Develop and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot backend applications, microservices, and RESTful APIs. Responsibilities include database integration, code reviews, performance optimization, production troubleshooting, testing, CI/CD, cloud deployment, and collaboration with product, QA, and DevOps teams.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Java Spring Boot Developer to join our software development team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in building scalable, high-performance backend applications using Java and Spring Boot. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining microservices and RESTful APIs that power our enterprise applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build RESTful APIs and integrate with front-end applications and third-party services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, QA engineers, and DevOps.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Optimize application performance and scalability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes and tools.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Strong J2EE.
- Strong proficiency in Spring Boot and related Spring frameworks (Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security).
- Experience with RESTful API design and development.
- Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and ORM tools (e.g., Hibernate).
- Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Understanding of containerization (Docker) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
- Experience designing, developing, deploying and operating scalable java microservices on cloud preferably on GCP.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Knowledge of unit testing and test-driven development (JUnit, Mockito).
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 40,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 140,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.
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