Senior Java Backend Engineer

Senior Software Engineer, Chennai/Pune
The Backend Software Engineer within the NIQ Activate R&D organization is a senior individual contributor role responsible for designing, developing, and scaling backend services that power innovative product solutions for our growing customer base. Working in a collaborative and innovation-driven environment, you will leverage modern cloud-native technologies, microservices architectures, and AI-assisted development tools to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions while influencing technical direction, architecture, and engineering best practices.
Responsibilities:
Leads the design and implementation of critical systems with long-term maintainability
Responsible for implementing micro-services from design to production.
Take ownership of development, maintenance, testing strategy, design discussions, and operations of the team, with containerized API services
Participate in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation, and deployment.
Responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of new product features / components.
Defines and enforces system-wide design patterns and architectural standards.
Ensuring application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design
Collaborates across teams to resolve cross-functional architectural dependencies.
Evaluates and introduces new technologies and frameworks to improve engineering efficiency.
Have an impact on product development by making important technical decisions, influencing the system architecture, development practices and more.
Designs components with AI-assisted analysis, leveraging AI for architectural alternatives.
Solves complex challenges in high-availability, fault-tolerant architectures.
Defines and implements observability and telemetry strategies for system monitoring.
Conducts deep technical reviews and ensures adherence to engineering excellence standards.
Must have 6+ years of experience
B.Sc. in Computer Sciences or similar
Proficient in Java backend development
Profound knowledge in OOP and design patterns
Experience and knowledge of server-side technologies including Java, Spring
Experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes and Cloud environments
Expertise in testing methodologies (Unit-testing, TDD, mocking)
Fluent with Relational databases (SQL)
Good problem-solving and analysis abilities
Excellent team player with strong communication skills
Requirements - Advantage
Experience with Azure / GCP cloud services
Experience with large scale SQL / NoSQL databases (Snowflake, SingleStore, Postgres)
Experience with Agile Development, or Extreme Programming methodologies

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid