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Role Overview
We are seeking a high-caliber Power Programmer to join our elite engineering team. This role is designed for a technical expert who excels at resolving complex production bottlenecks, designing extensible microservices, and translating intricate business requirements into high-performance engineering solutions.
Core Responsibilities
· Architectural Leadership: Design and implement scalable, secure microservices using Java/Spring Boot and NodeJS, ensuring clear contracts and consistent patterns.
· System Resiliency: Take full ownership of critical production incidents (P0/P1), performing root-cause analysis and hardening systems with advanced monitoring and validations.
· Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with CRM, data engineering, and product teams to refine data models and event flows, improving platform-wide observability.
· Technical Design: Break down complex product requirements into low-level designs and estimable tasks for agile sprint delivery.
· Mentorship: Lead code reviews and mentor junior engineers on testing and CI/CD best practices to maintain high code quality standards.
Technical Requirements
· Experience: 10+ years of experience in designing scalable web platforms and microservices, particularly within utilities, energy, or CPG domains.
· Programming & Frameworks: Expert proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, NodeJS, Express, REST APIs, and Object-Oriented Design.
· Databases: Hands-on experience with MySQL, Postgres, and MongoDB, including schema design and query optimization.
· Cloud & DevOps: Strong knowledge of AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
· Mobile Awareness: Supporting knowledge of Android and iOS development environments and API integration.
· Methodologies: Mastery of Agile/Scrum, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Mocha, Chai).
Key Achievements of a Top Candidate
· Proven track record of resolving critical P0 incidents end-to-end.
· Experience leading backend infrastructure for multi-product platforms serving large enterprise customers.
· Recognized leadership in establishing best practices for microservices and DevOps across multiple organizations.
Additional Details:
· Need to work from Bengaluru.
· Required to work from office for 5 days a week.
· Ideally candidate coming from eCommerce Organizations will have an edge.
· Must have skills:
o Backend Java (Spring Boot), Node.js (Express), REST APIs
o Infrastructure AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
o Data SQL (Postgres/MySQL+NoSQL (MongoDB)
· Good to have:
o Mobile Support-level knowledge of iOS/Android API integration
o Methodology TDD, Agile/Scrum, Automated Testing
Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 30,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.
Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.
Virtusa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive fair and impartial treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or on any other basis which is protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government-issued ID during each interview. All candidates must be authorized to work in the USA.
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