FreshDirect · 1 day ago
Java Backend Architect
Woodbridge, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
6+ years expFreshDirect is New York’s most trusted online grocery brand, delivering high-quality groceries and food to New Yorkers for over 20 years. The company is seeking a Java Backend Architect to enhance their tech and product teams in Istanbul, focusing on API design and development, as well as optimizing logistics and personalization systems.
BakeryCateringCoffeeCraft BeerDelivery ServiceFood DeliveryFood ProcessingFruitGroceryTea
Responsibilities
Participate in team ceremonies, training, meetings, defect remediation, and metrics
Coordinate with stakeholders and engineering team members to understand, and review functional specifications, requirements, designs, and test cases
Actively oversee reviews (functional and technical), identify, and help bridge gaps in requirements, particularly around use-cases and workflows (considers happy path, alternate paths, user-error, and system-error workflows)
Review, implement, maintain, and execute manual test cases
Responsible for testing, tracking, and managing defects for one or more teams
Conduct regular Functional Test Coverage reviews, alert project leadership of any critical dependencies, risks, or constraints, and recommend remediation steps
Responsible for test-plan implementation, test peer-reviews, test assignment, and actively seeking quick resolution of bugs based on their severity/priority
Analyze test results to predict user behavior, identify bugs, and work with the project team to triage
Ensure delivery of the assigned project is on schedule and communicate risks on time
Contribute to estimating efforts required, preparing test strategy for functional and regression testing
Maintain primary ownership of the QA environment(s), test data creation, and working closely with the project team, driving, and maintaining transparency and predictability for the release by sharing test summary reports at the end of each sprint
Participate in mentoring, training, and guidance of junior and new team
Qualification
Required
API design and development of RESTful Services
Solid core Java and J2EE
Good experience with Kotlin, GraphQL
Experience on Caching frameworks like REDIS, Ehcache
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes environments
Practical Linux/Solaris knowledge and shell scripting
Experience with implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Github Actions
Experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA, JMS, ActiveMQ
Experience with relational databases and queries, on Oracle 12c or later, SQL, PL/SQL, database design and query optimization
Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools like Dynatrace, AppDynamics OR NewRelic
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt existing systems to fast-changing requirements
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
High-energy individual who cares deeply about what they are working on
Strong experience in manual testing for both desktop and mobile applications, including writing and executing SQL queries
Expertise in API testing with tools such as Postman
Proven ability to develop QA test plans, test strategies, and project staffing estimates
Experience with test management tools such as Zephyr and Jira
Ability to validate software performance against established guidelines
Skilled in writing, reviewing, and maintaining quality standards, test cases, and test procedures
Strong background in usability, functional, and regression testing
Hands-on experience with cross-device, cross-browser/OS, and screen resolution testing of web and mobile applications
Proficiency in defect management tracking, reporting, and communicating status with developers and stakeholders
Excellent knowledge of the SDLC and Agile/Scrum methodologies
Ability to create and analyze test data for data-driven testing
Experience mentoring junior team members in QA methodologies, practices, and techniques
Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent, with 7+ years of QA experience
Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
Ability to work effectively in collaborative, fast-paced environments, while managing multiple priorities and meeting critical deadlines
Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables
Preferred
Strong experience in E-Commerce and high transaction-processing environment
Experience with Cloud technologies like AWS, GCP
Web fundamentals like HTML, JavaScript/CSS, SEO, and accessibility
JavaScript frameworks like React, Node.js or Ember etc., or JS-based build tools like Grunt, Gulp, and Bower
CSS frameworks - Foundation, Bootstrap, Sass/LESS
System administration (F5 load balancer, firewalls, Akamai)
Experience with PCI compliance and modern security standards
Data Science and machine learning algorithms
Company
FreshDirect
FreshDirect delivers fresh food to residences and offices.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$280MKey Investors
J.P. Morgan Asset ManagementAIG Investments
2023-11-08Acquired
2016-09-26Private Equity· $189M
2014-04-02Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
Dickson Aladesanmi
Chief Financial Officer
Amit Thummala
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-10-24
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