Software Java Engineer

Job description

**Role & responsibilities** Direct Responsibilities - Develop scalable full-stack solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular). - Design and optimize high-performance APIs with security, caching, and fault tolerance. - Develop robust backend services with efficient database interactions. - Build responsive UI with seamless backend integration. - Automate CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable software delivery. - Lead cloud-native deployments with containerization, auto-scaling, and cost optimization. - Enforce Quality-first engineering: Unit, integration, and ensure high code quality with SonarQube. - Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and drive technical excellence across the team. - Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions. Contributing Responsibilities - Contribute to technical design discussions and architecture decisions, particularly around API design, data layer, and system integration - Participate in code reviews and enforce clean code and quality gate standards - Support knowledge transfer and capability building within the India Solutions team - Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, QA, infrastructure) on integration and delivery - Contribute to improving DevSecOps maturity and SDLC practices within the team Technical & Behavioral Competencies - **Autonomy & Ownership**: Ability to work autonomously and take end-to-end ownership of backend components - **Industry Expertise**: Experience in large-scale regulated enterprise environments (banking/financial services preferred) - **Collaboration & Communication**: Strong collaborative and communication skills to work in a global team Specific Qualifications **Experience Level: 611 years** - 5+ years with Java backend development at enterprise scale - 4+ years with Spring Boot/Spring MVC in production environments - Demonstrated experience with API design (REST/HATEOAS), Spring Security, and database optimization - Familiarity with frontend integration using Angular/TypeScript/React - Experience with legacy system refactoring to target architecture - Active use of AI coding assistants in daily workflow **Domain Experience** - Banking, financial services, or similarly regulated enterprise environments preferred - Experience in GCC or offshore delivery models advantageous - Exposure to high-volume, high-availability backend systems **Technical Skills Required:** **Core Java & JDK 21+** - Strong data structures, - dynamic programming, - Core Java annotations, functional programming (lambdas, streams), - Basic concurrency (synchronized, Atomic classes), - Collections mastery, - logging frameworks and best practices **Spring Ecosystem** - Spring Boot (auto-configuration), - Spring MVC (REST APIs), - Hibernate (entity mapping, caching), - Spring Data JPA, - Spring Security (OAuth2, JWT, MTLS) **Database** - Advanced SQL (joins, indexing, query optimization), - JPA (@Entity, @OneToMany), - caching strategies (Redis, write-behind), - CAP theorem and System design awareness **Design & Architecture** - Layered architecture (controller service repo), - Clean Code (SOLID, DRY), - AccessControl, Role-Based Security and Multi-tenancy design and implementation, - RESTful API Design (HATEOAS), - Distributed computing and messaging system experience **DevOps** - Docker (Dockerfiles), CI/CD (Jenkins), - Cloud basics (AWS EC2, S3), - Basic security scanning (image and dependency checks) **Testing & Quality** - JUnit 5, TDD/BDD (Cucumber), - Selenium, SonarQube, - Mockito, WireMock, JaCoCo **Frontend** Proficient working within existing Angular/TypeScript/NodeJS/NPM frameworks. **AI Tools** Daily use of AI DevAssistants (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate implementation across all skill areas **Behavioral Skills** - Eagerness to solve a problem area/ challenging topic and make a difference. - Cross-functional collaboration across frontend, QA, and infrastructure teams - Structured communication of technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders - Adaptability to legacy and greenfield environments **Nice-to-Have Skills** - Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) - Advanced Spring Security patterns (MTLS at infrastructure level) - Microservices architecture and service mesh basics