Software Engineer

We are seeking an exceptional developer to join our team at Birst, an Infor Company’s Hyderabad office, to enhance and sustain our Java-based platform for Business Intelligence and Analytics system. The ideal candidate will have proven experience building and sustaining compelling, interactive web applications with significant exposure to backend design, coding and working knowledge of relational databases.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy and maintain scalable cloud-based distributed, multi-tiered, concurrent, cross platforms web applications core infrastructure systems that perform and scale in a multi-tenant cloud environment
• Adding innovative new features in our enterprise class, cloud-scale business intelligence and data analytics products

• Collaborate on UI design with interaction Web designers and backend developers
• Implement RESTful APIs for all new systems and product features
• Drive quality by writing unit, functional, load and performance tests
• Employ solid software engineering practices to ensure high-quality, unit tested, maintainable/extensible code and predictable schedules working in agile environment
• Tracing performance and infrastructure bottlenecks and implementing innovative solutions to resolve them
• Willingness to work across time zones to interact with different stakeholders located across US west coast, Europe and India

Key Requirements/Experience

• BE/ME/MCA Computer Science degree
• 4 to 6 years of hard-core software development experience with solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Mastery of Java and OO programming
• Expertise in building scalable, concurrent, distributed systems
• ), Object-Oriented Design and development principles; and Java Application Servers such as Apache Tomcat; and databases such as SQL Server, MongoDB
• Knowledge of design patterns (GoF, J2EE)
• Demonstrated expertise in software engineering practices (e.g., reading/generating software specs, design patterns, continuous integration)
• Working knowledge of designing, developing and maintaining RESTful based APIs
• Hands on experience with test-driven, agile development practices
• Experience with data architecture and ETL processes and tools
• Experience with Caching, Clustering, Distributed Computing
• Experience building infrastructure/platform for SaaS products is a huge plus
• Hands on experience configuring, using and optimizing systems such as search, caching, messaging, logging or monitoring
• Experience working with open source tools/frameworks such as ActiveMQ, elasticsearch, Jersey, DropWizard, Guice, nginx, tomcat etc. is a big plus
• Good understanding of SQL and relational databases
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• A high degree of self-motivation and flexibility with the ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks