Software Development Engineer IV (Portals)

Role Purpose:

As a Software Development Engineer IV (SDE IV) at Jumio, you will play a critical role in designing and building scalable backend systems. As a senior individual contributor, you will take ownership of complex features, contribute to architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers. Your focus will be on delivering high-quality, production-ready software while embracing innovation and best practices in software engineering.

Role Value:This role is pivotal to Jumio’s mission of delivering cutting-edge identity verification products. By driving technical excellence and leading by example, you will help accelerate product delivery, improve system reliability, and elevate engineering standards across the team.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design & Development:

• Own and lead the end-to-end development of key features or services across the backend and frontend.
• Collaborate with architects and leads to design scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.
• Write clean, modular, and testable code following TDD, design patterns, and coding best practices.
• Ensure seamless integration between backend services and front-end applications.
  
  

Mentorship & Technical Leadership:

• Guide and mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions.
• Champion engineering best practices such as peer reviews, static code analysis, and CI/CD hygiene.
• Help define coding standards and development workflows that align with Jumio’s quality expectations.

Innovation & Tooling:

• Leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI tools to streamline development and testing workflows.
• Explore and propose new frameworks, libraries, or tooling that can improve team productivity and code quality.

Quality & Performance:

• Work closely with QA and SRE teams to ensure high performance, availability, and test coverage.
• Build and maintain automated test suites for functional, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Monitor production systems, analyze performance metrics, and proactively address bottlenecks.

Cross-Team Collaboration:

• Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, retrospectives, and post-mortems.
• Contribute to documentation, design specs, and engineering knowledge bases.

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have Skills:

• 6+ years of experience in software development, with strong backend skills (e.g., Java, Spring Boot) and experience with frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular) is a plus.
• Deep knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), version control (Git), and Agile methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
• Exposure to or interest in integrating LLMs/AI tools into engineering workflows.
  
  

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, TestNG, Rest Assured).
• Experience working in DevOps-centric environments and using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.

Understanding of secure coding practices and GDPR-compliant development.

@Work:
Based in Prestige Tech Park III, Bangalore, you’ll be part of a collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment. As an SDE IV, you’ll work alongside some of the best minds in the industry to help shape the future of digital identity verification

Jumio Values:

IDEAL: Integrity, Diversity, Empowerment, Accountability, Leading Innovation

Equal Opportunities:

Jumio is a collaboration of people with different ideas, strengths, interests and cultures. We welcome applications and colleagues from all backgrounds and of all statuses.

About Jumio:

Jumio is a B2B technology company dedicated to eradicating online identity fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes to help make the internet safer. We leverage AI, biometrics, machine learning, liveness detection and automation to create solutions that are trusted by leading brands worldwide and respected by industry thought leaders. 

Jumio is the leading provider of online identity verification, eKYC and AML solutions. With a global footprint, we’re expanding the team to meet strong client demand across a range of industries including Financial Services, Travel, Sharing Economy, Fintech, Gaming, and others.

Applicant Data Privacy

We will only use your personal information in connection with Jumio’s application, recruitment, and hiring processes, as described in Jumio’s Applicant Privacy Notice. If you have any questions or comments, please send an email to privacy@jumio.com.