Associate Software Engineer

Job Description: Associate Software Engineer
Location: Kochi - Work from Office
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience: 4 - 7 Years
Department: Product Engineering
Salary Range: INR 55,000 - 65,000 p.m
The Role:
As an Associate Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing and stabilizing a state-of-the-art, cloud-native platform. Working alongside Engineering Head, you will apply your mid-to-senior level experience to navigate modern enterprise architecture, including Micro-Frontends, Event-Driven microservices, and multi-database routing. This is a high-impact role requiring deep technical expertise and the ability to mentor junior peers.
Key Responsibilities :
Full-Stack Development: Architect and develop complex features across both the frontend (Angular) and backend (Java/Spring Boot).
Component Architecture: Design and build reusable, highly optimized UI components within our Angular Micro-Frontend (MFE) applications.
API Engineering: Write, test, and optimize clean, well-documented RESTful APIs using Spring Boot, ensuring high performance across multi-database environments.
Testing & Quality Assurance: Enforce strict TDD practices by writing comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure code reliability within our CI/CD pipelines.
System Optimization: Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve high-level architectural issues and performance bottlenecks reported in the issue tracker.
Technical Leadership: Actively participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and provide mentorship to Junior engineers to elevate the team's overall coding standards.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field. 4 to 7 years of proven commercial experience as a Software Engineer.
Deep fundamental understanding of Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), with extensive experience in Spring Boot.
Advanced proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web fundamentals, with strong hands-on experience in Angular.
Strong understanding of relational databases, complex SQL queries, and ORM tools (Hibernate/JPA).
Advanced familiarity with version control systems (Git) and collaborative CI/ CD platforms (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket).
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently on complex architectural challenges.
Nice-to-Haves
Experience with cloud-native deployment tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
Deep understanding of REST API design, security (OAuth2/JWT), and Postman.
Familiarity with Event-Driven Architecture (RabbitMQ, Kafka).
AI & Agentic Framework Exposure: Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) and a basic understanding of Agentic AI concepts or frameworks (like LangChain or AutoGen) is highly desired as we look toward integrating intelligent automation.

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