Backend Engineer (Java)

Role: Backend Engineer (Java)

Location: Morena, Madhya Pradesh, India

Employment Type: Full-time, On-site

About the Role

Saatvik Agro is seeking a Backend Engineer (Java) for a full-time, on-site opportunity. This role is ideal for fresh graduates and technology professionals interested in Java backend development, software engineering, API development, databases, microservices, cloud technologies, enterprise applications, system integration, automation, and modern backend-engineering practices. The Backend Engineer will collaborate with various business teams to develop, test, integrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve Java-based backend services, REST APIs, databases, internal platforms, enterprise applications, automation solutions, and digital systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, integrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve Java-based backend services.
• Build and maintain REST APIs.
• Work with databases (SQL and NoSQL).
• Develop and maintain internal platforms and enterprise applications.
• Implement automation solutions and digital systems.
• Collaborate with software, IT, data, analytics, operations, production, supply chain, finance, sales, and other business teams.

Requirements & Tech Stack

The role may involve working with:

• Core Java
• Spring Boot
• Spring Framework
• Hibernate
• JPA
• REST APIs
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Microservices
• Cloud platforms
• Messaging systems
• Testing frameworks
• Git
• CI/CD
• Modern Java backend technologies

Qualifications

• Education: 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.
• Experience: Freshers and candidates with 0–5 years of experience in Java backend development, backend engineering, software development, application development, API development, enterprise software, or related technology roles are encouraged to apply.
• Core Java & OOP: Basic to good knowledge of Core Java and object-oriented programming concepts.
• Data Structures & Algorithms: Understanding of data structures, algorithms, collections, exception handling, interfaces, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, multithreading, concurrency, and clean coding practices.
• Java Frameworks: Familiarity with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, or similar Java backend frameworks will be beneficial.
• APIs & Web Services: Basic to good understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP/HTTPS, web services, authentication, authorization, API integration, and system integration.
• Databases: Familiarity with SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, or similar relational and NoSQL databases will be beneficial.
• Database Concepts: Understanding of database design, normalization, joins, indexing, transactions, schemas, CRUD operations, queries, query optimization, and data-access concepts will be advantageous.
• Microservices & Distributed Systems: Exposure to microservices architecture, distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, scalable backend services, or event-driven systems will be beneficial but is not mandatory.
• Version Control & Collaboration: Familiarity with Maven, Gradle, Git, GitHub, version control, branching, pull requests, code reviews, debugging, and collaborative software-development workflows.
• Testing: Exposure to JUnit, Mockito, TestNG, Postman, unit testing, integration testing, API testing, or automated testing will be beneficial.
• Messaging & Asynchronous Processing: Exposure to Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, caching, message queues, asynchronous processing, scheduled jobs, background processing, or event-driven architecture will be considered an advantage.
• Cloud & DevOps: Exposure to AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, or similar cloud and DevOps technologies will be beneficial.
• Linux & Deployment: Basic understanding of Linux, command-line tools, application deployment, environment configuration, logging, monitoring, and production-support concepts will be advantageous.
• Security: Familiarity with OAuth, JWT, role-based access control, secure coding, input validation, API security, encryption, authentication, and authorization concepts will be beneficial.
• Performance & Scalability: Exposure to application performance optimization, database tuning, connection pooling, caching, scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, observability, and troubleshooting will be advantageous.
• ORM & Persistence: Familiarity with ORM technologies, repositories, persistence layers, entity relationships, transactions, and backend data-access patterns will be beneficial.
• Frontend Exposure (Optional): Exposure to frontend technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, or Vue.js will be beneficial but is not mandatory.
• Additional Advantages: Exposure to automation, data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, generative AI, ERP, CRM, dashboards, reporting systems, or enterprise applications will be considered an additional advantage.
• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Jira, SDLC, technical documentation, requirements gathering, user stories, sprint planning, or issue tracking will be advantageous but is not mandatory.
• Skills: Good analytical, logical, debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. Good communication, documentation, collaboration, and teamwork abilities. Ability to understand business and technical requirements and translate them into practical, reliable, scalable, maintainable, and secure Java backend solutions.
• Willingness: Strong willingness to learn new Java technologies, backend frameworks, databases, APIs, cloud platforms, testing tools, and modern software-engineering practices.
• Projects/Contributions: 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 backend-development experience can also apply.