Full Stack Developer

Full Stack Developer with strong expertise in Angular, Java, Spring Boot, and modern backend/frontend technologies to build scalable, secure, and high-performance fintech applications. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining end-to-end applications that handle sensitive financial data, large-scale transactions, and complex business workflows.

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

End-to-End Application Development:

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Node.js, Express, and Oracle DB / MongoDB.
• Convert business requirements, product specs, and UX wireframes into scalable backend services and intuitive frontend interfaces.
• Build reusable UI components, shared libraries, and backend modules to improve development efficiency and consistency.

Frontend Development and User Experience:

• Build responsive, high-performance, and user-friendly web interfaces using Angular and TypeScript.
• Optimise UI for speed, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility, and mobile responsiveness.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to improve customer journeys, reduce friction, and enhance overall user experience.

Backend Engineering and API Development:

• Develop secure, scalable, and high-performance RESTful APIs for fintech features such as loan eligibility, onboarding flows, KYC, document management, and payment services.
• Implement microservices-based architecture using Java Spring Boot, ensuring modular, testable, and maintainable systems.
• Design optimised database schemas and write efficient queries for both SQL and NoSQL databases.

System Architecture and Scalability:

• Participate in system design and architectural discussions to support scalability and high availability.
• Contribute to architecture decisions involving microservices, event-driven systems, caching, API gateways, and database design.
• Design systems capable of handling high traffic, large datasets, and financial workloads.

Security and Compliance:

• Implement security best practices, including data encryption, JWT authentication, authorisation, and secure API communication.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, data privacy standards, and secure handling of PII.
• Collaborate with teams to protect systems against security threats, vulnerabilities, and fraud attempts.

Third-Party Integrations:

• Integrate with external systems and APIs such as KYC/AML providers, payment gateways, loan management systems, and other fintech partners.
• Build fault-tolerant integrations and manage asynchronous data processing where required.

Performance Optimisation and Monitoring:

• Continuously monitor and optimise application performance, API latency, database queries, and UI responsiveness.
• Use monitoring and logging tools like ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, or similar.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions to maintain high system reliability and uptime.

DevOps and Deployment Collaboration:

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate builds and deployments using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.
• Support containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) initiatives.
• Ensure smooth deployments, rollback strategies, and minimal downtime.

Code Quality and Best Practices:

• Write clean, modular, and maintainable code following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Participate in peer code reviews to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Maintain technical documentation for code, APIs, and system architecture.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with product managers, business stakeholders, and designers to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Provide technical inputs during product planning, estimations, and feasibility discussions.
• Communicate progress and technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Ownership and Continuous Improvement:

• Take end-to-end ownership of features from design to deployment and post-production monitoring.
• Proactively recommend new tools, frameworks, and technologies to improve scalability, security, and development speed.
• Stay updated with the latest trends in fintech, full-stack development, and cybersecurity.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3 - 5 years of professional experience in Full Stack Development or Backend / Frontend Engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in Angular and TypeScript for building modern, responsive web applications.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs and integrating third-party services.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.
• Practical experience with authentication and authorisation mechanisms, including JWT, OAuth, and secure API design.
• Familiarity with fintech or financial services systems, including payments, KYC/AML, lending platforms, or transaction processing.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Mandatory experience: Angular+Java.

Good-to-Have:

• Experience with Node.js and Express.js for backend development.
• Exposure to event-driven or distributed systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc. ).
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus, or New Relic.
• Understanding of security best practices, data privacy, and regulatory compliance in financial systems.
• Experience working with high-traffic, high-availability systems.
• Prior experience in a fintech, banking, NBFC, or payments domain.