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Senior Software Engineer

Resilinc · India · back to the listing

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software developer — ESCO, the EU occupation classification

Software developers implement or program all kinds of software systems based on specifications and designs by using programming languages, tools, and platforms.

Also known as: application developer, application programmer, solutions developer, programmer, software specialist, application software developer

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Join the Future of Supply Chain Intelligence — Powered by Agentic AI

At Resilinc, we’re pioneering intelligent, autonomous systems that redefine supply chain risk management. Our agentic AI helps global enterprises predict disruptions, assess impact, and act in real time — before operations are affected. Named a 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader, we’re trusted by top companies in life sciences & pharma, aerospace & defense, high tech, and automotive to protect what matters most. Be part of a team that's redefining resilience on a global scale.

But the real power behind Resilinc? Our people. We’re a fully remote, mission-led team making sure life-saving products and critical goods get where they’re needed, fast. We offer the chance to do meaningful work in a collaborative, empowering culture—where you can be an agent of change. Join us to tackle critical global challenges through high-impact work that matters.

Check out this blog to learn more about how we are impacting the world's most critical supply chains. Global Supply Chain Risks 2026: Act Faster | TEC

Resilinc | Innovation with Purpose. Intelligence with Impact.

What You Will Do

Software Development:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot.

• Build clean, reusable, production-quality code and contribute to technical design and architecture decisions.
Microservices & APIs:

• Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices with a focus on high availability, scalability, resilience, and fault tolerance.

• Implement secure service-to-service integrations, authentication, authorization, and API security best practices.
Database & Data Access:

• Work extensively with PostgreSQL and other relational databases; design efficient schemas and data-access solutions.

• Write and optimize complex SQL, including joins, subqueries, set operations, and aggregate functions, and work with JPA/Hibernate.
Cloud & Infrastructure:

• Deploy, manage, and scale cloud-native applications in Azure environments using modern CI/CD practices.

• Work with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized application deployment, orchestration, and operational readiness.
Distributed Systems & Engineering Quality:

• Apply distributed-systems concepts, multithreading, concurrency, caching, resilience, retry, and fault-tolerance patterns where appropriate.

• Develop unit and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers, or similar tools; participate actively in code reviews.
Collaboration & Leadership:

• Partner with product managers, architects, QA, DevOps, and other engineers to plan and deliver high-quality features and services.

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, provide constructive technical guidance, and help raise engineering standards across the team.
Troubleshooting & Performance:

• Diagnose complex production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement durable fixes.
Continuous Improvement:

• Proactively improve application performance, scalability, observability, security, development processes, and code quality.

• Stay current with relevant technologies and evaluate practical improvements to the engineering ecosystem.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5-8+ years of professional software development experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and backend engineering.

• Strong experience designing REST APIs, microservices, and distributed applications using object-oriented design, SOLID principles, and common design patterns.

• Strong RDBMS and PostgreSQL experience, including 3+ years of hands-on work with complex SQL queries, subqueries, joins, set operations, aggregate functions, schema design, and query optimization.

• Hands-on experience with JPA/Hibernate, Git, Maven or Gradle, and automated testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.

• Experience with Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines; familiarity with messaging or event-streaming platforms such as Kafka is desirable.

• Strong debugging, analytical, problem-solving, and performance-tuning skills, with a solid understanding of secure backend development.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.

• Ability to take ownership, manage changing priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced product engineering environment.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience building high-volume, highly available SaaS or enterprise platforms.

• Experience with Apache Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL

• Experience with Spark will be valuable

• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, JWT, observability tools, and DevOps practices.

• Familiarity with performance testing, infrastructure as code, Domain-Driven Design, or front-end technologies such as Angular or React.

What's in it for you?

At Resilinc, we’re fully remote, with plenty of opportunities to connect in person. We provide a culture where ownership, purpose, technical growth and a voice in shaping impactful technology are at our core. Oh, and the perks? Full-stack benefits for health, wealth and wellbeing to keep you thriving. Check in with your talent acquisition contact for a location-specific FAQ.

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More great news! Resilinc is backed by Vista Equity Partners

   

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