Job Purpose
An ideal candidate will be an experienced full stack developer who understands the end-to-end stack, with a strong emphasis on Java, J2EE, and Spring frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, enhance, and maintain backend services for core banking and digital channels.
- Translate business and technical requirements into clean, maintainable code.
- Collaborate with product owners, architects, QA, and DevOps to deliver features on schedule.
- Write tests, perform code reviews, and uphold engineering standards and best practices.
- Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and deliver long-term fixes.
- Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Contribute to technical design discussions and mentor junior developers when needed.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience). Relevant certification is an advantage.
Relevant Work Experience
- 5–7 years of relevant Java development experience in enterprise environments.
- Proven experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL databases, and distributed systems concepts.
- Exposure to cloud/container technologies is a plus.
- Experience in banking, payments, or other regulated industries is preferred.
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Required Competencies and Skills
Design and development experience with OOD/MVC design, Java/J2EE, web services, RESTful APIs, JSON, XML, Linux/Unix development tools, and scripting languages (Python, Perl, JavaScript). Solid understanding of RDBMS data models; knowledge of more than one database is essential.
Technical/Functional Skills:
- 5–7 years of hands-on experience in Java backend development.
- Strong proficiency in Java 11+ and Spring Boot for building scalable services.
- Solid experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
- Good understanding of SQL, data modeling, and performance tuning in relational databases.
- Familiarity with messaging/event-driven architecture (for example, Kafka or RabbitMQ).
- Working knowledge of CI/CD, Git, and automated testing (unit/integration).
- Good grasp of secure coding practices, API security, and production support.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in Agile teams.
Personal Skills (Soft Competencies – Core/Leadership):
- Self-starter and motivated, with the ability to work in a fast-paced Rapid Application Development environment; able to handle multiple development tasks and assignments simultaneously.
- Skilled in communicating complex information with business and technical stakeholders as appropriate.
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Result-focused, with critical and strategic viewpoints.
