Senior Java Backend Developer

Virtual Connect Solutions

Mohali district, India

The Senior Backend Developer will take full ownership of driving development,

maintenance, and operational excellence. This role requires deep expertise in

Java/Spring Boot microservices, Kafka integration, MySQL, and Kubernetes-based

deployments. During the transition period, the Senior Backend Developer will be

responsible for understanding, documenting, and taking ownership of existing

business logic across the PTCS service portfolio, including complex integrations with

BSS, ASM, ATG, FCM, and other external systems

Take full ownership of 2 to 3 assigned PTCS microservices from the

following list: App/Main Controller, ASM Controller, BSS

Controller, Misc/Data Controller, Push Notification Controller, Email

Notification Controller, Scheduler, and Exporter.

Understand, document, and improve existing business logic

implemented across all microservices

Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance

REST APIs consumed by the Frontend team and external systems

Implement Kafka producers and consumers for Push Notification

and Email Notification pipelines

Integrate with external systems including BSS, ASM, ATG, JID/RID,

FCM/Firebase, Email System, and Vault

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following PTCS

coding standards and architectural guidelines

Conduct code reviews and provide constructive technical

feedback to team members

Write and maintain unit tests, integration tests, and regression test

suites

Maintain and improve Helm charts and Kubernetes deployment

configurations for owned services

Support L3/L4 escalations for production incidents related to

owned microservices

Contribute to MOP, test cases, test strategy, and technical

documentation

Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to technical

decision-making

Mentor junior developers and support knowledge sharing within

the team.

Mandatory

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a

related field

5+ years of professional backend software development experience
Expert-level proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for microservices

development

Strong experience with Apache Kafka including producer and

consumer implementation, topic management, and consumer group

handling

Solid experience with MySQL including complex queries, transactions,

indexing, and performance optimization

Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes including pod

management, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and resource limits

Strong experience designing and consuming REST APIs including

OpenAPI and Swagger documentation

Experience with JWT, OAuth2, and token-based authentication and

authorization patterns

Experience integrating with Firebase/FCM for push notification delivery
Proficiency with Git and feature branch workflows
Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD
Experience with Helm chart development and management
Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum development methodology.

Skills: microservices,java,spring boot,mysql,kubernetes

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