Senior Java Developer

About the Role:

We are seeking a skilled Java Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in core Java development along with exposure to modern frameworks and tools. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable applications while ensuring performance, security, and code quality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based applications.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code following best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, QA, DevOps, etc.) to deliver high-quality software.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Stay updated with emerging trends, tools, and technologies in the Java ecosystem.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in Core Java (Java 8/11/17).
• Experience with frameworks such as Spring / Spring Boot / Hibernate.
• Good knowledge of REST APIs, Microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Understanding of multithreading, collections, and design patterns.
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and build tools (Maven/Gradle).
• Solid problem-solving skills and ability to work in an Agile environment.

Good to Have:

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

- Software Engineering

- Design and develop highly scalable, available, reliable, secure and fault tolerant systems with minimal

guidance for a market leader in the logistics industry

- Partner with team members on functional and nonfunctional requirements and spread design

philosophy, goals and improve the code quality across the team

- Research new technologies and tools that enable building the next generation of our services

- Provide technology leadership to the team and foster engineering excellence

- Product Delivery

- Partner with product managers to define and execute on the feature roadmap

- Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design

- Coordinate with various cross functional teams on planning and execution

- Maintaining automated build / test / deployment environments

Qualifications

- Software Engineering

- Should have at least 4 years of hands on experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying

applications on Java, Ruby, Kotlin, Python, Node or Go for large scale applications

- Deep knowledge of one of the programming language they have experience in

- Proficient in OOP and Design Patterns, experience with functional programming would be a plus

- Data modelling experience in Relational Databases

- Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services

- Product Delivery

- Ability to scope, review and refine user stories for technical completeness and to alleviate dependency

risks.

- Well versed in working with agile methodologies which includes phases such as design, development,

code review, testing and release management

- Ability to have worked in a CI/CD environment, with hands on experience with Git or any similar source

code management tools

- Product Maintenance

- Experience troubleshooting server performance issues such as memory tuning, GC tuning, resource leaks

etc

- Continuously refactor applications to ensure high quality design.

Key Responsibilities:   

• Should have hands-on experience with Java   

• Strong experience in Spring Boot, Micro Services   

• Should be well versed with Agile Development methodologies   

• Should have strong debugging and communication skill   

• Should participate in design discussions and provide application designs, architecture, timeline estimations   

• Problem-solving mind and attitude   

• Ability to interface well with externally facing departments and directly with customers   

• Effective communication skills – written, spoken, listening, and presentation   

• Great Team player and experience working with global teams and global organizations Genuine interest in learning and knowledge sharing   

Primary Skills:   

• 2 years of Spring Boot and Microservices.   

• 3+ years of experience in Core Java.   

• Proficiency with Spring Framework.   

• Innovate new approaches algorithms, libraries, tools, platforms, for relevant development areas   

• Strong programming skills in Core JAVA / J2EE expert level   

• Good at data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, and design patterns   

• Knowledge of Web Services, Spring, ORM Frameworks, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud Gateway, OAuth2.0, Spring Security, JWT, Eureka, Hystrix, Apache Cassandra   

• Should be well familiar with SQL/NO-SQL database   

• Knowledge of Spring Batch, Kubernetes, Docker is a plus point    

Design and develop robust services in coordination with front-end developers, ensuring the production and development of high-quality and well-tested code

Design, develop and test features alongside other technical departments

Lead the department in the design, development, deployment, and operation of services used by our users

Optimise APIs for any applications while creating and maintaining unit tests for new code as well as fix defects

Participate in the continuous integration of automated builds and deployments, ensuring that deliverables meet functional and design requirements and specifications of the site/software. Work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex site/software development issues.

Take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the backend department