Role Overview
We are looking for a passionate and driven Software Engineer II to join our high-impact engineering team at Blackhawk Network India in Kozhikode, Kerala. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java, Angular, and AWS cloud services. In this role, you will design, build, test, and deploy scalable solutions focused on high availability, precision, and performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze requirements and produce high-quality code for projects, taking ownership of individual modules from design through deployment.
- Use AI-powered developer tools (code assistants, automated test generation, AI code review) to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality standards.
- Design event-driven, cloud-native microservices on AWS with automated failover, auto-scaling, and AI-driven observability (anomaly detection, predictive alerting, intelligent log analysis).
- Follow sound development practices, establish close collaboration with cross-functional teams, and participate in biweekly support rotation. Design, develop, and unit test software applications, adapting and enhancing engineering processes and tools as needed.
- Lead team code reviews, manage code effectively, and improve code management procedures.
- Demonstrate expertise in diagnosing complex issues, contribute to change management processes, and establish good engineering practices.
- Mentor team members on both traditional engineering patterns and emerging AI-assisted development workflows, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
- Write clean, reusable code for readability and testability, ensuring products are performant, scalable, and fault-tolerant.
- Collaborate with architects, product owners, and stakeholders to create and deliver exceptional product requirements, evolving the platform toward AI-ready service boundaries.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of software development expertise, specializing in core Java, Spring Boot, and J2EE ecosystems.
- Advanced Java skills with proficiency in Spring frameworks and the ability to develop multithreaded applications.
- Expertise in RESTful architecture, microservices design, and implementation of REST Web Services. Experience with event-driven patterns (Kafka, SQS/SNS) preferred.
- Experience in database design using PostgreSQL, coupled with a strong grasp of SQL. Familiarity with NoSQL stores (DynamoDB, Redis) is a plus.
- Robust Object-Oriented design and development skills.
- Proficiency in Angular, React, and TypeScript with an understanding of modern component architectures.
- Hands-on AWS experience—Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, CloudFormation or CDK, CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source models)—prompt engineering, function calling, or fine-tuning.
- Comfort using AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) as part of daily development workflow.
- Creative problem-solving abilities and excellent communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the finance or payment industry is preferred.