ZR_268_Senior Engineer - Java
Priority IDC Private Limited · Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
About the role
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for a banking and payment platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement secure integrations and drive application modernization initiatives.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires over 5 years of experience in Java development with expertise in Spring Boot, microservices, and event-driven architectures. Candidates should have a strong background in financial services or fintech applications.
Benefits
Full description
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Development team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and supporting scalable banking and payment solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products. The candidate should have strong expertise in Java-based backend development, API integrations, micro services architecture, and financial services platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for the Passport platform.
- Develop and enhance microservices-based applications following domain-driven design and industry best practices.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Business Analysts, and QA teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Design and implement secure integrations with third-party vendors, banking partners, payment processors, and internal platforms.
- Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to long-term technology strategy and roadmap planning.
- Drive application modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, framework upgrades, and infrastructure migrations.
- Optimize application performance, scalability, availability, and resiliency through proactive monitoring and tuning.
- Perform code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, security guidelines, and engineering best practices.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers through technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and career development.
- Analyse and resolve complex production issues, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), and implement preventive measures.
- Support production releases and participate in on-call or incident response activities as needed.
- Develop automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure software quality and reduce production defects.
- Ensure compliance with security standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies, including PCI DSS and data protection standards.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to improve observability, logging, monitoring, and alerting capabilities.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve engineering efficiency and platform capabilities.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, API specifications, and operational run-books.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to support product launches, feature roll-outs, and customer implementations.
Requirements
Technical Skills
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience using Java.
- Strong experience with Java 17+, Spring Boot, and Spring Framework.
- Expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs and Micro services.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, design patterns, and clean code practices.
- Experience with databases such as MySQL and MongoDB.
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka.
- Knowledge of Docker and containerized application deployment.
- Experience with source control systems such as Git and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of application security, authentication, authorization, OAuth 2.0, and JWT.
- Experience troubleshooting and supporting applications in production environments.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or ELK.
Domain Skills
- Experience working with financial services, banking, payment processing, or fintech applications.
- Understanding of transaction processing systems and service integrations.
- Experience designing and integrating APIs with internal and external partners.
- Knowledge of secure data handling and regulatory compliance requirements.
Benefits
- 5 Days Working
- One Complimentary Meal per Day
- Internet Reimbursement
- Gym Reimbursement
- Group Medical Insurance
- Mental Health support benefits
- Relocation Assistance (if Applicable)