Associate Software Engineer (Java)

About the Role

Saatvik Agro is seeking an Associate Software Engineer (Java) for a full-time, on-site position in Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India. This role is designed for fresh graduates and early-career professionals interested in Java software development, backend engineering, and related technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, integrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve Java-based applications, backend services, APIs, databases, internal platforms, enterprise systems, automation solutions, and digital tools.
• Collaborate with software, IT, data, analytics, operations, production, supply chain, finance, sales, and other business teams.
• Work with technologies such as Core Java, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, microservices, cloud platforms, messaging systems, testing frameworks, Git, and CI/CD, based on project and business requirements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic to good knowledge of Core Java and object-oriented programming concepts.
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, collections, exception handling, interfaces, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, multithreading, concurrency, and clean coding practices.
• Familiarity with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, or similar Java frameworks is beneficial.
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP/HTTPS, web services, authentication, authorization, API integration, and system integration.
• Familiarity with SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, or similar relational and NoSQL databases is beneficial.
• Understanding of database design, normalization, joins, indexing, transactions, schemas, CRUD operations, queries, and basic query optimization is advantageous.
• Exposure to microservices architecture, distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, scalable applications, or event-driven systems is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Familiarity with Maven, Gradle, Git, GitHub, version control, branching, pull requests, debugging, code reviews, and collaborative software-development workflows.
• Exposure to JUnit, Mockito, TestNG, Postman, unit testing, integration testing, API testing, or automated testing is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Exposure to Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, caching, message queues, asynchronous processing, background jobs, scheduled tasks, or event-driven architecture is an advantage.
• Exposure to AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, or similar cloud and DevOps technologies is beneficial.
• Basic understanding of Linux, command-line tools, application deployment, environment configuration, logging, monitoring, and production-support concepts is advantageous.
• Familiarity with OAuth, JWT, role-based access control, secure coding, input validation, API security, authentication, authorization, and encryption concepts is beneficial.
• Exposure to application performance optimization, database tuning, connection pooling, caching strategies, scalability, reliability, observability, and troubleshooting is advantageous.
• Familiarity with ORM technologies, repositories, persistence layers, entity relationships, transactions, and backend data-access patterns is beneficial.
• Exposure to frontend technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue.js, or Next.js is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Exposure to automation, data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, generative AI, ERP, CRM, dashboards, reporting systems, or enterprise applications is an additional advantage.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Jira, SDLC, technical documentation, requirements gathering, user stories, sprint planning, or issue tracking is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Good analytical, logical, debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication, documentation, collaboration, and teamwork abilities.
• Ability to understand business and technical requirements and contribute to practical, reliable, scalable, maintainable, and secure Java software solutions.
• Willingness to work in an on-site environment.
• Strong willingness to learn new Java technologies, frameworks, databases, APIs, cloud platforms, testing tools, and modern software-engineering practices.

Qualifications

• B.E. / B.Tech / B.Sc. / BCA / MCA / M.Sc. / M.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Applications, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related discipline.
• Fresh graduates and candidates with up to 2 years of relevant experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Final-year students completing their degree and available for full-time employment may also apply.
• Candidates with 0–2 years of experience in Java development, software engineering, backend development, application development, API development, enterprise software, or related technology roles can apply.
• Internship, academic project, Java project, Spring Boot project, backend project, API project, database project, microservices project, GitHub project, hackathon, freelance assignment, startup project, or open-source contribution will be considered but is not mandatory.
• Candidates without previous full-time Java-development experience can also apply.