Snapdeal - Backend Engineer - Java

Description :

Responsibilities :

- Design and develop scalable microservices and backend APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and related frameworks.

- Contribute to high-availability system design that powers Snapdeal's core e-commerce functionality.

- Ensure observability and debuggability of systems using tools like Grafana Loki, and Pinpoint for distributed tracing.

- Write unit, integration, and performance tests, and participate in code reviews.

- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, following best practices in software engineering.

- Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and availability. Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and contribute to system architecture.

- Monitor production systems, resolve issues, and continuously improve system health and performance.

- Collaborate with DevOps teams for seamless CI/CD pipeline integration.

Requirements :

- 2-5 years of professional experience in backend development using Java (8/11/17).

- Strong foundation in object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.

- Proficiency in Spring Boot, RESTful API design, and JPA/Hibernate.

- Experience with relational databases like MySQL, and familiarity with NoSQL databases is a plus.

- Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and asynchronous programming.

- Good hands-on experience with monitoring/logging/tracing using tools like Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Pinpoint, or similar.

- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.

- Good understanding of messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ, Active MQ.

- Experience with Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines.

- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and performance tuning skills.

- Good communication skills and a collaborative mind-set