Java Developer

Job Overview:

We are looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in Java and Spring, with proven experience in building scalable microservices and backend systems. This role also requires familiarity with automation tools, Python development, and working knowledge of AI technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and microservices.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs across distributed systems.
• Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in agile development.
• Deploy and maintain applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute to automation initiatives and AI/ML feature integration.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.

Required Skills:

• 4+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring/Spring Boot frameworks.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience with REST APIs, CI/CD, and debugging complex systems.
• Proficient in AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication in English (written and verbal).

Good to Have:

• Experience with automation tools like Workato or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Python development.
• Familiarity with AI/ML features or API integrations.
• Comfortable working with US-based teams (flexible hours).

• Strong experience in Java programming.
• Must have experience on MicroServices using Spring boots /Jersy /Swagger / any other Microservices technology stack
• Good experience in either Spring or Hibernate
• Must have at least 1to 2 years’ experience in Web application
• Knowledge of OOP concepts, industry best practices, and design
• Good understanding of web technology/enterprise-level applications
• Good to have experience in JavaScript frameworks
• Good to have experience in Agile Methodology

• Self-motivated and a Quick Learner
• Creative ideas with a problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to consistently perform and meet deadlines
• Attention to detail and follow-through
• A good understanding of customer satisfaction
• Ability to work effectively in a team as well as in an individual environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Backend – Software Development Engineer II

Experience: 4–7 years

Location: Bangalore

Work Mode - Hybrid

About Wekan Enterprise Solutions

Wekan Enterprise Solutions is a leading Technology Consulting company and a strategic investment partner of MongoDB. We help companies drive innovation in the cloud by adopting modern technology solutions that help them achieve their performance and availability requirements. With strong capabilities around Mobile, IOT and Cloud environments, we have an extensive track record helping Fortune 500 companies modernize their most critical legacy and on-premise applications, migrating them to the cloud and leveraging the most cutting-edge technologies.

Job Description

We are looking for passionate software engineers eager to be a part of our growth journey. The right candidate needs to be interested in working in high-paced and challenging environments. Interested in constantly upskilling, learning new technologies and expanding their domain knowledge to new industries. This candidate needs to be a team player and should be looking to help build a culture of excellence. Do you have what it takes?

You will be working on complex data migrations, modernizing legacy applications and building new applications on the cloud for large enterprise and/or growth stage startups. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly into mission critical projects directly interacting with business stakeholders, customer’s technical teams and MongoDB solutions Architects

What you will do

• Own backend features and migration workstreams end to end, from understanding the existing codebase and data model to delivering production-ready implementations.
• Build and enhance Java/Spring Boot services used in modernization, migration, and cloud transformation projects.
• Design and implement backend flows that are safe under retries and partial failures, with clear thinking around validation, transaction boundaries, idempotency, and downstream side effects.
• Work across application, database, and deployment layers to improve reliability, maintainability, and operational visibility.
• Model data based on access patterns and business workflows, with sound choices around schema design, indexing, and query performance.
• Investigate production issues using logs, request traces, database state, and service behavior; identify root causes and implement durable fixes.
• Collaborate with internal teams, customer engineering teams, architects, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions on mission-critical projects.
• Write clean, modular, testable code and participate actively in sprint ceremonies, code reviews, design discussions, and release activities.

What we’re looking for

• 4–7 years of backend engineering experience, with strong hands-on delivery in Java-based systems.
• Solid experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservice-style backend development.
• Demonstrated ownership of at least one meaningful backend service or feature area in production.
• Strong understanding of backend engineering fundamentals, including service reliability, data consistency, failure handling, and production-grade design considerations.
• Strong database fundamentals, including schema design, query writing, indexing, and performance reasoning.
• Strong depth in MongoDB or a relational database such as Oracle, with working comfort across both styles being a plus.
• Ability to investigate and resolve real production issues across services and databases, including consistency, performance, and reliability problems.
• Hands-on experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
• Proficiency with Git, including branching, code review workflows, and conflict resolution.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, stakeholders, and customers.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working on legacy modernization, data/service migrations, or decomposition of existing systems into cleaner service boundaries.
• Exposure to both MongoDB and relational databases, including query tuning, indexing, and production troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Oracle PL/SQL or migration of logic from database-heavy systems into service-layer Java code.
• Exposure to CI/CD deployment and cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Overview

Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, with operations in more than 20 countries, including In India where we’re building a new Innovation and Capability Centre (ICC) in Bangalore.

