Software Java Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

• Develop scalable full-stack solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and modern frontend frameworks (React/Angular).
• Design and optimize high-performance APIs with security, caching, and fault tolerance.
• Develop robust backend services with efficient database interactions.
• Build responsive UI with seamless backend integration.
• Automate CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable software delivery.
• Lead cloud-native deployments with containerization, auto-scaling, and cost optimization.
• Enforce Quality-first engineering: Unit, integration, and ensure high code quality with SonarQube.
• Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and drive technical excellence across the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

Contributing Responsibilities

• Contribute to technical design discussions and architecture decisions, particularly around API design, data layer, and system integration
• Participate in code reviews and enforce clean code and quality gate standards
• Support knowledge transfer and capability building within the India Solutions team
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, QA, infrastructure) on integration and delivery
• Contribute to improving DevSecOps maturity and SDLC practices within the team

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• Autonomy & Ownership: Ability to work autonomously and take end-to-end ownership of backend components
• Industry Expertise: Experience in large-scale regulated enterprise environments (banking/financial services preferred)
• Collaboration & Communication: Strong collaborative and communication skills to work in a global team

Specific Qualifications

Experience Level: 611 years

• 5+ years with Java backend development at enterprise scale
• 4+ years with Spring Boot/Spring MVC in production environments
• Demonstrated experience with API design (REST/HATEOAS), Spring Security, and database optimization
• Familiarity with frontend integration using Angular/TypeScript/React
• Experience with legacy system refactoring to target architecture
• Active use of AI coding assistants in daily workflow

Domain Experience

• Banking, financial services, or similarly regulated enterprise environments preferred
• Experience in GCC or offshore delivery models advantageous
• Exposure to high-volume, high-availability backend systems

Technical Skills Required:

Core Java & JDK 21+

• Strong data structures,
• dynamic programming,
• Core Java annotations, functional programming (lambdas, streams),
• Basic concurrency (synchronized, Atomic classes),
• Collections mastery,
• logging frameworks and best practices

Spring Ecosystem

• Spring Boot (auto-configuration),
• Spring MVC (REST APIs),
• Hibernate (entity mapping, caching),
• Spring Data JPA,
• Spring Security (OAuth2, JWT, MTLS)

Database

• Advanced SQL (joins, indexing, query optimization),
• JPA (@Entity, @OneToMany),
• caching strategies (Redis, write-behind),
• CAP theorem and System design awareness

Design & Architecture

• Layered architecture (controller service repo),
• Clean Code (SOLID, DRY),
• AccessControl, Role-Based Security and Multi-tenancy design and implementation,
• RESTful API Design (HATEOAS),
• Distributed computing and messaging system experience

DevOps

• Docker (Dockerfiles), CI/CD (Jenkins),
• Cloud basics (AWS EC2, S3),
• Basic security scanning (image and dependency checks)

Testing & Quality

• JUnit 5, TDD/BDD (Cucumber),
• Selenium, SonarQube,
• Mockito, WireMock, JaCoCo

Frontend

Proficient working within existing Angular/TypeScript/NodeJS/NPM frameworks.

AI Tools

Daily use of AI DevAssistants (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate implementation across all skill areas

Behavioral Skills

• Eagerness to solve a problem area/ challenging topic and make a difference.
• Cross-functional collaboration across frontend, QA, and infrastructure teams
• Structured communication of technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders
• Adaptability to legacy and greenfield environments

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Advanced Spring Security patterns (MTLS at infrastructure level)
• Microservices architecture and service mesh basics