Ready API Senior Software Engineer

At SmartBear, we deliver the complete visibility developers need to make each release better than the last. Our award winning and industry favorite tools TestComplete, Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr are trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.  

Lead Backend Engineer - ReadyAPI 

• Work on tangible industry leading products development that hundreds of thousands of software developers worldwide use daily. 
• Gaining exposure to cutting-edge development technology.
• Tech stack: Java 17/11, HTTP, REST API, Maven, Git, Docker, GitHub
• The successful candidate will work from our Bangalore office in hybrid model

Product intro 

ReadyAPI allows teams to create, manage, and execute automated functional, security, and performance tests in one centralized interface. 

With ReadyAPI development teams around the world (e.g. NASA, FedEx, ...) can test API types like REST, SOAP, Apache Kafka, MQTT.  Record live API traffic, or virtualizing web services to remove pipeline dependencies. Finally integrates with GIT, JIRA, Slack, Jenkins and many more development tools. 

Go to our product page if you want to know more about ReadyAPI 

You can even have a free trial to check it out 😊  

About the role:

As a Lead Backend Engineer you will be working on developing the product functionalities and adding capabilities for our user. You can look forward to working with our best and brightest engineers, product managers, and UX folks.  

• Take part in development and integration of separate modules of application
• Solve challenges in different areas : microservices architecture , async API, Desktop application, data modelling etc.
• Contribute to and hold when required technical discussions and requirement analysis with internal partners to drive alignment with product needs
• Drive high engineering standards engaging in peer design and code reviews, grooming sessions, etc.
• Make sure test coverage and code quality are in line with established guidelines
• Collaborate with teams of developers, testers, UX designers, product managers geographically spread across our different locations

We are looking for you if you have:

• 4 years of Java development experience. Knowledge of Desktop application Development will be an added advantage.
• Problem solver with good analytical skills.
• Experience working with HTTP, REST API, Maven, Git,
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines driving automation and quality
• Knowledge of design patterns and performance best practices
• Experience in following would be a big plus: GraphQL, SOAP, Apache Kafka, MQTT, JIRA, OAuth2, Jenkins, JavaFX, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Groovy

Good to Have:

• Good understanding of infrastructure and related technologies (hardware, networking, virtualization, Cloud, AWS, SaltStack, Docker, etc.)
• Knowledge of server and network capabilities and configurations
• Experience with network fundamentals (e.g., TCP/IP, IP Tables, NAT, routing protocols), UDP, DNS, OSI layers, load balancing, routing, service discovery.

Why you should join the SmartBear crew: 

• You can grow your career at every level. 
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person. 
• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes. 

Did you know?

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place. 
• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve. 
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland and Bangalore, India. 
• We’ve won major industry (product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and BuiltIn Best Places to Work.

SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status. 

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