ClearTrail Technologies - Senior Software Engineer - Java

Job Description :

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Java (8 or above).

- Architect solutions that are robust, fault-tolerant, and capable of handling high throughput.

- Work with distributed systems, caching strategies, data modeling, and performance tuning.

- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality features.

- Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and guide junior team members.

- Participate in architectural discussions and lead initiatives around system design and refactoring.

- Monitor and improve system performance, availability, and reliability.

- Write clean, testable, and maintainable code with appropriate unit and integration tests.

- Take ownership of features and services from design through production and maintenance.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 5- 8 years of professional experience in backend software development.

- Strong programming skills in Java and familiarity with related frameworks (e.g., Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate).

- Experience with scalable architectures, microservices, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous processing.

- Solid understanding of system design, distributed computing, and concurrency.

- Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra).

- Experience with message brokers and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).

- Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices including CI/CD, Git workflows, testing, and Agile

methodologies.

- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

- Contributions to open-source projects or relevant technical blogs.

- Exposure to DevOps practices and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).