Backend Engineer
First seen by Alion on Sep 21, 2026.
Position : Backend Engineer (Core Java, AI)
(3 Months Contract)
Overall/Total Experience : 2 - 6 years
Location : Bengaluru/Chennai/Ahmedabad (Only for local candidates)
Working Days : 5 Days Working from Office
Notice Period Requirement : Immediate Joiners Only (within a week)
Client's Company Size : Mid-Sized
Roles & Responsibilities :
- Design and implement moderately complex features with minimal supervision.
- Contribute to system design discussions and provide input on architecture decisions.
- Actively use AI coding assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.) to accelerate development - scaffolding features, writing tests, reviewing code, and debugging.
- Leverage AI tooling to iterate quickly, reduce boilerplate, and ship production-ready code at higher velocity.
- Critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and adherence to team standards before merging.
- Debug and troubleshoot efficiently, with well-reasoned solutions.
Candidate Requirements :
- Strong Backend Software Engineer Profile with strong Core Java expertise.
- Must have 2+ years of hands-on backend software engineering experience.
- Must be able to design and implement moderately complex features with minimal supervision, and contribute to system design and architecture discussions.
- Must be comfortable owning business-critical production components - maintaining connectors, handling customer escalations, security fixes, bug fixes, and building new features end-to-end.
- Must have strong, current Core Java depth with solid, clear coding fundamentals.
- Must have strong core backend engineering fundamentals and experience with scalable systems.
- Must have microservices experience.
- Must have demonstrated, hands-on use of AI coding assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.) as a core part of the daily workflow.
- Must be able to write precise, effective prompts for production-quality output, decompose tasks so AI assistance is effective, and critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and standards before merging.
- Must come from a product company background (B2B SaaS or B2C both acceptable).
Contract Details :
- This is a 3-month contract role.
Skills
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices Architecture