Senior.Software Engineer (Java, Kafka)

Responsibilities

• Coding in Java8, Spring, Microservices, WebFlux/Reactive Programing, Rest services, Kafka, PCF, Azure, Spring Cloud Config, and NoSQL technologies.
• Solve technical problems using cutting-edge technologies and best practices.
• Ensure code meets the required development standards and is optimized for performance.
• Unit testing for each line of new code introduced (JUnit/Mockito)
• Peer code review process using GIT pull requests and Crucible (for SVN)
• Propose multiple solutions to a problem, showing how one option is better than another.
• Ensure all aspects of technical design are correctly incorporated.
• Contribute to research and implementing POC’s as required.
• Collaborating with the onsite team in scrum ceremonies.
• Build and integrate AI-enabled services (e.g., semantic search, recommendations, summarization) into Java/Spring microservices using approved APIs/SDKs.
• Design and implement RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns: chunking, embeddings, vector search, prompt templates, and response post-processing.
• Develop and maintain prompt engineering assets (system prompts, guardrails, evaluation prompts) and version them alongside code.
• Implement AI safety and governance controls: PII redaction, content filtering, data retention, audit logging, and policy compliance.
• Create evaluation and monitoring for AI features: quality metrics, hallucination tests, regression suites, offline/online A/B testing, and drift monitoring.
• Optimize latency and cost for AI workloads via caching, batching, rate limiting, and fallbacks; instrument end-to-end tracing and observability.
• Collaborate with product, data science, and security teams to move AI POCs to production with clear SLOs and operational readiness.

Desirable Competencies

• 6+ years of experience in Java/J2EE, design, development, and solution
• Experienced in Java/J2EE development, design, and solutions.
• Good understanding of code quality and Java coding standards
• Experience in using different design patterns, providing solutions at large scale
• Good command of Java unit testing, Good debugging skills, Worked on SOA and RESTful web services.
• Good communication skills are required.
• Worked in processes like Agile or Scrum or Kanban.
• Knowledge about Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Must experience in Java/J2EE, Spring, JPA, JavaScript, Angular JS or jQuery, ORM tools like Hibernate or iBatis, SQL DB skill either using Oracle or MySQL, Build scripting using either Ant or Maven or Gradle, JUNIT, Mockito or JMock or EasyMock
• Good to have Performance tuning, NoSQL, Mongo DB, Ruby or JRuby, Cucumber, Selenium, Mule or Apache Camel, Cloud Services, and exposure to tools like Sonar/PMD/FindBug/Checkstyle.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs/GenAI concepts (RAG, embeddings, prompt design, fine-tuning vs. adapters) and production tradeoffs.
• Familiarity with vector databases/search (Azure AI Search, Pinecone, Weaviate, OpenSearch vector, etc.) and indexing strategies.
• Experience building AI integrations in Java/Spring (WebFlux/reactive patterns, async orchestration, resilience patterns for model calls).
• Understanding of Responsible AI: privacy, bias, model risk, secure data handling, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Experience with AI evaluation tooling and automated test frameworks for model outputs (golden datasets, rubric scoring, red teaming).

Why Join Williams-Sonoma

• Opportunity to be part of the India Technology Center driving global innovation
• Work on cutting-edge solutions in e-commerce, supply chain optimization, and customer experience management
• Contribute to the growth and competitive edge of a global, industry-leading organization

About Us

Williams-Sonoma India Pvt. Ltd.

Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Today, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is one of the United States' largest e-commerce retailers with some of the best known and most beloved brands in home furnishings. Our family of brands are Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teens, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. We currently operate retail stores globally. Our products are also available to customers through our catalogs and online worldwide.

Williams-Sonoma India sourcing office was established in 2013. We are based in Gurugram, India. We are sourcing premium products across all categories of Home Furnishing and recorded double digit year-on-year growth. We have a dynamic team of over 100 members handling versatile vendors across India, Nepal & Bangladesh. We are looking to onboard talented people and create successful professional journey.