Staff Engineer, Java (Apache Kafka)

👋🏼We're Nagarro. We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale — across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18000+ experts across 38 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Total experience 7+ years
• Extensive experience in back-end development utilizing Java 8 or higher, Spring Framework (Core/Boot/MVC), Hibernate/JPA, and Microservices Architecture.
• Experience with Apache Kafka.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, Caching system (e.g Redis) etc.
• Proficiency in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services (Apache CXF, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, SOAP, REST).
• Hands-on experience with multithreading, and cloud development.
• Strong working experience in Data Structures and Algorithms, Unit Testing, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with DevOps tools and technologies such as Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, Jenkins, and Chef.
• Proficiency in build automation tools like Maven, Ant, and Gradle.
• Hands on experience on cloud technologies such as AWS/ Azure.
• Strong understanding of UML and design patterns.
• Ability to simplify solutions, optimize processes, and efficiently resolve escalated issues.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and staying updated on industry trends

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Writing and reviewing great quality code
• Understanding functional requirements thoroughly and analyzing the client’s needs in the context of the project
• Envisioning the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements, and being able to define technologies, patterns and frameworks to realize it
• Determining and implementing design methodologies and tool sets
• Enabling application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities.
• Being able to lead/support UAT and production roll outs
• Creating, understanding and validating WBS and estimated effort for given module/task, and being able to justify it
• Addressing issues promptly, responding positively to setbacks and challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations.
• Helping the team in troubleshooting and resolving of complex bugs
• Coming up with solutions to any issue that is raised during code/design review and being able to justify the decision taken
• Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.