Tech Lead, Software Development Engineering

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Job Title

Tech Lead, Software Development Engineering

JD 1: Mid-Level Backend Engineer

Experience: 4-6 years

Location: Onsite - Pune/Chennai

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to build and maintain core backend services for a modern banking platform. You will work on microservices, API integrations, event-driven processing, and production-grade engineering practices in a cloud-native environment.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend services using Java/SpringBoot/Quarkus.

Build asynchronous/event-driven services using Kafka.

Implement and consume REST/gRPC APIs for internal and external integrations.

Design robust processing flows with retries, error handling, and observability.

Work with PostgreSQL-compatible databases (including distributed SQL setups) and schema migrations.

Write unit, integration, and API tests; contribute to code quality and CI/CD standards.

Participate in incident troubleshooting and continuous reliability improvement.

Must-Have Skills

4-6 years of backend engineering experience with strong Java fundamentals.

Hands-on experience with Spring Boot for microservice development.

Experience with microservices and REST API development.

Practical knowledge of Kafka/event-driven architecture.

Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar).

Experience with Liquibase (or equivalent migration tooling).

Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift basics.

Experience with automated testing (JUnit and API testing tools).

Nice-to-Have

Quarkus framework experience.

gRPC exposure.

Domain exposure to banking/payments/financial services.

Apache Camel experience.

BDD testing (Cucumber), Testcontainers.

Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv.  Please:

• Apply using your legal name
• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

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Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law. 

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