Senior Java Developer IRC298565

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Java Engineer to join our innovative development team. You will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable applications and services. This role requires deep expertise in modern Java ecosystems, microservice architectures, and distributed systems design patterns.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, primarily in Java/JEE.
• Expert proficiency with the Spring Framework, including Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
• Proven experience in designing and building Microservices and highly distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of common architectural and scaling patterns:
• Kafka & Scaling: Experience with message brokers, guaranteeing message order, and implementing idempotency.
• Saga Pattern: Practical application of distributed transactions for eventual consistency across microservices.
• CQRS: Understanding of Command Query Responsibility Segregation and managing eventual consistency.
• Orchestration vs Choreography: Ability to choose and implement appropriate service coordination strategies.
• Solid experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Strong experience designing, documenting, and implementing APIs (RESTful services).
• Hands-on experience with Cloud Computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools, specifically Jenkins.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with other SDLC tools (e.g., Git, Jira, Confluence).
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a high-performing team.
• Demonstrated experience in driving projects from Zero to Prod (concept to production).

Job responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical applications using Java, Spring Boot, and JEE technologies.
• Implement and manage microservices, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability by leveraging core microservices patterns (e.g., Service Discovery, Circuit Breaker, API Gateway, and CQRS).
• Design and build robust, secure, and well-documented APIs (REST/gRPC) and manage inter-service communication using synchronous and asynchronous (event-driven) messaging patterns.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, DevOps, QA) to define, design, and ship new features.
• Drive the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline using tools like Jenkins.
• Architect and implement solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in coding, testing, and system design.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to established standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across various system components.
• Excellent understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) to support distributed microservices architectures.

What we offer:

Our goal is to build an inclusive positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering our people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences – providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region also supports a hybrid model which can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by our business, customer and individual needs. You’ll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), and discounted gym memberships. We offer a fantastic benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives. Colleagues are entitled to an annual volunteering day – so you can take time to support a cause close to your heart. We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.