Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Location: Bangalore, India

Years of experience: Minimum of 5 years

Main tech stack: Java, Spring boot & Microservices

About Circles

Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform - Circles X, helping telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands through its offerings.

Having pioneered a successful blueprint for disrupting the telco space in Singapore, Circles has since launched its own digital telco, Circles.Life, in Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. Circles has also partnered with other telco operators to launch digital services, enabling our partners to accelerate growth and capture market share within a short period of time.

Today, Circles is partnering with operators in 14 countries to deliver delightful digital experiences to millions of people through our businesses.

We are backed by global investors such as Sequoia, Warburg Pincus, EDBI and Founders Fund – renowned backers of industry-shaking innovators.

Job Description

As our Senior Software Engineer (Back End), you'll be responsible for integration with third party systems to facilitate delivery of new features based on core platform capability, enhancing the existing ones as well as supporting them in production. You will also be responsible for contributing to reusable libraries or technology platforms that address multiple use cases. You will work towards delivering specific milestones and objectives in a very dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with Engineers to devise the best technical strategies and Execute platform enhancements.
• Own the delivery of timelines, ensuring high-quality results.
• Establish software development best practices and encourage team adoption.
• Work with non-technical stakeholders (Product Managers, Designers, Marketing, Operations) to align on business objectives.
• Mentor a team of engineers, providing guidance and support.
• Foster a culture of excellence and problem-solving within the team.
• Ensure functional availability and enhance products based on requirements.
• Manage cloud-based services, web applications, and RESTful web services
• Own the engineering excellence and operational readiness of services, meeting SLAs and SLOs.
• Drive service quality, security, scalability, and other performance aspects.
• Dive deep into issues, providing both reactive and long-term solutions.
• Assist other Support Engineers on complex RCA issues.
• Provide technical mentoring and guidance to fellow engineers.
• Offer L3 engineering support.
  
  

Job Requirements

• Strong experience in designing highly scalable and available products.
• Preferred 5+ years of experience with microservices platforms.
• Proficiency in the full SDLC, from analysis to post-production support.
• Proficiency in at least one server-side framework, with priority given to Java (e.g., Spring Boot)
• Experience with NoSQL and SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Preferred experience in Elasticsearch and Kibana (ELK Stack).
• Experience with messaging systems like RabbitMQ.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Willingness to support off-hours.
• Program at a system level and maintain scalable, extensible code.
• Methodical in keeping documentation up to date.
• Metric-driven mindset and a commitment to clean coding practices.
• Experience with language specific test cases
• Preferred experience in product development
• Proficiency in at least one modern web front-end development framework, to reverse-engineer issues when needed (e.g., React JS) is a bonus.
• Knowledge of different communication protocols (HTTP(S), TCP, FTP etc.), able to read through different data transfer protocols like SOAP or JSON.
• Basic knowledge of various authentication and authorization mechanisms to ease the third-party integration process.
  
  

What’s On Offer.

We provide a great environment and platform for employees to build their career. In this role, you can expect:

• Unique opportunity to be a part of innovating the telecommunications industry.
• Once in a lifetime chance to help shape a brand from the ground up.
• Autonomy in the role and in managing your own portfolio.
• Exposure to the fast-paced world of high-tech start-ups.
• Attractive experience and compensation.
• Working with passionate, smart and driven colleagues in a vibrant environment.
• Get continuous mentoring to fast-track your career.