Java Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and consume RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Develop scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and security.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, QA engineers, DevOps, and product teams.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement bug fixes.
• Participate in code reviews and follow software development best practices.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.

Required Skills & Experience 

• Strong proficiency in Java (Java 8/11/17+).
• Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Security.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Knowledge of Hibernate/JPA.
• Strong understanding of SQL databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with Git and version control.
• Understanding Maven or Gradle.
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
• Understanding object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Java + Kafka Developer to design, develop, and maintain high-performance, event-driven applications. The ideal candidate will have strong backend development skills in Java and hands-on experience with Apache Kafka for building scalable, real-time data processing systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop event-driven microservices using Java and Apache Kafka
• Build and maintain Kafka producers, consumers, topics, and streams
• Implement message processing, retries, error handling, and idempotency
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of Kafka-based systems
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Kafka and application performance
• Collaborate with architects, DevOps, and QA teams
• Participate in code reviews and follow best practices
• Contribute to system design and technical discussions

Required Skills

• 6+ years of experience in Java backend development
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
• Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture
• Experience with REST APIs
• Good knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, and JVM concepts
• Familiarity with SQL / NoSQL databases
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

Looking for candidates only with tier 1 colleges OR have experience in a product-based company.

Desired Skills :

● Experience with data modeling and SQL/NoSQL databases

● Experience with distributed systems and microservices

● Good experience in working with any of Java/SpringBoot, GoLang or NodeJS

● Excellent problem solving and debugging skills

● Passionate about the experience of software engineering as much as the output

● A strong sense of ownership

● Ability to communicate your ideas and approach to solving problems with clarity

Java/J2EE Developer:

SquareShift is a young and fast-growing cloud consulting company, solving cloud challenges through excellence in technology, thought leadership, and quality in execution. We are based in Singapore, with a world-class engineering team in India. 

Founded by serial entrepreneurs, we are a team of tech-enthusiasts who have strong expertise in enterprise product development and cloud technologies. As an early and core member of the team, you will work with founders and will own the organization's business development efforts.

• 5+ years of experience in Java and J2EE
• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns
• Experience with Web Services (SOAP/REST), JMS, XML
• Experience working with relational databases like Oracle, MSSQL
• Proficient in writing SQL Queries and knowledge on PL/SQL
• Experience with multi-tiered application architecture
• Knowledge of writing secure and optimized code
• Experience with Version Control Systems preferably GIT
• Working experience of build and continuous integration tools – MAVEN and JENKINS
• Strong knowledge of unit testing technologies – JUNIT
• Exceptional defect analysis, triaging and fixing skills
• Experience in Agile Software Development (Scrum or Kanban)

Minimum 7-12 Years of Core Java Programming with Collections Framework, Concurrent Programming, Multi-threading (Good knowledge in Executor service, Forkjoin pool and other threading concepts)

·        Good knowledge of the JVM with an understanding of performance and memory optimization.

·        Extensive and expert programming experience in JAVA programming language (strong OO skills preferred).

·        Excellent knowledge on collections like, Array List, Vector, LinkedList, Hashmap, HashTable, HashSet is mandate.

·        Exercised exemplary development practices including design specification, coding standards, unit testing, and code-reviews.

·        Expert level understanding of Object Oriented Concepts and Data Structures

·        Good experience in Database (Sybase, Oracle or SQL Server) like indexing (clustered, non clustered), hashing, segmenting, data types like clob / blob, views (materialized), replication, constraints,            functions, triggers, procedures etc.

Technical Skills/Requirements

 Demonstrated expertise in building, shipping and supporting innovative, scalable

enterprise-class applications

 Strong familiarity with Object Orientation concepts

 Strong Experience in Java, J2EE, Core Java, Advance Java is must

 Strong Experience in working with database server is must

 Experience with web development frameworks like Spring is must.

 Experienced in using Websphere, WebLogic, JBOSS or TomCat application

servers

 Must be knowledgeable in at least one of the relational DBs (Oracle, DB2 or MS-

SQL)

 Experience is Javascript

 Experience in CSS, Angular, EXTJS, Bootstrap, JQuery is preferred

 Experience in JSP, Servlet, Tag Libray,, XSLT, Restful API’s is preferred

 Good understanding of Java, J2EE, SOA/Web services, EAI patterns, long

running business processes, UML and OOAD.

 4+ years of overall software development experience, preferably in a product

development company