Software Engineer Backend

Job Title: Software Engineer II

Solvei8 (pronounced solve-it) is a one-stop integrated factory cloud solutions provider for the apparel and footwear industry, under the parent company Buyogo AG. With innovation, agility, and customer-centricity at the core, Solvei8 is focused on providing solutions that optimize factory processes, increase visibility, and lead to better data-driven decisions.

We follow microservice architecture with the server-side code modelled as multiple microservices written in Java or Scala. We use Kafka and Flink for communication and in-stream processing. You’d get to work on relational (Postgres), no-SQL (Mongo) and big-data DBs (HBase, Druid).

Requirement:

• 2-6 years of professional experience in software development
• Proficiency in Java or any other JVM language like Scala, Kotlin etc.
• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures, and oriented programming principles
• Understanding of micro-services and low-level system design principles.
• Experience with server frameworks like Play and Spring.
• Experience in querying and using relational (like postgres) and non-relational databases (like mongo).
• Experience in using messaging queues like Kafka or rabbitMQ.
• Familiar and well equipped with standard design patterns and coding principles.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, developing, testing, and deploying high-quality software that meets customer requirements
• Take ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production.
• Follow best engineering practices while developing.
• Review code and provide feedback for improvements if needed.
• Decide on the trade-offs between technical and design approaches.
• Mentors other engineers.

Good to have:

• Experience with other databases like Apache Druid, Redis, Cassandra or Elasticsearch.
• Having functional programming language understanding.
• Having understanding of distributed systems.
• Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit.
• Experience in product based companies.
• Graduates from top tier colleges would be preferred.

In addition to the above requirements, the candidate should be a team player who can collaborate effectively with other members of the team and be willing to learn and adapt to new technologies and techniques.