Java Backend Engineer-SDE-2

Java Backend Engineer Experience : 3 - 5 Years Location : Bangalore/Remote Type : Full-time About Digit88 Digit88 is an AI-native product engineering partner helping startups and enterprises build, scale and operate intelligent software products. We are a lean, high-impact team of 75+ technologists, backed by leaders with deep experience across startups and global enterprises. We build strong, outcome-driven engineering teams that solve complex, real-world problems. From GenAI applications and data platforms to enterprise-grade SaaS, we deliver scalable, reliable, production-ready systems. Our expertise spans AI/ML, RAG systems, agentic workflows and large-scale data engineering - enabling businesses to move from idea to production with speed and confidence. Our teams operate as a true extension of our clients, with full ownership and flexible engagement models focused on measurable business outcomes - not just delivery. With 80+ AI implementations and proven success in scaling dedicated teams and driving significant cost efficiencies, we partner for long-term impact. We bring experience across B2B and B2C SaaS, web and mobile platforms, e-commerce and domains such as Conversational AI, HealthTech, IoT, ESG/Energy and Data Engineering - thriving in fast-paced, high-ownership environments. Job Profile: We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, hands-on senior backend engineer with great troubleshooting skills to join our engineering team. Experience with a fast-paced India/US product start-up or a product engineering services company in a senior front-end engineer role, building and managing a high-performance real-time system is mandatory. To be successful in this role, you should possess: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with a minimum 3 years experience working as a Java platform developer in distributed systems Strong in Core Java, Data Structures, J2EE Practical experience in Spring MVC, Spring boot, Microservices architecture, Web Services Hands on with MySQL and DynamoDB and/or NoSQL databases, Hibernate Practical experience with Caching frameworks Memcached/Redis, Message Queues Strong experience with CI/CD, Container architecture - Docker/Jenkins and build scripts Maven/Ant, Kubernetes. Designed and implemented scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions using AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC, ensuring alignment with organizational requirements and best practices. Should have built high performance, high availability REST APIs and REST clients. Strong problem solving skills. Experience with Kafka is a definite plus. Experience with building analytics pipeline and analytics DB is a plus Benefits/Culture @ Digit88: Comprehensive Insurance (Life, Health, Accident) Flexible Work Model Accelerated learning & non-linear growth Flat organization structure driven by ownership and accountability Work with global peers, including top engineers and professionals from companies like Apple, Amazon, IBM Research, and Adobe Make a global impact with your work, leading innovations in Conversational AI, Tele-Medicine, Healthcare, and more Collaborate with a founding team of serial entrepreneurs with multiple successful exits, offering immense learning opportunities and challenges Join us and partner in our growth journey!