This role is for one of our clients

We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer with strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and REST APIs. The candidate should have experience designing and developing scalable, reliable, high-performance backend applications and should be comfortable taking ownership of solutions from design through deployment and production.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
- Design and develop RESTful APIs and Microservices.
- Participate in system design and architectural discussions.
- Build reliable, secure, maintainable, and high-performance backend systems.
- Design efficient database interactions and optimize application/database performance.
- Troubleshoot complex application and production issues and perform root-cause analysis.
- Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and convert them into technical solutions.
- Identify technical risks, edge cases, scalability concerns, and potential improvements proactively.
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to improving overall engineering standards.
- Take end-to-end ownership of assigned modules/features from requirement analysis to production deployment.

Mandatory Skills
- 10 years of software development experience




- Strong hands-on experience with Java
- Strong experience with Spring Boot
- Robust understanding of Microservices Architecture
- Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs
- Strong understanding of OOP, Collections, Multithreading and Design Patterns
- Good knowledge of relational databases and SQL
- Experience with system design, scalability and performance optimization
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Experience working on production-grade enterprise applications

Good to Have
- Apache Kafka / RabbitMQ
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Redis / distributed caching
- Docker
- Kubernetes / OpenShift
- AWS / Azure / GCP
- Spring Cloud
- API Gateway
- CI/CD / Jenkins
- Observability and application monitoring
- Distributed systems
- Security concepts such as JWT / OAuth2
- Performance tuning and production troubleshooting

What We Are Looking For

Beyond technical knowledge, we are looking for someone who demonstrates ownership, initiative, curiosity, and strong problem-solving ability. The candidate should be able to understand a business problem, think through different technical approaches, identify potential edge cases, and propose effective solutions rather than only implementing predefined requirements.

Must-have skills

Java, Spring Boot, Microservices

Good-to-have skills

Apache Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes

📌 Sr. Backend Developer (Mumbai)
🏢 Socnet Technologies Private
📍 Mumbai