Senior Java Developer

Equal parts creative agency, engineering firm, and consultancy, Grappus has a reputation of doing things differently. We work with brands big and small, far and wide, helping them understand, prototype and deploy a broad range of custom tech. We value design and we cringe at bad UX. Each project is a clean slate, we don’t have frameworks, or any pre-made formulas. We’re not here to just grow big, make money and win awards. We’re here to crack the process of building truly innovative products from scratch. Products that make people say ‘damn’.

People at Grappus usually experience a highly accelerated career growth well beyond the narrow constraints of their ‘job description’. Here, the growth ladder is tailored to you. It operates exactly as fast as you can manage to grow. We think it's a waste when smart people are unable to make an impact. Our aim is to unleash your potential by giving you massive challenges and the freedom to solve them.

We’re in a fluid world, where we don’t know what technologies we’ll use next, or the projects we’ll work on. We’re actively searching for ways to shine a light on our blind spots, whether it is in the products we want to build, the problems we like to solve, or the company culture we try to create. That’s what makes life at Grappus so exciting. Grappus is an ongoing experiment and you are a part of it. We'll be a different company a few years from now because you are going to change it for the better. We can’t wait to see where you take us

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We are seeking a Senior Java Developer who has a knack for coming up with creative solutions to unique problems, planning development cycles and writing technical documentation while leading a team of developers. You can get in where needed to write clean, reusable, and performant code, with creative sensibilities to push projects towards perfection. You should have good time management skills and be able to work both autonomously and collaboratively with a cross-discipline team of product managers, strategists, UX designers, art directors, and developers. Most importantly, you have an eye for detail and the ability to make beautiful designs come to life through code.

• Ability to write elegant and readable code
• Excellent problem solving skills and love technical challenges
• Comfortable working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
• Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
• Stays plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and applies them proactively
• Knowledge of software best practices, like test driven development and continuous integration

• BE/BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience

• 2+ years of software development experience including deep, hands on experience in building back end applications using Java and Spring ecosystem
• Strong command over core Java:
  • Understands the application of java best practices including logging & exception handling
  • Familiar with the Java Concurrency model
  • Understands Java collections, generics and java 8 based functional programming features
• Has extensively used the Spring ecosystem:
  • Spring Boot
  • HTTP/REST API development
  • Spring Data (JPA)
  • ORM tools like Hibernate (can fine tune mappings for performance)
  • Unit and integration testing facilities of Spring Boot
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior developers
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills and client handling skills
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Implemented CI/CD in any of the projects done and experience with Test Driven Development

• Understanding of API Development best practices
• Knowledge of Kubernetes/Docker and Devops
• Some or all of these AWS services: EC2/ECS; lambda; SQS/SNS; API Gateway, Cognito; Elastic Search
• Has contributed to the development or enhancement of CI/CD pipelines in a previous project
• Contributed in the creation of end-end automation tests (functional or non-functional)
• Has designed relational databases; conversant with SQL
• Personal projects or contributions to the open source community
• Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines
• Team player (those great personality types that people love to work with)
• Great communication skills