Backend Engineer

About the Role 

We are looking for a Backend Engineer with Java experience to design, build, and maintain scalable server-side applications and services. The successful candidate will work closely with product managers, frontend engineers, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performing software solutions. 

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, writing clean and maintainable code, and contributing to systems that support business-critical products and digital services. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services, APIs, and applications using Java. 

• Build scalable, reliable, and secure server-side components that support web, mobile, and enterprise applications. 

• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services with frontend applications and third-party systems. 

• Write clean, efficient, reusable, and well-documented code following software engineering best practices. 

• Work with relational and/or NoSQL databases to design schemas, write queries, and optimise data access. 

• Participate in system design, technical discussions, code reviews, and architecture improvements. 

• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application issues across development, testing, and production environments. 

• Improve application performance, reliability, scalability, observability, and security. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile development environment to deliver high-quality software on schedule. 

• Support continuous integration, continuous delivery, automated testing, and deployment practices. 

Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. 

• Hands-on backend development experience using Java. 

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and software design principles. 

• Experience with Java frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Framework, or similar backend frameworks. 

• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and integrating backend services with frontend or external systems. 

• Familiarity with SQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server. 

• Experience with version control tools such as Git. 

• Good understanding of unit testing, integration testing, debugging, and code quality practices. 

• Knowledge of Agile development practices and working in collaborative engineering teams. 

• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills. 

Good to Have 

• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems. 

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. 

• Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes. 

• Knowledge of messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies. 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment, and DevOps practices. 

• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools. 

• Understanding of secure coding practices, authentication, authorisation, and application security principles.