Senior R&D Engineer

As a Senior R&D Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and developing cutting-edge, cloud-native applications using Java, Spring boot. You’ll have the chance to craft customer-focused solutions that make a real impact, leveraging your strong background in containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies, to power high-performance enterprise applications.

• Contribute to product design and feature development within an Agile team, taking ownership of assigned software components and design specifications.
• Ensure product quality by writing automated unit and integration tests, troubleshooting issues, and implementing hotfixes or patches as needed.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Support, Customer Projects, and Documentation teams to resolve issues promptly and deliver well-documented features.
• Lead fault analysis, RCA/EDA, and continuous quality improvement initiatives within your area of responsibility.
• Drive performance optimization, issue resolution, and ongoing enhancements to strengthen product reliability and customer experience

You Have:

• Graduate/ Post Graduate in Engineering or equivalent degree with 6-10 years of expertise as a Java J2EE developer with hands-on experience across the stack — from database to web tier — and solid understanding of web deployment architecture (DB, web servers, clustering, networking).
• Proven experience with Spring Boot, microservices-based architecture, and deep knowledge of libraries/APIs with the ability to explain design choices.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve performance issues, with strong knowledge of the Java memory model and JVM diagnostic tools.
• Proficiency in Linux command-line operations, including basic file manipulation and maintenance tasks; familiarity with bash scripting.
• Experience in CICD based environment with hands on experience with helm
• Working experience of container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, with hands-on implementation experience

Good to Have:

• Exposure to databases such as MariaDB, Cassandra, or MongoDB for scalable data management.
• Interest and hands-on exposure to Generative AI (GenAI), with passion for learning and adapting to emerging technologies quickly.

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.
We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark