Staff Software Engineer - Java/ElasticSearch

Role Description : Our Digital and eCommerce division is looking to transform the Digital and eCommerce technology engine for the organisation. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a leadership role on a product team to design and build new features and components in our evolving platform, helping to embrace modern principles like microservices and event driven architectures. ABOUT OUR TECHNOLOGY : The Digital and eCommerce team currently operates several B2B websites and direct digital sales channels via a globally deployed cloud-based platform that are a growth engine for the life science business. We provide a comprehensive catalog of all products, enabling our customers to find products and purchase products as well as get detailed scientific information on those products. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS : - Work as part of an Agile development team, taking ownership for one or more services - Provides leadership to the Agile Development team, driving technical designs to support business goals - Ensuring the entire team exemplifies excellence in design, code, test and operation - A willingness to lead by example - embracing change and foster a Growth and Learning culture on the team - Mentoring team members through code review, design reviews - Taking a lead role, working with product owners to help refine the backlog, breaking down features and epics into executable stories - Have a high quality software mindset - making sure that the code you write works QUALIFICATIONS : Education : - Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science or equivalent. Mandatory Skills : - 8-10 years of hands-on software engineering experience - Recent experience in Java, Kotlin, ElasticSearch, Spring, Spring Boot - Experience in developing REST services. - Experience in unit test frameworks. - Ability to provide solutions based on business requirements. - Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. - Ability to work with global teams and a flexible work schedule. - Must have excellent problem-solving skills and be customer-centric. - Excellent communication skills. Preferred Skills : - Experience with Microservices, CI/CD, Event Oriented Architectures and Distributed Systems - Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.) - Experience leading product oriented engineering development teams is a plus - Familiarity with web technologies (e,g,, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), data manipulation (e.g., SQL), and version control systems (e.g., GitHub) - Familiarity with DevOps practices/principles, Agile/Scrum methodologies, CI/CD pipelines and the product development lifecycle - Familiarity with modern web APIs and full stack frameworks. - Experience with Java, Google Analytics, BigQuery, Cassandra, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, in memory caching are a plus - Experience developing eCommerce systems - especially B2B eCommerce - is a plus. (ref:hirist.tech)

Location: bangalore, IN

Posted Date: 11/21/2024