Full-Stack Engineer - Pune

GFT Technologies is a leader in digital transformation, delivering sustainable solutions across emerging technologies such as cloud engineering, artificial intelligence, and blockchain/DLT. With extensive technological expertise and strong industry partnerships, GFT provides advisory and development services primarily to the financial and insurance sectors, as well as manufacturing. By leveraging intelligent IT solutions, GFT enhances productivity and creates significant value for its clients, enabling them to access scalable IT applications and innovative business models securely and efficiently.

Founded in Germany in 1987, GFT has grown into a trusted software engineering and consulting partner for the global financial industry, serving many of the world’s largest banks. The company fosters an environment that encourages employees to explore their potential and pursue opportunities that drive value. Diversity, equality, and inclusion are integral to GFT’s culture, reflected in its recognition as a ‘Great Place to Work’ in the APAC region for 2022/23. This role offers the chance to join a forward-thinking organization committed to an inclusive workplace.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Java, Quarkus, and Spring frameworks.
- Build and enhance frontend applications with TypeScript and Lit to deliver responsive and maintainable user experiences.
- Develop and support containerized applications using Docker, and deploy or troubleshoot them within Kubernetes (k8s) environments.
- Design, document, and maintain API contracts utilizing REST, GraphQL, and Swagger specifications.
- Implement asynchronous and event-driven integrations using Solace messaging and related patterns.
- Develop and optimize data access and persistence layers with PostgreSQL.
- Collaborate closely with architecture, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure applications are secure, observable, and production-ready.
- Translate business and technical requirements into robust fullstack solutions spanning UI, services, integrations, and data layers.
- Participate actively in code reviews, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and release support throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Contribute to reusable components, engineering standards, and delivery practices to improve maintainability and consistency across teams.
- Support integration-heavy enterprise solutions where reliability, traceability, and compliance are critical.
- Work collaboratively with globally distributed teams, gradually taking on greater ownership of delivery responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

- Proven experience in fullstack software engineering within enterprise or product delivery settings.
- Strong backend development skills in Java, with hands-on experience in Quarkus and Spring frameworks.
- Solid frontend development expertise using TypeScript and Lit.
- Experience building and consuming APIs with REST and GraphQL, including API documentation using Swagger.
- Proficiency in containerized development with Docker and deployment or operational support in Kubernetes environments.
- Experience working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
- Familiarity with event-driven or message-based integration using Solace or similar messaging platforms.
- Good understanding of service design, system integration, and distributed application architectures.
- Skilled in testing, code review, debugging, and modern software delivery methodologies.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

- Experience in banking, financial services, or other regulated enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with integration-heavy systems involving APIs, messaging, and multiple upstream or downstream dependencies.
- Exposure to secure application design, observability, production support, and operational readiness.
- Experience working closely with DevOps and platform teams in containerized and cloud-enabled environments.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards, reusable frontend component design, and enterprise UI best practices.
- Experience collaborating within globally distributed engineering teams and phased onboarding models.

This position offers the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge digital banking and platform solutions within a progressive and inclusive company culture.