Lead Backend Engineer - Java

Product: Jeevansathi.com

Jeevansathi.com is a popular Indian matrimonial website that helps individuals find their life partners. Founded in 1998, it is one of the leading online platforms for matchmaking in India.

Your Opportunity: As Lead Backend Engineer - Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable, and high performance architecture for Jeevansathi.

You will:

• Hands-on Coding & Code Review: Actively participate in coding and code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices, coding standards, and performance optimization.

• High-Level and Low-Level Design: Create comprehensive architectural documentation that guides the development team and ensures the scalability and security of the system.

• Security Best Practices: Implement security strategies, including data encryption, access control, and threat detection, ensuring the platform adheres to the highest security standards.

• Compliance Management: Oversee compliance with regulatory requirements such as GDPR, including data protection, retention policies, and audit readiness.

• Scalability & Performance Optimization: Ensure the system architecture can scale seamlessly and optimize performance as business needs grow.

• Monitoring & Alerting: Set up real-time monitoring and alerting systems to ensure proactive identification and resolution of performance bottlenecks, security threats, and system failures.

• Cross-Platform Deployment: Architect flexible, cloud-agnostic solutions and manage deployments on Azure and AWS platforms.

• Containerization & Orchestration: Use Kubernetes and Docker Swarm for container management and orchestration to achieve a high degree of automation and reliability in deployments.

• Data Management: Manage database architecture using MySQL, MongoDB and ElasticSearch to ensure efficient storage, retrieval, and management of data.

• Message Queuing Systems: Design and manage asynchronous communication using Kafka and Redis for event-driven architecture.

• Collaboration & Leadership: Work closely with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions on time.

• Mentoring & Team Leadership: Mentor, guide, and lead the engineering team, fostering technical growth and maintaining adherence to architectural and coding standards.

Work Location: Noida

Education: BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or Related Stream from a prestigious institute with an excellent academic record.

Experience: 3-5 years of experience in software development.

Technical Expertise:

• Proficient in Java and related frameworks like Spring-boot

• Experience with databases like MySQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, and message queuing systems like Kafka, Redis.

• Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes. • Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

• Experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) and alerting systems for real-time issue detection and resolution.

Compliance & Security:

• Hands-on experience in implementing security best practices.

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as GDPR and DPDP

Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle complex and ambiguous situations.

Leadership: Proven ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and drive change.

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Our Ideal Candidate:

The ideal candidate should possess a deep understanding of the latest architectural patterns, cloud-native design and security practices. They should be adept at translating business requirements into scalable and efficient technical solutions. A proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving and a passion for innovation are essential. Strong leadership and mentoring skills are crucial to drive a high-performance team and foster technical excellence