We’re growing, fast, and for you that means many exciting opportunities to develop your career at Telstra. Join us on this exciting journey, and together, we’ll reimagine the future.

Why Telstra?

• We're an iconic Australian company with a rich heritage that's been built over 100 years. Telstra is Australia's leading Telecommunications and Technology Company. We've been operating internationally for more than 70 years.
• International presence spanning over 20 countries.
• We are one of the 20 largest telecommunications providers globally and the largest telecom provider.
• At Telstra, the work is complex and stimulating, but with that comes a great sense of achievement. We are shaping the tomorrow's modes of communication with our innovation driven teams.

Telstra offers an opportunity to make a difference to lives of millions of people by providing the choice of flexibility in work and a rewarding career that you will be proud of!

Our GBS team

The mission of the Global Business Services (GBS) unit is to leverage talent, technology and partnership to create growth, value, innovation and differentiation via a service mindset. 

Our focus is to deliver great experiences, to simplify and innovate, and drive Telstra’s profitability across a global operating footprint.

The role with us

As a Senior Software Engineer, you thrive on understanding and translating customer needs into new products and capability. You apply deep technical expertise and experience in software application layer solutions, to develop and deliver scalable design blueprints across the end-to-end software development life cycle. Your continuous learning and improvement mindset, collaboration and influencing skills are critical to success in this role.

What you'll work on

As a Software Engineer, you will be working on development project which will be based on API transitions, API Management ,API Monetization engine (based on Java, Springboot & AWS) and high traffic transactions.

Key responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer, you apply deep experience and technical know-how in the Software Engineering domain with-

• 7-10 years of experience

• Design, build and maintain multiple complex software application technologies and their interaction with Telstra processes and systems

• Develop innovative software that maintains data/network security management, and leverage set processes to reduce the time between commission and production

• Authentically engage with and influence a multi-stakeholder landscape to translate customer needs into leading-edge software application products, services or systems that meet Telstra’s time, cost and quality standards 

• Collaborate with team members and key stakeholders, seeking support, direction and buy-in to gather deep insights about the challenges and opportunities of our software application technologies and platforms

• Significantly contribute to continuous improvement initiatives of our systems and processes, to help define ‘best practice’ corporate testing standards and drive improved outcomes (e.g. productivity, customer experience and/or profitability)

• Lead initiatives or components of initiatives in line with the strategic direction of your team/mission, that have a significant degree of impact to the function or cross-functionally

• Take ownership of your own actions and decisions to drive positive outcomes within your team/mission, and provide guidance to more junior engineers in order to support their development and contribution to team/mission outcomes 

Why join us?

The work is complex and challenging, but will put you at the forefront of technological change as it happens and offer you career experiences you won’t find anywhere else.

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We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce in all its forms. We encourage applicants from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and applicants who may be living with a disability. We also offer flexibility in all our roles, to ensure everyone can participate. 

To learn more about how we support our people, including accessibility adjustments we can provide you through the recruitment process, visit tel.st/thrive.

Java developer roles will vary greatly depending on companies and job positions. Here are some typical roles and responsibilities of java developers:

• Contribute to all stages of software development lifecycle
• Design, implement and maintain Java-based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency
• Analyze user requirements to define business objectives
• Envisioning system features and functionality
• Define application objectives and functionality
• Ensure application designs conform with business goals
• Develop and test software
• Identify and resolve any technical issues arising
• Create detailed design documentation
• Propose changes to current Java infrastructure
• Develop technical designs for application development
• Develop multimedia applications
• Write well designed, testable code
• Conducting software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging
• Manage Java and Java EE application development
• Develop documentation to help users
• Transforming requirements into stipulations
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Support continuous improvement, investigating alternatives and technologies, and presenting for architectural review

• You will design, build and own APIs and Services, which will be the core of the product.
• You will participate in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members.
• You will part of developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• You will have to take lead on projects, compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas of improvement.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3-5 years of experience in building highly scalable backend systems.
• Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as JAVA, Operating System may be required, and Experience in Databases such as MySQL or Postgre SQL
• Strong understanding of Computer Science Fundamentals, Data Structures and Algorithms, SOLID Design Principles, and REST Patterns.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group