Senior Java Spring Boot Developer

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Spring Boot Developer to join a high-performing engineering team responsible for designing, developing, and enhancing enterprise-grade applications. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance backend solutions while collaborating closely with architects, business analysts, DevOps engineers, and cross-functional teams.

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about clean code, modern software engineering practices, cloud technologies, and API-driven development.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications using Java and Spring Boot.
  
• Build and maintain secure, scalable RESTful APIs and microservices.
  
• Develop cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services.
  
• Apply software design patterns and object-oriented design principles to build maintainable and extensible applications.
  
• Collaborate with solution architects to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  
• Participate in system design sessions and technical discussions.
  
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
  
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex production issues.
  
• Ensure applications meet security, performance, scalability, and reliability standards.
  
• Work closely with DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
  
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
  
• Continuously improve development standards, coding practices, and engineering processes.
  

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
  
• Minimum 7+ years of Java development experience.
  
• Minimum 5+ years of experience developing applications using Spring Boot.
  
• Proven experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
  
• Strong experience building Microservices architecture.
  
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
  

Technical Skills

Core Technologies

• Java 11/17+
  
• Spring Boot
  
• Spring Framework
  
• Spring Security
  
• Spring Data JPA
  
• Hibernate
  
• REST API Development
  
• Microservices Architecture
  

Cloud

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  
• AWS Lambda
  
• API Gateway
  
• ECS/EKS
  
• EC2
  
• S3
  
• RDS
  
• CloudWatch
  
• IAM
  

Software Design

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  
• SOLID Principles
  
• Design Patterns (Factory, Strategy, Builder, Singleton, Observer, etc.)
  
• Domain-Driven Design (advantageous)
  

Databases

• PostgreSQL
  
• Oracle
  
• MySQL
  
• SQL Server
  
• NoSQL databases (MongoDB/DynamoDB advantageous)
  

Integration

• REST APIs
  
• JSON
  
• Swagger/OpenAPI
  
• API Security
  
• OAuth2
  
• JWT
  

DevOps & Tools

• Git
  
• Maven
  
• Gradle
  
• Jenkins
  
• Docker
  
• Kubernetes
  
• CI/CD Pipelines
  
• SonarQube
  

Testing

• JUnit
  
• Mockito
  
• Integration Testing
  
• Unit Testing
  
• API Testing
  

Desired Experience

• Experience delivering enterprise-scale applications.
  
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
  
• Experience with messaging platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ is advantageous.
  
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools.
  
• Experience with performance tuning and application optimization.
  
• Exposure to secure software development practices.
  

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  
• Excellent com