Java Technical Specialist - RESTful API, Spring Boot

Job Summary

Contribute to the architectural design, development, and deployment of Java/J2EE applications, RESTful services, and Spring Boot projects as a Technical Specialist. Your primary responsibility will be to lead and drive the technical aspects of projects, ensuring high-quality solutions are delivered.

Key Responsibilities

**Job Description  **

• Designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable microservices using Java 17 and Spring Boot framework

• Building reactive and non-blocking applications leveraging Spring Web Flux to handle high-concurrency workloads efficiently

• Developing and consuming RESTful APIs following industry best practices and ensuring proper documentation

• Implementing event-driven architecture using IBM MQ and Apache Kafka for seamless asynchronous communication between services

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including front-end developers, architects, and product owners to deliver end-to-end solutions

• Writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code adhering to coding standards and best practices. Participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and ensuring code quality across the team

• Troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing effective fixes

• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for optimization and automation

Skill Requirements

Skill Proficiency Expected (Mandatory)

• Java 17 - Expert-level understanding of Java 17 features including records, sealed classes, pattern matching, and enhanced switch expressions

• Spring Boot - Strong hands-on experience in building production-grade applications using Spring Boot

• Spring Web Flux - Proficiency in developing reactive, non-blocking applications using Spring Web Flux and Project Reactor

• REST APIs - Expertise in designing, developing, and securing RESTful APIs with proper versioning and error handling

• Microservices - Solid experience in microservices architecture including service discovery, API gateway, circuit breakers, and distributed tracing

• IBM MQ - Hands-on experience with IBM MQ for enterprise messaging and integration

• Apache Kafka - Strong knowledge of Kafka for building event-driven systems, including producers, consumers, and stream processing

Other Requirements

Skill Proficiency Expected (Good To Have)

• MongoDB - Experience with MongoDB for NoSQL database design, queries, and aggregation pipelines

• AWS Cloud

• Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, and RDS

• Open Shift

• Experience deploying and managing applications on Open Shift or similar container platforms

• Kubernetes

• Knowledge of Kubernetes for container orchestration, deployments, and scaling

• Helm

• Experience with Helm charts for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment

• Harness

• Familiarity with Harness for continuous delivery and deployment automation