Software Engineer

Job Description

Were looking for a hands-on Java engineer with 2-5years of experience to design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and high-performance services. You’ll work with Spring Boot and microservices, deliver APIs and integrations, ensure code quality through automated testing and CI/CD, and collaborate closely across product, QA, DevOps, and architecture.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Design & Development
• Participate in solution design, estimate work, and translate requirements into technical designs.
• Develop clean, maintainable, and well-documented code inJava (preferably Java 17+)usingSpring BootandSpring Cloud.
• Build and consumeRESTful APIs(OpenAPI/Swagger), and integrate with internal/external systems.
• Quality, Testing & Review
• Write comprehensiveunit, integration, and contract tests(e.g., JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers, Pact).
• Conduct peer code reviews and uphold coding standards and secure coding practices.
• Performance & Reliability
• Optimize services for reliability, scalability, and performance (JVM/GC tuning, SQL tuning, caching).
• Contribute to architecture improvements (e.g., domain-driven design, clean architecture, event-driven patterns).
• Collaboration & Process
• Work inAgile/Scrumteams; contribute to grooming, planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, and Security to deliver features end-to-end.
• Mentor junior engineers on best practices, testing, and code quality.

Required Qualifications (Must-Have)

• 2–5 years of software development experience, including 1+ years of building production-grade Java microservices. 
• Core Stack:
• Java 11/17+,Spring Boot,Spring Data/JPA (Hibernate),Spring Cloud(config, discovery, resilience).
• Microservicesarchitecture and inter-service communication patterns.
• RESTful APIdesign & documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger).
• Databases:
• StrongSQLwith a relational DB (e.g.,PostgreSQL and Oracle); schema design and query optimization.
• Messaging & Integration:
• Experience withKafkaorIBM MQfor event streaming/async processing.
• Build & CI/CD:
• Maven/Gradle,Git, code reviews, andCI/CDpipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps).
• Containers & Cloud (Working Knowledge):
• Docker, basics ofKubernetes(deployments, services, config).
• Good knowledge in documenting APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger. 
• Testing & Quality:
• JUnit 5,Mockito,Testcontainers; knowledge of contract testing and integration testing.
• Familiarity withSonarQubeand static analysis tools (Checkstyle/PMD/SpotBugs).
• Security & Compliance:
• OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect,Spring Security; secure coding, handling secrets, and dependency management (OWASP basics).
• Soft Skills:
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities; clear verbal and written communication.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, Agile environment; manage multiple tasks.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)

• Reactive programming(Project Reactor, Spring WebFlux) where suitable.
• API Gateways(Kong, Apigee, Spring Cloud Gateway) and rate limiting.
• Contract testingwithPact;consumer-driven contracts.
• Infrastructure as CodeHelm in collaboration with DevOps.
• Domain experienceinpayments/financial services;Global PayPlusexposure is a plus.
• Exposure toGraphQL,gRPC, orevent sourcing; knowledge ofDDDandClean Architecture.
• Basic front-end familiarity (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) for troubleshooting API integrations.

Education

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Tools & Environment (Typical)

• Version Control:Git (GitHub/Azure Repos)
• CI/CD:Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLabCI / Azure DevOps
• Build:Maven or Gradle
• Quality:SonarQube, CodeQL, CheckMarks, Aqua, OWASP Dependency-Check
• Containers & Orchestration:Docker, Kubernetes
• Collaboration:Jira Boards, Confluence, Teams