Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and REST APIs for the Personal Loans platform. Develop event-driven, Kafka-integrated distributed components, support CI/CD and automated testing, participate in architecture and code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and drive reliability and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, REST APIs, and microservices supporting the Personal Loans platform.
- Build and enhance event-driven, distributed application components, including Kafka-based integrations where applicable.
- Collaborate with product, architecture, engineering, QA, and delivery teams to clarify requirements and deliver business outcomes.
- Participate in technical design reviews, architecture discussions, code reviews, and engineering best-practice improvements.
- Support CI/CD, automated testing, deployment, environment configuration, and operational excellence activities.
- Troubleshoot production and non-production issues, identify root causes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience in Java development, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
- Experience designing, developing, testing, and supporting REST APIs for enterprise-scale platforms.
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native backend development.
- Experience building event-driven systems and distributed applications using Kafka.
- Solid understanding of software design patterns, automated testing frameworks, CI/CD practices, and secure coding principles.
- Experience working on complex, enterprise-scale platforms with a focus on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Familiarity with Git or equivalent version control systems, API testing tools, and configuration formats such as JSON, YAML, or XML.
Preferred Experience
- Banking or financial services domain experience, preferably within lending, loans, or credit platforms.
- Experience working in highly regulated environments with strong focus on compliance, security, and governance.
- Experience designing and supporting high-volume transactional applications.
- Exposure to observability, monitoring, logging, and production support practices.
Key Competencies
- Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and technical leadership capabilities.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced agile delivery environment with changing priorities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ownership mindset with a strong focus on quality, delivery, service reliability, and continuous improvement.
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