SDE 3 (Senior Software Engineer)

Role Overview

Senior Software Engineer (SDE 3) at Weekday AI for one of the company's clients. Full-time position based in India, Abu Dhabi, or United Arab Emirates.

Role Purpose

Contribute to building scalable products and technology platforms from the ground up as a core member of the engineering team. This is a strong individual contributor role for an engineer who solves complex technical problems, writes high-quality code, and takes ownership across the complete software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Development & Architecture

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software applications and backend services.
• Develop high-quality backend applications using Java and Spring Framework.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into reliable and maintainable software solutions.
• Design efficient solutions using appropriate data structures and algorithms.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and make sound design decisions based on scalability, performance, maintainability, and reliability.
• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architecture and platform decisions.

Quality & Testing

• Write comprehensive unit, integration, and functional tests to ensure application quality.
• Proactively identify potential bugs, edge cases, performance issues, and reliability risks before they reach production.
• Debug complex application issues and perform detailed root-cause analysis.

Collaboration & Standards

• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis through production monitoring.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, Architecture, and other engineering teams to deliver features end-to-end.
• Review code and contribute to engineering standards, development practices, and technical documentation.

Operations & Optimization

• Support application deployment, production releases, monitoring, and post-deployment troubleshooting.
• Identify opportunities for performance optimisation, automation, refactoring, and technical debt reduction.

Ownership & Growth

• Take ownership of assigned technical initiatives and drive them through design, implementation, testing, and production delivery.
• Continuously learn and adopt modern software engineering practices and technologies.
• Contribute to building scalable products and platforms suitable for high-volume consumer applications.

Qualifications & Experience

• 7+ years of strong individual-contributor experience in software engineering or backend development.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience designing and developing scalable backend applications and services.
• Experience working across the complete software development lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Experience building products or platforms for high-scale internet businesses, startups, fintech, or consumer technology environments is preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong hands-on expertise in Java and the Spring Framework / Spring Boot ecosystem.
• Excellent understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Strong understanding of design trade-offs involving performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Apply strong object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and clean coding practices.
• Strong debugging skills and a proactive mindset toward identifying hidden defects and edge cases before production.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, clean code, design patterns, testing, and version control.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a passion for solving complex technical challenges.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and responsibility for technical outcomes.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a high-performing engineering team.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where engineers are expected to take significant ownership and contribute beyond narrowly defined responsibilities.

Additional Information

• Salary range: Rs 45,000,000 – Rs 47,000,000 (INR 45–47 LPA)
• Job Type: Full-time