Senior Software Engineer (Java/AWS)

Overview

• Title: Senior Software Engineer (Java/AWS)
• Location: Hyderabad
• Work hours: US hours (EST/CST/PST)
• Experience: 6-10 years

 Common requirements for role - Senior Software Engineer (Java/AWS)

• Core stack: Expert-level Java (Java 11+), Spring Boot, microservices, RESTful APIs; strong Bash/Python scripting for tooling and automation.
• Cloud/AWS: Deep experience with EC2/ECS or EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch/CloudTrail, IAM, VPC networking, and Secrets Manager/Parameter Store.
• Containers & IaC: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD: Pipeline design and automation (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/GitLab).
• Observability & Reliability: Metrics, logging, tracing, SLO/SLA definition, performance tuning, cost management.
• Security & Compliance: Secure coding practices, IAM controls, secrets handling, vulnerability scanning, patching workflows.
• Data & Integration: SQL/NoSQL design, messaging (Kafka or SQS/SNS), API design, and versioning.
• Leadership: Service ownership, architecture reviews, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration.
• Operations: Participation in support rotation after ramp-up.
• Nice to have: Experience with real-time transit/IoT systems,  Caching technologies (Hazelcast, Redis/ElastiCache), and multi-tenant architecture.

• Collaboration across distributed engineering teams.
• Bachelor’s in CS/EE or another relevant discipline.
• Strong ownership, problem-solving, and experience in production SaaS environments.
• Ability to support high-availability systems and customer-impacting SLAs.