Java Engineer

Job Description

• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient Java code and tests (unit and integration).
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications including code quality and code coverage.
• Prepare and produce releases of software components.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

Must have:

• At least 5 years of experience in creating and maintaining high performance, mission-critical backend applications.
• Proven experience of implementing Java 8 and above based applications in production.
• Proven experience of building robust REST APIs and micro-services using Java.
• Sound experience in writing automated test cases using JUnit, Gherkin and Cucumber.
• Sound experience in working with Gradle or Maven.
• Experience in designing and deploying applications to cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud.
• Experience with messaging platforms (e.g. Kafka, IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, etc.).
• Proficient in Spring Framework (Spring Boot, REST, JPA, Security, OAuth, etc.).
• Sound knowledge of micro-services patterns and implementation styles.
• Proficient in working with relational or NoSQL databases.
• Strong troubleshooting ability and technical analysis skills, including performance optimization.
• Strong communication skills with a team-centric approach to discussion and decision-making within a distributed team.
• Profound insight into Java and JEE internals (class loading, memory management, transaction management, etc.).

Bonus skills

• Working knowledge of service mesh frameworks such as Istio and Linkerd.
• Reactive Java programming experience.
• Functional programming experience.