HDFC Securities - Java Architect - Backend Technologies

About Us : HDFC securities is one of the leading stock broking companies in India and a subsidiary of HDFC Bank, a renowned private sector bank. It has been serving a diverse customer base of retail and institutional investors since 2000. Headquartered in Mumbai, it offers an exhaustive product suite to help its customers invest in Equities, IPO/OFS, Buybacks, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Futures & Options for - Equity, Currency, and Commodities, Fixed Deposits, Bonds, NCDs, and National Pension Scheme, along with value added services like Online Will writing and Tax filing. The company offers a host of digital platforms like Mobile Trading App, Desktop based online trading facility, ProTerminal - an advanced trading platform and Arya - a voice enabled investing assistant. It also offers Call N Trade facility and dedicated Relationship Managers to assist customers. Since its inception, the company has established itself as a preferred trading platform (for NSE & BSE), with its integrated 3-in-1 account (Trading Demat Savings) backed by state-of-the-art technology. Over the years, the company has won many awards and recognitions. Currently, the company has 250 branches across 190 cities, serving over 2.1 million customers. We recently launched a discount broking platform called HDFC Sky in addition to HDFC InvestRight, which is our existing full service broking platform. We are currently enhancing and scaling these platforms even further to continue to delight our valued customers. If this sounds exciting to you, come join us As a Backend leader, your responsibilities will include : - Technical ownership , spearheading Architectural Strategy and will be responsible for product direction. - Lead, mentor, and guide a team of backend developers, providing technical expertise and fostering a collaborative environment to achieve project goals effectively. - Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of backend applications using Java ensuring adherence to best practices, coding standards, and project timelines. - Architect, build, and deploy backend applications from scratch. - Interact with stakeholders to understand requirements, analyze the impact of changes, come up with reasonable timelines, and execute. - Plan and execute extensive load testing for services. - Create an execution plan for the team to iterate based on the load test findings to ensure a resilient, selfhealing set of subsystems that have loose coupling and high cohesion. - Understand and analyze existing systems to identify improvements and performance/maintenance issues. - Fix or rebuild existing systems to ensure resilience. - Write extensive test cases in a way that systems can be easily modified in the future with confidence and without ambiguity. - Build ETL pipelines to collect data in a Data lake. - Use the Data lake to power BI and generate reports. - Maintain clear and concise documentation of technical specifications, code changes, and architectural decisions. - Prepare a growth plan for the team and help them achieve it. - Provide regular feedback for the team. - Technical ownership , spearheading Architectural Strategy and will be responsible for product are looking for someone with : - 9-15 years of hands-on experience in Backend technologies. - Strong architectural leadership experience. - Strong experience in Java. - Experience with debugging and solving issues in a cloud environment. - Experience with PostgreSQL or similar databases. - Experience with NoSQL databases. - Deep understanding of technology and architecture in a highly scalable and available environment. - Experience with open-source technologies such as Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka, etc, and their adoption into products. - Proven experience in leading and managing development teams, providing technical guidance and mentorship. - Willingness to work in a startup-like environment. - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Information aspects would be a plus : - Prior experience in FinTech - Experience in using AWS services such as S3, SNS, SQS etc. - Contributed to open-source projects - Experience with Big data pipelines - Experience with BI tools (ref:hirist.tech)

Location: bangalore, IN

Posted Date: 3/26/2025