Job Title: Java Developer
Department: Information Technology
About Business line/Function: BNP Paribas Information Technology team is part of the bank’s leading solution provider to global financial services, across capital markets, securities services, advisory, finance and treasury. Our teams work in multi-cultural and empowered squads who deliver new functionalities and enhancements on a frequent basis.
Position Purpose: Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable Java-based backend services and middle business layer components within enterprise full-stack applications. Own backend architecture decisions, API design, data access patterns, and integration with upstream and downstream systems. Work competently across the existing frontend layer using Angular/TypeScript/React. Bring the depth of an experienced backend engineer with the breadth to contribute across the full stack. Leverage AI-assisted development tools as a standard part of day-to-day engineering practice.
Responsibilities
Direct Responsibilities
- Develop scalable full-stack solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular).
- Design and optimize high-performance APIs with security, caching, and fault tolerance.
- Develop robust backend services with efficient database interactions.
- Build responsive UI with seamless backend integration.
- Automate CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable software delivery.
- Lead cloud-native deployments with containerization, auto-scaling, and cost optimization.
- Enforce Quality-first engineering: Unit, integration, and ensure high code quality with SonarQube.
- Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and drive technical excellence across the team.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
Contributing Responsibilities
- Contribute to technical design discussions and architecture decisions, particularly around API design, data layer, and system integration
- Participate in code reviews and enforce clean code and quality gate standards
- Support knowledge transfer and capability building within the India Solutions team
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, QA, infrastructure) on integration and delivery
- Contribute to improving DevSecOps maturity and SDLC practices within the team
Technical & Behavioral Competencies
- Autonomy & Ownership: Ability to work autonomously and take end-to-end ownership of backend components
- Industry Expertise: Experience in large-scale regulated enterprise environments (banking/financial services preferred)
- Collaboration & Communication: Strong collaborative and communication skills to work in a global team
Specific Qualifications:
Experience Level: 6+ years
- 4+ years with Java backend development at enterprise scale
- 4+ years with Spring Boot/Spring MVC in production environments
- Demonstrated good experience across the listed Technical skills.
- Familiarity with frontend integration using Angular/TypeScript/React
- Experience with legacy system refactoring to target architecture
- Active use of AI coding assistants in daily workflow
Domain Experience:
- Banking, financial services, or similarly regulated enterprise environments preferred
- Experience in GCC or offshore delivery models advantageous
- Exposure to high-volume, high-availability backend systems
Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)
Technical Skills: Required Skill Group
Core Java & JDK 21+
- Modern language features – records, sealed classes, pattern matching, text blocks, and functional APIs (streams, Optional).
- Concurrency & Parallelism – virtual threads (Project Loom), Completable Future, Executor Service, Fork/Join, and basic lock/atomic primitives.
- JVM & GC tuning – G1/ZGC behavior, heap dump analysis, JFR profiling, and module system (JPMS) usage.
- Logging / Instrumentation / Error Handling
- Build & Unit test foundation – Maven/Gradle multi module builds, JUnit 5 + AssertJ, static code checks (SpotBugs), and basic GraalVM native image awareness.
Spring Ecosystem
- Spring Boot 3.x – create micro service skeletons, auto configuration, actuator health checks, and simple security (JWT/OAuth2).,
- Spring Data (JPA/R2DBC) – entity mapping, query hint optimisation, reactive repositories, and transaction demarcation.
- Spring Cloud basics – service discovery (Eureka), API gateway pattern, externalised config (Config Server), and circuit breaker (Resilience4j).
- Either Spring Batch OR Spring MVC OR Spring Integration
- Spring Security fundamentals – CSRF protection, OAuth2 resource server setup, basic role based access control, and token validation.
Database & Data Access Engineering
- SQL & query optimization – complex CTEs, window functions, indexing strategies, and execution plan analysis (PostgreSQL/Oracle/MySQL).
- ORM performance – JPA/Hibernate mapping, N+1 detection, second level cache, batch inserts/updates, and @QueryHints.
- NoSQL & caching – when to use MongoDB, GraphDB, Redis (session/Cache aside), basic data modeling, and TTL/eviction policies.
- Migrations & transactions – Flyway/Liquibase versioning, multi DB transaction handling (JTA), and isolation level choices.
Design & Architecture
- Clean / Hexagonal architecture – ports and adapters, dependency inversion, and keeping frameworks at the outer ring.
- Domain Driven Design basics – bounded contexts, aggregates, domain events, and idempotent processing.
- API first & contract – OpenAPI/Swagger spec authoring, versioning strategy, and consumer driven contract testing (Pact).
- Event driven patterns – Kafka or RabbitMQ producers/consumers, out box pattern, and basic saga (choreography) implementation.
- Security: Public Keys / Hash Concepts. Design around Access Control, Role Based security.
- Awareness around: Microservices design Pattern
- Concepts like - Circuit breaker, load balancer
DevOps
- Containerization & K8s – Docker multi stage builds, Helm chart basics, pod liveness/readiness probes.
- CI/CD pipeline basics – Jenkins/Argo CD job that runs unit, integration, and static analysis steps; artefact publishing.
- Observability starter – expose Prometheus metrics, configure a basic Grafana dashboard, and ship structured logs to ELK.
- Testing & Quality Engineering 1. Test pyramid implementation – unit (JUnit 5/Mockito), integration (Testcontainers), contract (Pact).
- 2. Performance & load testing – JMeter script creation, baseline latency/SLO definition, simple analysis of results.
- 3. Static analysis & coverage – SonarQube quality gate, JaCoCo coverage threshold, SpotBugs rule set. Frontend Proficient working within existing Angular/TypeScript/NodeJS/NPM frameworks. AI Tools Daily use of AI DevAssistants (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate implementation across all skill areas
Behavioral Skills:
- Eagerness to solve a problem area/ challenging topic and make a difference.
- Cross-functional collaboration across frontend, QA, and infrastructure teams
- Structured communication of technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders
- Adaptability to legacy and greenfield environments
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Location: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai
About BNP Paribas Group:
BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.
About BNP Paribas India Solutions:
Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.
