Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Quince; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Quince in Bengaluru is hiring a senior backend engineer with 8+ years in backend web tech. You will own at least one application, lead design and development of scalable systems, and shape the roadmap for engineering excellence.

Collaboration across teams and stakeholders will be essential as you translate complex requirements into robust software. You should have deep Java, Spring Boot, SQL/NoSQL experience, strong concurrency knowledge, and a passion for code quality, observability, and

Qualifications

• You have excellent computer science fundamentals.
• You have been working on backend web technologies for 8+ years.
• You have at least 6+ years of experience working in Java, Spring/Spring Boot, SQL/NOSQL.
• You have experience building and maintaining highly reliable distributed web applications that operate at a high scale.
• You have a good understanding of concurrency and multithreading.
• You have knowledge of design principles, the fundamentals of architecture, quality processes, and estimation techniques.
• You are an advocate for maintaining the highest standards in terms of code quality, latency, and observability.
• You understand the hustle of a startup and are good at handling ambiguity.
• You can effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You are a curious, quick learner, scrappy, and someone who loves to experiment.

Responsibilities

• Owning at least one or more applications
• Leading the design, architecture, and development of complex software systems, frameworks, and libraries, and ensuring that they meet the highest standards of quality, performance, and scalability.
• You will help develop a robust roadmap for ensuring engineering operational excellence
• Conducting performance analysis and optimization of software systems, and ensuring that they are performant and scalable.
• Participating in software development project planning and estimation, and ensuring that deadlines and milestones are met.
• Collaborating with other teams and stakeholders to define and refine software requirements, and ensuring that they are translated into actionable software development tasks.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers and other team members, and contributing to their professional growth and development.
• Participating in code reviews and ensuring that coding standards and best practices are followed across the team.
• Staying up-to-date with new technologies, frameworks, and best practices in software development, and sharing this knowledge with the team.
• Hiring the best talents for Quince.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL/NoSQL

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Design principles

Code quality

Observability

Startup mindset

Stakeholder comms

Job description

Quince was started to challenge the existing idea that nice things should cost a lot. Our mission was simple: create an item of equal or greater quality than the leading luxury brands and sell them at a much lower price.

OUR VALUES

Customer First. Customer satisfaction is our highest priority.

High Quality. True quality is a combination of premium materials and high production standards that everyone can feel good about.

Essential design. We don't chase trends, and we don't sell everything. We're expert curators that find the very best and bring it to you at the lowest prices.

Always a better deal. Through innovation and real price transparency we want to offer the best deal to both our customers and our factory partners.

Environmentally and Socially conscious. We're committed to sustainable materials and sustainable production methods. That means a cleaner environment and fair wages for factory workers.

OUR TEAM AND SUCCESS

Quince is a retail and technology company co-founded by a team that has extensive experience in retail, technology and building early stage companies. You'll work with a team of world-class talent from Stanford GSB, Google, D.E. Shaw, Stitch Fix, Urban Outfitters, Wayfair, McKinsey, Nike etc.

Responsibilities:

• Owning at least one or more applications
• Leading the design, architecture, and development of complex software systems, frameworks, and libraries, and ensuring that they meet the highest standards of quality, performance, and scalability.
• You will help develop a robust roadmap for ensuring engineering operational excellence
• Conducting performance analysis and optimization of software systems, and ensuring that they are performant and scalable.
• Participating in software development project planning and estimation, and ensuring that deadlines and milestones are met.
• Collaborating with other teams and stakeholders to define and refine software requirements, and ensuring that they are translated into actionable software development tasks.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers and other team members, and contributing to their professional growth and development.
• Participating in code reviews and ensuring that coding standards and best practices are followed across the team.
• Staying up-to-date with new technologies, frameworks, and best practices in software development, and sharing this knowledge with the team.
• Hiring the best talents for Quince.

Skills : (What do you need to demonstrate consistently)

You have excellent computer science fundamentals

• You have been working on backend web technologies for 8+ years
• You have at least 6+ years of experience working in Java, Spring/Spring Boot, SQL/NOSQL
• You have experience building and maintaining highly reliable distributed web applications that operate at a high scale.
• You have a good understanding of concurrency and multithreading
• You have knowledge of design principles, the fundamentals of architecture, quality processes, and estimation techniques.
• You are an advocate for maintaining the highest standards in terms of code quality, latency, and observability.
• You understand the hustle of a startup and are good at handling ambiguity
• You can effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• You are a curious, quick learner, scrappy, and someone who loves to experiment

Quince provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applications for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please contact [e-mail]. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible hiring process for all candidates.