WheelsEye is hiring an SDE II β Java Backend Engineer for its technology team. This is a strong opportunity for backend developers with 3β5 years of experience who enjoy solving complex engineering problems and want to work on technology powering India’s logistics ecosystem.
π Role: SDE II β Java Backend
πΌ Experience: 3β5 Years
π Location: Work From Office
π’ Work Model: 5 days WFO
β‘ Joining: Immediate Joiners Required
π§ Core Focus: Java Backend + DSA + LLD + HLD
π© Apply/Referral: Eshitaa.rastogi@wheelseye.com
π’ About WheelsEye
WheelsEye is a technology-driven logistics company working to simplify transportation and fleet operations through digital platforms. Its technology ecosystem covers truck booking, GPS solutions, FASTag-related services, fleet operations and data-driven logistics solutions.
According to WheelsEye, its platform manages data from 3Mn+ IoT sensors, handles billions of daily pings and supports more than 2 million trucks, demonstrating the scale of the engineering problems its technology teams work with.
For a backend engineer, this makes the role particularly interesting because logistics technology involves high-volume transactions, real-time tracking, distributed systems, reliability and large-scale data processing.
π Why Is This Role Good for Experienced Developers?
The SDE II level is an excellent stage for engineers who want to move beyond simply implementing assigned features.
The JD specifically highlights DSA, Low-Level Design and High-Level Design, meaning candidates are expected to demonstrate engineering maturity rather than only framework knowledge.
You can potentially gain exposure to:
- βοΈ Scalable Java backend development
- ποΈ Low-Level and High-Level System Design
- π High-volume logistics platforms
- π Distributed backend services
- ποΈ Database and API architecture
- π Production-grade engineering
- 𧩠Complex business workflows
- π₯ Ownership of technical solutions
WheelsEye also highlights technology, platform scale and ownership as important parts of its engineering environment. Its own technology pages describe the platform as supporting large-scale fleet operations and data-driven decisions.
π§ Skills Required
Candidates should prepare beyond basic Java syntax.
Core Java: OOP, Collections, Multithreading, Exception Handling, Java 8+, Streams, JVM fundamentals and concurrency.
Backend: Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, authentication, validation and API design.
DSA: Arrays, Strings, HashMaps, Linked Lists, Trees, Graphs, Heaps, Stacks, Queues, Recursion, Dynamic Programming and complexity analysis.
LLD: SOLID principles, design patterns, class relationships, interfaces, extensibility and maintainable code.
HLD: Scalability, load balancing, caching, database selection, message queues, API gateways, fault tolerance and distributed systems.
Database: SQL, indexing, transactions, normalization, query optimization and database scaling.
Engineering: Git, CI/CD, Docker, cloud fundamentals, logging, monitoring and production debugging.
π― Expected WheelsEye Interview Rounds
WheelsEye does not publicly guarantee a fixed interview sequence for every SDE II hiring campaign, so candidates should treat the following as a likely preparation structure rather than an official confirmed process.
Round 1 β Recruiter/HR Screening: Expect discussion around experience, current role, notice period and immediate-joining availability.
Round 2 β DSA/Coding: Since the JD explicitly states DSA is mandatory, expect coding problems designed to evaluate problem-solving, optimization and complexity analysis.
Round 3 β LLD: Be prepared to design systems/classes such as parking systems, notification services, booking systems or other domain-independent object-oriented problems.
Round 4 β HLD/System Design: Expect discussion around scalable backend architecture, APIs, databases, caching, queues and reliability.
Round 5 β Hiring Manager/Leadership: Your ownership, project decisions, production incidents, collaboration and ability to independently drive technical problems may be evaluated.
For this position, DSA + LLD + HLD should be treated as the highest-priority interview areas because they are explicitly mentioned in the hiring requirement.
π° Salary Range
The vacancy shared does not disclose an official salary range, so candidates should not assume a specific WheelsEye package.
As a broader Bengaluru market reference, Glassdoor’s July 2026 data places SDE-2 compensation around βΉ20β39 LPA total pay, with a median around βΉ28 LPA, although actual compensation varies significantly by company, experience, interview performance, fixed/variable components and equity.
For this WheelsEye position, treat βΉ20β35+ LPA as a reasonable market-oriented discussion range, not a confirmed WheelsEye salary.
π₯ Preparation Tips
Don’t prepare only Spring Boot questions.
Spend your preparation time approximately like this:
40% DSA: Solve medium-level problems under time pressure. Focus particularly on HashMap, sliding window, binary search, trees, graphs and heaps.
25% HLD: Practice designing a real-time truck tracking platform, because it closely relates to WheelsEye’s business. Think about GPS ingestion, Kafka/message queues, storage, APIs, caching and high availability.
20% LLD: Practice SOLID principles and design patterns. Be able to convert requirements into clean classes and interfaces.
15% Java/Spring: Revise concurrency, Java collections, Spring Boot internals, REST API design and database transactions.
A particularly valuable preparation exercise is to design βReal-Time Fleet Tracking for Millions of Vehicles.β Explain ingestion, processing, storage, APIs, scalability and failure handling. This connects your system-design preparation with WheelsEye’s technology domain.
π Resume Tips
Your resume should immediately position you as a backend/product engineer, not simply a Java developer.
Highlight measurable achievements such as:
βDesigned and optimized Java Spring Boot microservices handling X+ requests/day.β
βReduced API latency by X% through caching and database query optimization.β
βDesigned scalable backend architecture supporting X concurrent users.β
Also prominently include:
Java | Spring Boot | Microservices | REST APIs | DSA | LLD | HLD | SQL | Redis | Kafka | Docker | AWS | System Design
Most importantly, be prepared to explain every project mentioned on your resume at both implementation and architecture levels.
π© How to Apply
Interested candidates should share their updated resume with:
π§ Eshitaa.rastogi@wheelseye.com
Mention the position clearly in your email subject, for example:
Subject: Application β SDE II Java Backend | 3β5 Years
Since the requirement specifically says immediate joiners, candidates with short notice periods or immediate availability should clearly mention their last working day/availability date in the email.
π Final Verdict
If you have 3β5 years of Java backend experience and are confident in DSA + LLD + HLD, this WheelsEye SDE II opportunity deserves serious consideration. The combination of product engineering, logistics technology, real-time data and large-scale systems can provide valuable experience for developers targeting senior backend engineering roles in the future.
