AbhiBus is a leading online bus-ticketing platform that aggregates ticket inventory from over 4,000 bus operators - including major State Road Transport Corporations (SRTCs), covering more than 3.5 lakh (350,000+) routes across India. The AbhiBus website and apps allow users to check amenities provided by bus operators, compare booking fares, check bus timings in the searched route, live tracking of the bus before arrival, cancellation protection options and other facilities. It is the official ticketing partner for several state road transport corporation bus tickets and IRCTC bus bookings.
AbhiBus is owned and operated by ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Limited), India’s leading OTA for the Next Billion Users. With over 54 crore Annual Active Users in FY25, ixigo offers AI-powered train, flight, bus, and hotel bookings through its platforms - ixigo, ConfirmTkt, and AbhiBus.
Job DescriptionCore Engineering:
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Build high-performance distributed systems using Java/J2EE.
• Own features end-to-end from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Write clean, maintainable code with proper unit and automation tests.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA teams to deliver product features.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent logical reasoning and coding abilities.
AI & Modern Tech Initiatives (Recent Trends):
• Use AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, Cursor, etc.) for coding, debugging, and documentation.
• Integrate generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) into backend services using modern Java AI frameworks like Spring AI or LangChain4j.
• Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workUlows by connecting Java applications with Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Milvus, Qdrant).
• Build AI-driven APIs and robust orchestration layers to manage prompts and context windows efUiciently.
• 3–5 years of backend development experience.
• Strong expertise in Java / J2EE, Springboot, KaUka and React technologies.
• Solid understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Knowledge of multithreading, memory management, and system design.
• Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL, NoSql database.
• Strong SQL query writing (SELECT, JOINs, GROUP BY, subqueries, CTEs)
• Window functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK, etc.) and Views
• Basic stored procedures/functions
• Query optimization fundamentals
• Basic indexing concepts and understanding of execution plans (EXPLAIN)
• Transaction management (ACID, isolation levels)
• Familiarity with MongoDB and RESTful Web Services.
AI & Tech Enhancements:
• Experience using AI-powered development tools is a plus.
• Basic understanding of prompt engineering, model temperature tuning, and token optimization.
• Experience with cloud-native development, including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
Additional Information: Candidates are responsible for safeguarding sensitive company data against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, and for reporting any suspected security incidents in line with the organization's ISMS (Information Security Management System) policies and procedures
Skills Required
- 3-5 years of backend development experience
- Strong expertise in Java / J2EE
- Strong expertise in Spring Boot
- Strong expertise in Kafka
- Experience with React
- Solid understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms
- Knowledge of multithreading, memory management, and system design
- Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL
- Experience with NoSql databases
- Strong SQL query writing skills (SELECT, JOINs, GROUP BY, subqueries, CTEs)
- Knowledge of window functions (ROW_NUMBER, RANK) and Views
- Basic stored procedures/functions
- Query optimization fundamentals and basic indexing concepts (EXPLAIN)
- Transaction management (ACID, isolation levels)
- Familiarity with MongoDB
- Familiarity with RESTful Web Services
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience using AI-powered development tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.)
- Basic understanding of prompt engineering, model temperature tuning, and token optimization
What We Do
AbhiBus - which means Bus Now (in Hindi), was founded on a simple idea – An idea that would allow Indian Bus Travellers to book bus tickets at a click, from the convenience of their homes and offices. Today, thanks to our enthusiastic employees, devoted partners and our happy customers; abhibus.com has become India’s fastest growing online bus ticketing company. abhibus.com simplifies online booking of bus tickets for bus travellers all over India. With ticket inventory from over 2500 operators and 75000 routes, abhibus.com is the preferred choice of online booking, when it comes to bus travel. Founded in the year 2008, AbhiBus (Le Travenues Technology Ltd.) is a pioneer in providing end-to-end software and other value-added solutions for the Bus Transport Industry by leveraging the latest technologies. The company also provides technology solutions to more than 100 large private bus operators in India, 4 state transport corporations and 2 international operators. The end-to-end software solutions include e-ticketing systems, fleet management solutions, vehicle tracking systems, passenger information systems, logistics management backed by a 24x7 customer support centre. Today, AbhiBus is also the preferred Information Technology Partner for State Transport Corporations and Private Bus Fleet Operators. AbhiBus is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company.
