Software Development Engineer 3 BackendJava

Our motto is to deliver value-added solutions for Indian patients beyond just pills. Our goal is to make healthcare accessible to every patient and bring it in their price range.
Headquartered in Mumbai, we are excited to build a strong product and operations team, which is passionate to build innovative solutions and willing to go the extra mile to ensure the customer has the best experience.
Job brief:
We are looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead (Java & Spring Boot)
who would be responsible for the architecture design, code review, and technology build and deployment activities of web applications. You would manage the Java Developer’s team while defining their responsibilities for the projects and making sure that the products are delivered without any technical issues.
Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of the entire journey: from design and architecture to development, deployment, and monitoring.
- Roll up your sleeves to dive into incidents or outages, analyze root causes, and contribute to impactful incident reports.
- Apply your engineering and analytical skills to solve real business challenges at scale, making a difference for millions of users.
- Build and enhance features in a distributed microservice environment, delivering seamless experiences with millisecond-level performance for millions of customers.
- Share your expertise by mentoring teammates and help maintain a high standard of excellence across every stage of development.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tier 1 or Tier 2 colleges
Backend Development Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience (8+ years) in backend development, with a focus on building and maintaining scalable, high-performance applications. Proficiency in Java is essential, including:
- Core Java Concepts: Strong understanding of core Java concepts such as object-oriented programming (OOP), data structures, and exception handling.
- Multi-threading and Concurrency: Expertise in Java multi-threading, concurrency control, and synchronization to develop efficient and scalable applications.
- Collections Framework: In-depth knowledge of Java Collections, including correct usage of data structures like HashMap, HashSet, ArrayList, and their performance trade-offs.
- JVM Internals: Understanding of Java Virtual Machine (JVM) internals, memory management, garbage collection, and performance tuning.
- Functional Programming: Experience with Java 8+ features, including Streams API, Lambda expressions, and functional programming concepts.
- Exception Handling and Best Practices: Proficiency in designing robust error handling mechanisms and adhering to best practices for code reliability.
- Spring Boot and Microservices: Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, building REST APIs, and Microservices architecture.
- Cloud Experience: Experience with Cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, focusing on deploying and managing backend services.
Database Architecture and Management: Strong experience in database design, architecture, and management, including:
- SQL and NoSQL Databases: Proficiency in working with both SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
- Database Optimization: Experience in optimizing database queries, indexing strategies, and schema design for high performance and scalability.
- Data Modeling: Ability to design data models that support application requirements, ensuring data integrity and performance.
- Transaction Management: Understanding of ACID properties, transaction management, and handling concurrency issues.
Code Optimization and Performance Tuning: Proven experience in code optimization and performance tuning, including:
- Profiling and Analysis: Use of profiling tools (e.g., JProfiler, VisualVM) to analyze application performance and identify bottlenecks.
- Memory and CPU Optimization: Techniques to optimize memory usage, reduce garbage collection overhead, and improve CPU efficiency.
- Best Practices: Adherence to best practices for writing efficient, maintainable, and high-performance code.
Engineering Best Practices: Proven experience in applying engineering best practices, including TDD (Test-Driven Development), BDD (Behavior-Driven Development), and clean code principles. Strong focus on code quality, maintainability, and reliability.
Design and Architecture Excellence: Significant hands-on experience in software design and architecture, including designing distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability. Ability to use tools such as UML, Lucidchart, or PlantUML for effective technical design.
Agile Engineering Practices: Proven ability to apply Agile methodologies, with direct involvement in sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily standups. Hands-on experience in leading technical teams through Agile ceremonies and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software.
Technical Code Reviews and Mentorship: Extensive experience conducting code reviews to ensure adherence to industry best practices and identifying areas for improvement. Ability to mentor and provide actionable feedback to junior engineers, fostering engineering excellence within the team.
Automation Enhancements: Proven ability to identify areas for automation, including scripting tasks with Python, Shell, or Groovy to improve operability. Experience in automating repetitive tasks to improve efficiency and reliability in software delivery.
Cloud Infrastructure and Monitoring: Strong technical understanding of cloud infrastructure, including deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources. Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or CloudWatch to ensure observability and troubleshoot production issues efficiently.
Hands-on Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Involvement in root cause analysis and providing solutions for critical production issues. Ability to reduce Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) by implementing effective monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting practices. Experience with incident management tools such as PagerDuty or Opsgenie.
Why you will love this job:
- You will be challenged with leading and mentoring a small development team and owning the technical aspects of the project
- You will have the opportunity to work in a growing organization, with ever-growing opportunities for personal growth
- You will have the opportunity to work with the industry's most sophisticated technologies!
- You will also be eligible to receive ESOPs as part of your compensation and performance.
Truemeds is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce