Senior Software Engineer

Who are we?

At Finastra, we're a global leader in financial services software, dedicated to expanding access to financial services and shaping what's next for the industry. Our technology powers mission‑critical solutions across Lending, Payments and Universal Banking, supporting over 7,000 customers, including 80% of the world's top 50 banks, in more than 110 countries.

What will you contribute?

Reporting to the Director , the Senior Software Enginner designs, develops, analyzes, and maintains high-quality software product applications.  This position is located in Pune.

Senior software Engineer - Cloud‑Native Microservices

We're looking for a hands‑on, expert‑level Java engineer to build and evolve cloud‑native microservices that power mission‑critical platforms. You will work closely with Solution & Technical Architects, Developer Leads, and partner teams to design, implement, and ship resilient services at scale.

This is a code‑first leadership role: you will own complex services end‑to‑end, raise engineering quality bars, and mentor others on modern distributed systems practices.

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

Architecture & Design

• Design and implement microservices in Java (preferably Spring Boot / Spring Cloud) with clean architecture, domain‑driven design (DDD), and well‑bounded contexts.
• Model APIs and events using OpenAPI/Swagger and AsyncAPI; define idempotent, versioned contracts and backward‑compatible schema evolution.
• Build event‑driven flows using Kafka/Pulsar (streams, outbox, replay, exactly‑once/at‑least‑once semantics) and transactional messaging patterns.
• Apply resiliency patterns (circuit breakers, timeouts, retries, bulkheads) and performance‑oriented design (threading, async/non‑blocking IO with Virtual Threads / CompletableFuture, connection pooling, profiling).

Implementation & Quality

• Write high‑quality Java code with strong unit, contract, integration, and performance tests (JUnit, AssertJ, Testcontainers, WireMock, Gatling, JMH).
• Ensure observability by design: distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), structured logging (JSON), metrics (Micrometer/Prometheus), health checks, and golden signals.
• Champion secure coding (OWASP Top 10, secrets management, OAuth2/OIDC/JWT), data governance (PII masking, encryption at rest/in transit), and SAST/DAST gate compliance.

Cloud, Platform & Delivery

• Containerize services (Docker) and deploy to Kubernetes (Helm/Kustomize); optimize resources (HPA, liveness/readiness probes) and implement blue/green and canary rollouts.
• Automate CI/CD (GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps / Jenkins) using trunk‑based development, feature flags, and progressive delivery.
• Partner with Architects on non‑functional requirements (latency, throughput, availability, cost), perform load and chaos testing, and drive SLO/SLA adherence.

Legacy Modernization & Data Integration

• Work effectively with existing relational database constructs such as stored procedures, functions, sequences, triggers, and batch jobs.
• Assess legacy database‑centric or monolithic designs and drive migration to modern, microservices‑based architectures.
• Refactor or redesign stored‑procedure‑heavy logic into service‑based, domain‑aligned implementations, ensuring data consistency, performance, and backward compatibility.
• Define data migration and co‑existence strategies (dual‑writes, strangler pattern, phased decommissioning) during modernization initiatives.

Collaboration & Mentoring

• Work with Solution and Technical Architects during discovery and grooming; refine requirements into executable designs.
• Collaborate with vendor teams (e.g., Cybage) by reviewing designs and PRs, enforcing standards, and providing clear, constructive feedback.
• Mentor engineers on microservices design, concurrency, performance tuning, observability, testing discipline, and modernization best practices.

What You'll Bring (Required Qualifications)

• 6-8+ years of professional software development experience; 4+ years building Java microservices in production.
• Deep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot/Spring Cloud, Gradle/Maven, REST/JSON; gRPC/Protobuf is a plus.
• Strong experience with Kafka (streams, schema registry - Avro/Protobuf, consumer groups, partitioning, rebalancing) and transactional data patterns (sagas, outbox).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems (consistency models, CAP, retries vs idempotency, back pressure, eventual consistency, caching).
• Proven experience with relational databases, including hands‑on knowledge of stored procedures, sequences, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to modernize legacy systems and data models into scalable, cloud‑native microservices.
• Production experience on Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP): networking, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd - bonus), secrets, IAM, and cost awareness.
• Strong testing discipline: unit, contract (Pact/AssertJ JSON), integration (Testcontainers), E2E, performance (Gatling/JMH), and CI automation.
• Observability expertise: OpenTelemetry, Micrometer, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK; ability to debug production issues using traces and high‑cardinality logs.
• Security experience: OAuth2/OIDC/JWT, TLS/mTLS, certificate rotation, vulnerability remediation, SAST/DAST familiarity.
• Ability to review architectural and vendor deliverables, identify gaps, and guide remediation.
• Experience with Vert.x and/or gRPC.

Nice to Have (Preferred)

• Knowledge of CQRS/Event Sourcing, workflow orchestration (Temporal/Cadence), or Debezium/CDC.
• Data stores: Postgres/MySQL, Redis, MongoDB/Cosmos/DocumentDB, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
• API gateways and service mesh capabilities (rate limiting, circuit breaking, authN/authZ).
• Prior experience with platform engineering, internal developer platforms, or Backstage.

We are proud to offer a range of incentives to our employees worldwide. These benefits are available to everyone, regardless of grade, and reflect the values we uphold:

·       Flexibility: Enjoy unlimited vacation, based on your location and business priorities. Hybrid working arrangements, and inclusive policies such as paid time off for voting, bereavement, and sick leave.

·       Well-being: Access Confidential one-on-one therapy through our Employee Assistance Program, find support from our network of Wellbeing Champions and Gather Groups, and a calendar of monthly events and initiatives designed to help you thrive - Inside and Outside of work.

·       Medical, life & disability insurance, retirement plan, lifestyle and other benefits*

·       Sustainability: Benefit from paid time off for volunteering and donation matching.

·       DEI: Participate in multiple DE&I groups for open involvement (e.g., Count Me In, Culture@Finastra, Proud@Finastra, Disabilities@Finastra, Women@Finastra).

·       Career Development: Access online learning and accredited courses through our Skills & Career Navigator tool.

·       Recognition: Be part of our global recognition program, Finastra Celebrates, and contribute to regular employee surveys to help shape Finastra and foster a culture where everyone is engaged and empowered to perform at their best.

*Specific benefits may vary by location.

At Finastra, each individual is unique, bringing their own ideas, thoughts, cultural beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences together. We learn from one another, embrace and celebrate our differences, and create an environment where everyone feels safe to be themselves.

Be unique, be exceptional, and help us make a difference at Finastra!