This role is for one of our clients

Industry: Software Development

Seniority level: Associate level

Min Experience: 3+ years

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- JobType: full-time

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join one of our Scrum teams building AI-native, event-driven services for automotive retail intelligence. This is a core contributor role for engineers with 2-4 years of experience who are ready to take end-to-end ownership of features, grow their distributed systems skills, and work in a high-velocity environment that demands code quality, hexagonal architecture discipline, and genuine curiosity about AI-native engineering.

Requirements:
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Java (Spring Boot 3.x) backend services — implementing domain logic, REST APIs, Kafka event consumers/producers, and MongoDB/PostgreSQL persistence adapters following hexagonal architecture patterns.
- Build features across the full backend slice: domain model, port interface, adapter implementation, unit tests, and integration tests.




- Write integration tests using Testcontainers for MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Elasticsearch adapters — ensuring each adapter is tested independently from the domain core.
- Participate in design discussions, architecture reviews, and code reviews — actively learning from Staff and Senior engineers.
- Investigate and resolve bugs, performance issues, and Kafka consumer lag across services.
- Contribute to golden dataset test scenario design under the guidance of the Product Manager and SDET.
- Operate with ownership and curiosity in a fast-paced, startup workplace.

Skills & Qualifications
- 2-4 years of backend engineering experience; Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Solid Java fundamentals: object-oriented design, Spring Boot, REST API implementation, and unit testing (JUnit 5).
- Working knowledge of at least one of: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or Kafka — with willingness to develop depth

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