Senior Backend Engineer

Experience

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in

  backend development

  with

  Java

  and

  Spring Boot

  framework
• 6+ years of experience in designing, developing, and deploying

  microservice architectures

  using

  Spring Boot

• 6+ years of experience with

  microservices architecture

  and

  distributed systems

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy

  scalable multi-service applications

  using

  Spring Boot

  with focus on high availability, performance security.
• Architect and implement

  RESTful APIs

  and

  event-driven microservices

  to support complex business requirements.
• Build and maintain

  distributed systems

  with proper service discovery, load balancing, and fault tolerance mechanisms.
• Design and optimize

  database schemas

  for both

  relational

  (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and

  NoSQL

  (such as MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra) databases.
• Implement

  message queue systems

  using

  Kafka

  ,

  RabbitMQ

  , or

  AWS SQS

  for asynchronous communication between services.
• Develop

  CI/CD pipelines

  for automated testing, deployment, and monitoring of backend services.
• Optimize application performance through

  caching strategies

  ,

  database query optimization

  , and

  asynchronous processing

  .
• Ensure

  security best practices,

  including authentication, authorization, data encryption, and protection against common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10).
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to containerize applications using

  Docker

  and orchestrate using

  Kubernetes

  for cloud deployments.
• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews to maintain high code quality standards.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in

  Computer Science

  ,

  Software Engineering

  , or a related field.
• Proven expertise in

  Java

  with a strong foundation in

  object-oriented programming

  ,

  SOLID principles

  , and

  design patterns

  .
• Deep hands-on experience with the

  Spring Boot ecosystem,

  including

  Spring Data JPA

  ,

  Spring Security

  ,

  Spring Cloud

  , and

  Spring Batch

  .
• Proven experience in high level and low level

  system architecture

  designs
• Demonstrated experience in developing and deploying

  multi-service architectures

  with proper service boundaries and inter-service communication.
• Solid understanding of

  microservices design patterns

  , including API Gateway, Circuit Breaker, Saga, CQRS, and Event Sourcing.
• Proficiency with

  containerization

  using

  Docker

  and orchestration using

  Kubernetes

  or

  AWS ECS/EKS

  .
• Experience with

  cloud platforms

  such as

  AWS

  ,

  GCP

  , or

  Azure,

  including services like EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, and API Gateway.
• Strong knowledge of

  message brokers

  (

  Kafka

  ,

  RabbitMQ

  ,

  ActiveMQ

  ) and implementing event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in

  database design and optimization

  for both SQL and NoSQL databases, including indexing, partitioning, and replication strategies.
• Hands-on experience with

  caching solutions

  such as

  Redis

  ,

  Memcached

  , or

  Hazelcast

  for improving application performance.
• Experience with

  monitoring and observability tools

  such as

  Prometheus

  ,

  Grafana

  ,

  ELK Stack

  ,

  Datadog

  , or

  New Relic

  .
• Strong understanding of

  authentication and authorization

  mechanisms, including

  OAuth 2.0

  ,

  JWT

  ,

  SAML

  , and

  SSO

  .
• Experience with

  testing frameworks,

  including

  JUnit

  ,

  Mockito

  ,

  TestContainers

  , and

  integration testing

  strategies.
• Familiarity with

  CI/CD tools

  such as

  Jenkins

  ,

  GitLab CI

  ,

  GitHub Actions

  , or

  CircleCI

  .
• Knowledge of

  API documentation tools

  such as

  Swagger/OpenAPI

  ,

  Postman

  , or

  SpringDoc

  .
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex issues in distributed systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, make architectural decisions, and mentor team members.