Associate Staff Engineer, Java

Summary

Join Nagarro, a Digital Product Engineering company, and become a key contributor to our growing team. This role requires 5+ years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot. You will be responsible for writing high-quality code, understanding client needs, and envisioning solutions. The position demands proficiency in various technologies and a strong understanding of Agile methodologies. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic and non-hierarchical environment with a global team.

Requirements

• Total Experience 5+years
• Strong working experience in backend development with Java and Spring Boot
• Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, JMS, JPA, Spring MVC, Hibernate
• Strong understanding of messaging systems (Kafka, SQS) and caching technologies (Redis)
• Experience with SQL (Aurora MySQL) and NoSQL databases (Cassandra, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch)
• Proficient with CI/CD pipelines, Java build tools, and modern DevOps practices
• Exposure to AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, EMR
• Familiarity with Kubernetes-based orchestration and event-driven architecture
• Experience working in Agile environments with minimal supervision
• Experience with observability tools and performance tuning
• Understanding of orchestration patterns and microservice architecture
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Writing and reviewing great quality code
• Understanding functional requirements thoroughly and analyzing the clients needs in the context of the project
• Envisioning the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements, and being able to define technologies, patterns and frameworks to realize it
• Determining and implementing design methodologies and tool sets
• Enabling application development by coordinating requirements, schedules, and activities
• Being able to lead/support UAT and production roll outs
• Creating, understanding and validating WBS and estimated effort for given module/task, and being able to justify it
• Addressing issues promptly, responding positively to setbacks and challenges with a mindset of continuous improvement
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations
• Helping the team in troubleshooting and resolving complex bugs
• Coming up with solutions to any issue that is raised during code/design review and being able to justify the decision taken
• Carrying out POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements