OnGrid - Senior Java Developer - Spring Boot

Overview

• Develop, enhance, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and secure backend services.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to understand requirements, design system architecture, and iterate rapidly.
• Write clean, reusable, high-quality, and maintainable code following best engineering practices.
• Lead architectural discussions, design review sessions, and drive technical decision-making.
• Ensure the technical feasibility, scalability, and reliability of all backend components.
• Optimize applications for speed, performance, and system stability.
• Encourage innovationidentify areas of improvement and propose solutions to enhance efficiency, productivity, and system robustness.
• Mentor, guide, and support junior team members through training, code reviews, and technical coaching.
• Research and apply modern technologies, engineering practices, and architectural patterns relevant to product growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of frontend, backend, and infrastructure components.
• Participate in on-call support, capacity planning, and performance monitoring as needed.
  
  

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  
  

• 5- 10 years of strong, hands-on experience in backend development and large-scale distributed systems.
  
  

• Expertise in Java and Spring Framework / Spring Boot.
• Solid experience in microservices architecture and distributed system design.
  
  

• Strong working knowledge of :
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• Solr
• Redis
  
  

• Experience with containerization and orchestration :
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and observability.
  
  

• Experience designing clean, scalable, intuitive REST APIs and integrating third-party systems.
• Ability to architect solutions considering client, server, DB interactions, and end-to-end workflow.
  
  

• Strong ability to think breadth-wise (client/server/DB/control flow).
• Strong ability to think depth-wise (threads, concurrency, sessions, space-time complexity).
• Exceptional system-design, low-level design, and architectural skills.
  
  

• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with ability to handle multiple tasks and complex challenges.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  
  

• Experience with event-driven architectures or messaging systems.
• Familiarity with caching strategies, performance tuning, and distributed tracing.
• Experience with GitOps, SRE practices, and cloud-native patterns
  
  

(ref:hirist.tech)