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SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Summary

Builds and maintains scalable cloud-native systems using Java/Spring, TypeScript/React, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines while improving developer workflows and system architecture.

Responsibilities

. Pave golden paths for developers to follow to ensure consistency, quality and performance and evolvability

. Communicate highly technical issues to non-technical audience

. Be an influencer and uplift engineering practices of existing developers.

. Work collaboratively with team to achieve goals. Experience working in Agile methodologies, such as SAFE, Scrum, and/or Extreme programming

. Experience in following best practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)

. Investigate and resolve production issues to help maintain a stable production environment remain cool and effective in crisis

. Stake holder management - working closely with finance, business change engineers, and project managers to drive and manage software delivery

. Analyse requirements, estimate efforts, plan timeline, manage progress

. Ensure awareness, involvement and support from the key stakeholders and participants by engaging strong project teams and delivering robust solutioning on the project complex challenges throughout its life cycle

. Drive and review technical and architectural design, enforce architectural guidelines and challenge status quo

Professional and Technical

Professional

. 1-6 years of hands-on experience in software development, with a solid foundation in system design and scalable architecture

. At least 3 years of experience independently managing cloud environments and delivering infrastructure solutions for project teams

. Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively

. Proven ability to influence stakeholders, drive projects to completion, and overcome delivery challenges

. Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex functional requirements into efficient, practical, and fit-for-purpose technical solutions

. At least 3 years of experience independently managing cloud environments and delivering infrastructure solutions for project teams

. Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively

. Proven ability to influencestakeholders, drive projects to completion, and overcome delivery challenges

. Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex functional requirements into efficient, practical and fit-for-purpose technical solutions

Technical

Must Have :

. Strong software design skills, including object-oriented and functional programming, design patterns, data structures and algorithms

. Proficient in Java with Spring Framework and TypeScript with React

. Deep understanding of protocols and modern web application architectures

. Solid experience with Git and version control workflows

. Deep knowledge of CI/CD best practices, including automation pipelines and release management

. Strong debugging, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills

. Proficient in Linux and shell scripting for system-level tasks and automation

. Solid understanding of cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes (K8s) and Open Policy Agent (OPA)

. Working knowledge of Kafka and messagingsystems

. Exposure to event-driven architectureand asynchronous processing

. Clear and effective communicator with astrong ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams

. Demonstrated passion for technology, continuous learning, and delivering business value through innovative solutions

. Ability to move fast, iterate quickly and conduct fail-fast proof-of-concepts (POCs) to validate ideas and assess technical feasibility

Desirable :

. Go (Golang): Experience building performant backend services or cloud-native tooling using Go

. Nx: Familiarity with managing monoreposand optimizing code sharing and builds across large-scale applications

. Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs):Practical experience designing and implementing CRDs to extend Kubernetes functionality

. Cross plane: Hands-on experience using Cross plane for infrastructure provisioning and managing cloud resources via Kubernetes APIs

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