Java Backend Developer

Job Description: : For our team, we are seeking a candidate with strong proficiency in Core Java and Advanced Java concepts, including multithreading, collections, JDBC, and design patterns. The ideal candidate will have an in-depth understanding and hands-on experience with the Spring ecosystem. Additionally, practical experience with Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and message brokering is essential. A solid knowledge of AWS services, particularly S3, ECS, and SNS—including their integrations, configuration, and management—is also required to effectively contribute to our projects.

Technical skills and Experience:

·           Proficient in Java 17 or other JVM languages.

·           At least 4 years of software development

·           Advanced Java concepts, including multithreading, collections, JDBC, and design patterns.

·           In-depth understanding and hands-on experience with the Spring ecosystem.

·           Knowledge of AWS services, particularly S3, SQS, and SNS—including their integration, configuration, and management.

·           At least 1-2 years of Kubernetes experience and AWS experience with deep understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, Minikube and AWS.

·           Good understanding on CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Github Action.

·           Good working understanding of asynchronous messaging frameworks like Preferably Kafka / RabbitMQ.

·           Great understanding of distributed systems challenges, micro-service-based architectures and asynchronized communication.

·           Exposure to REST API and gRPC

·           Experience and good understanding of implement alerting, metrics, and logging using tools like Prometheus, CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk or Kibana.

·           Practical knowledge of contract first development model and ability to design API contracts before starting development.

·           Practical knowledge of persistence (SQL & No-SQL) and caching solutions such as Mysql, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, Caffeine.

·           Good understanding of database modelling and fine tune database queries for optimal performance.

·           Good understanding with asynchronous, non-blocking, functional/reactive style of programming.

·           Hands-on experience with frameworks such as Spring WebFlux, Vert.x,

Soft Skills:

·        Ability to clearly and effectively communicate ideas both verbally and in writing in a

·        global team setting.

·        Willingness to proactively collaborate within your team, within the commerce org and reaching out across teams where necessary with Product, Finance and other stakeholders

·        Strong sense of ownership both for the quality of software but also for the project outcomes and impact on the business.

·        Openness to new ideas and ability to pick them up and put them into practice quickly.