Develop and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot backend applications, microservices, and RESTful APIs. Responsibilities include database integration, code reviews, performance optimization, production troubleshooting, testing, CI/CD, cloud deployment, and collaboration with product, QA, and DevOps teams.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Java Spring Boot Developer to join our software development team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in building scalable, high-performance backend applications using Java and Spring Boot. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining microservices and RESTful APIs that power our enterprise applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build RESTful APIs and integrate with front-end applications and third-party services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, QA engineers, and DevOps.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Optimize application performance and scalability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes and tools.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Strong J2EE.
- Strong proficiency in Spring Boot and related Spring frameworks (Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security).
- Experience with RESTful API design and development.
- Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and ORM tools (e.g., Hibernate).
- Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Understanding of containerization (Docker) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
- Experience designing, developing, deploying and operating scalable java microservices on cloud preferably on GCP.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Knowledge of unit testing and test-driven development (JUnit, Mockito).
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 40,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 140,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.
Photon San Francisco, California, USA Office
San Francisco, United States
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