About the role
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build and consume RESTful APIs for web and mobile applications.
- Develop and maintain microservices-based applications.
- Collaborate with frontend developers, QA engineers, and product teams to deliver high-quality software.
- Write clean, efficient, reusable, and maintainable code following coding standards.
- Optimise application performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Design and manage database schemas, queries, and stored procedures.
- Implement authentication, authorisation, and security best practices.
- Integrate third-party APIs and external services.
- Perform unit testing, integration testing, and support UAT activities.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues and bugs.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Monitor application health and ensure high system availability.
- Work with DevOps teams on deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Maintain technical documentation and contribute to system design discussions.
- Stay updated with emerging Java technologies and industry best practices.
Requirements:
- Strong proficiency in Java (Java 8/11/17).
- Experience with Spring Boot and Spring MVC.
- Knowledge of Spring Security for authentication and authorisation.
- Experience with RESTful API development and integration.
- Strong understanding of Microservices architecture.
- Database knowledge: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MongoDB.
- Experience with Hibernate/JPA for ORM.
- Good understanding of SQL queries and database optimisation.
- Familiarity with Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ (message queues).
- Experience with Maven or Gradle for build management.
- Knowledge of Git/GitHub/GitLab for version control.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (preferred).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
- Knowledge of unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
- Experience with API testing tools like Postman or Swagger.
- Understanding of caching technologies like Redis.
- Strong knowledge of design patterns, OOP, and data structures.
- Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills.