Sr Software Engineer-Java Backend

Gen is a global company powering Digital Freedom through consumer brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner. Our combined heritage is rooted in providing safety for the first digital generations. We bring leading technology solutions in cybersecurity, privacy and identity protection to more than 500 million users in 150 countries so they can live their digital lives safely, privately, and confidently today and for generations to come. We're always looking for smart, fearless, and dedicated people. Together, we have collective passion and a big vision to power Digital Freedom by protecting consumers and giving them control of their digital lives. When you’re a part of Gen, you are provided access to a range of resources and support to ensure you can do your best work and live your best life. This includes flexible working options with generous time off and competitive benefits & compensation packages. Diversity is foundational to how we do business because we know the greatest ideas and results come from our unique perspectives and differences. We strive to create a safe, inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. Team members are valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are in a meaningful and exciting atmosphere. Gen is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs.

If this sounds like you—Gen has a dynamic, supportive culture with core values that celebrate diversity, promote teamwork, and encourage every team member to contribute and grow—join us!

About the role

Gen Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: GEN) is a global leader in Consumer Cyber Safety. Gen Digital Inc. is dedicated to helping secure the devices, identities, online privacy, and home and family needs for its millions of consumers, providing them with a trusted ally in a complex digital world. Gen Digital Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for its Cloud Services engineering team as part of building SAAS applications supporting Gen products.

What You Will Do in This Role

• Responsible for design, development, maintenance and implementation of software solutions using Java and other open-source frameworks.

• Identifies and suggests solutions to problems of significant scope, work independently and come up with long term & broader solution across all scenarios.

• Performs and be responsible for design, development and implementation of highly complex components in existing products and new offering. Deliver high quality features and product with faster turnaround.

• Work with the product owner to understand business requirements and translate them into relevant technical requirements.

• Provide technical perspective in requirement prioritization and engage with Technical leads/ Architects to set technical product direction by weighing industry trends, competitive information, and product requirements.

• Drive and contribute to technology evaluations for choosing the appropriate and relevant technology for solution development.

• Demonstrate sharp learning curve to acquire an understanding of new technologies, platforms, and applications.

• Apply good design patterns and practices, widely used as well as emerging in industry, for designing and implementing solutions.

• Communicates clearly and effectively within team as well as with other groups like QA, Support and other product/engineering teams.

• Ability to successfully work under tight project deadlines. Self-motivated, team player, action and results-oriented, custom-centered.

• Works with minimum or no supervision on development and related tasks.

What You’ll Need to be Successful in this Role

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent educational qualification and experience required.

• 4+ years of software development experience, specifically in Enterprise software development. Development experience for server-side applications. (Java, Spring, Spring boot, Hibernate)

• 2+ years of cloud developer experience, either on AWS or Azure.

• 1+ Years of experience in no-sql databases (DynamoDB/Cosmos DB/MongoDB)

• 2+ Years of experience in developing RESTful enterprise services.

• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD using Jenkins/team city.

• 3+ years of experience in writing unit tests and automation tools like Cucumber.

• Exposure to Enterprise software design and development frameworks including the open-source frameworks.

• Having product development experience in the Cybersecurity domain is a plus.

• Having experience in AI/ML and bigdata technologies is a plus.

• Excellent programming and computer science skills, analytical skills. Strong problem solving and debugging skills. Strong hands on with programming, debugging, technologies, and software design and development tools.

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency. 

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws. 

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.