Java Software Engineer

Role Purpose

Design, build, and scale microservices‑based applications using Java 17+ and Spring Boot, with secure, resilient APIs deployed via Docker and Kubernetes. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality, production‑ready services.

Responsibilities

• Backend Development: Build RESTful microservices with Java 17+ & Spring Boot; implement business logic and API contracts.
• Security: Implement authentication/authorization using Spring Security (OAuth2/JWT), follow secure coding standards.
• Data Layer: Design schemas, write optimized SQL; work with JPA/Hibernate and performance tuning.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Package apps with Docker and deploy/manage on Kubernetes (readiness/liveness, config, secrets).
• API Integration: Manage inter‑service communication, versioning, error handling, and resiliency patterns (timeouts/retries/circuit breaker).
• Performance: Profile and optimize services; apply caching strategies (e.g., Redis), connection pooling, and JVM/GC tuning.
• Testing: Write unit & integration tests (JUnit, Mockito); support API contract testing and test automation in pipelines.
• CI/CD: Collaborate with DevOps to automate build/test/deploy (e.g., Jenkins/GitLab/GitHub Actions).
• Observability: Implement logging, metrics, tracing; contribute to incident troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis.
• Documentation: Produce and maintain technical design docs, API specs, and deployment/runbooks.
• Ways of Working: Participate in Agile ceremonies; mentor juniors and uphold code review and quality standards.

Skills Required (Must‑Have):

• Java 17+ , OOP, concurrency, JVM fundamentals.
• Spring Boot , Spring Security , REST, OpenAPI/Swagger.
• SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL), JPA/Hibernate .
• Docker & Kubernetes (deployments, health checks, config/secrets).
• CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab/GitHub Actions) and Git .
• Testing with JUnit/Mockito ; strong troubleshooting & documentation.