies for Communication; Deep Dive & Innovate; Trust, Do it as you own it.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diverse people because of and not in spite of the differences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.