Senior Staff Engineer, Java React

👋🏼We're Nagarro.

We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (17700+ experts across 39 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We're looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in!

REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering with strong expertise in Java, React, and AWS cloud-native architectures
• Expert-level proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for building scalable, secure, and high-performance RESTful and microservices-based backend systems
• Advanced hands-on experience with React (including Redux/Apollo), modern component architecture, state management, and frontend performance optimization
• Strong expertise in AWS services including AWS Lambda, ECS, VPC, IAM, ECR, and multi-environment cloud deployments
• Extensive experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Proven expertise designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including container build, automated testing, and deployment workflows
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, service-to-service communication patterns, and distributed system design
• Hands-on experience designing secure and scalable REST and GraphQL APIs with versioning strategies and robust error handling
• Experience with containerization using Docker and orchestration within AWS ECS
• Strong knowledge of observability and monitoring tools including Spring Boot Actuator, Micrometer, Prometheus, and structured logging
• Experience optimizing application performance using caching strategies (Varnish), database connection pooling (HikariCP), gzip compression, and frontend optimizations
• Working knowledge of secure application design including TLS encryption, Base64 encoding practices, secure headers, authentication flows, and compliance adherence
• Experience integrating with databases such as Vertica and managing scalable data access patterns
• Demonstrated leadership experience mentoring developers, conducting code reviews, and establishing coding standards
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical architecture, sprint planning, and delivery roadmaps
• Strong stakeholder communication, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and drive end-to-end solution architecture across frontend (React/GraphQL), backend (Java/Spring Boot), and AWS cloud infrastructure
• Lead and mentor a team of developers, ensuring high code quality, performance standards, and continuous skills development
• Translate business requirements into detailed technical designs, sprint tasks, and execution plans
• Design and implement scalable microservices ensuring reliability, maintainability, and performance
• Define and enforce best practices for React component design, Redux/Apollo data flow patterns, and frontend architecture
• Design and implement secure, versioned REST and GraphQL APIs with strong error handling and communication standards
• Lead AWS cloud architecture strategy including ECS containerization, VPC design, IAM configuration, ECR artifact management, and Lambda integrations
• Design and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for consistent multi-environment deployments
• Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Docker-based container workflows
• Implement observability, monitoring, and health reporting using Spring Boot Actuator, Micrometer, Prometheus, and structured logging
• Champion security best practices including encryption, secure headers, authentication patterns, and compliance standards
• Optimize system performance and resilience using caching layers, efficient database connectivity, compression strategies, and frontend performance improvements
• Act as the technical escalation point for complex architectural decisions and production issues
• Drive continuous improvement in scalability, reliability, automation, and engineering excellence
• Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery through proactive sprint governance and stakeholder collaboration

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field