Java Developer - 6+ months contract

Position - Java Developer

Location - Chennai, Pune & Gurgaon

Type - Contract to hire

Work as a software developer in a small Agile team delivering solutions onsite for customers focussed on migrating their customers’ legacy relational-based Java applications to a more modern cloud-based architecture running on MongoDB, leveraging the latest GenAI tools and approaches to accelerate this process. During each project, successful candidates will be required to innovate on potential new GenAI-based solutions for specific challenges in addition to applying existing playbooks and tooling for migration.

Position Expectations

• Be open to adopting new technologies and approaches on projects as they evolve, especially those relating to GenAI advancements.
• Stay at the forefront of the industry by staying abreast of the latest GenAI advancements and leveraging cutting-edge developments to fulfill migration projects.
• Participates as a software developer on small Agile teams, delivering software-based solutions for migrating and modernizing customer legacy applications to MongoDB.
• Follow existing best practice migration playbooks where applicable and be prepared to innovate to fill in gaps with creative solutions to solve challenges on each specific project.
• Actively participate in sprint grooming, planning, and showcases with ideas and suggestions.
• Take direction from the technical lead and project manager on projects, raising identified challenges and potential solutions to the team when applicable.
• Study the current state of each legacy application and the desired target state outlined by the customer and contribute to the planning, design, and solution from getting from source state to target state on each project.
• Be prepared to change project direction if customer or account team priorities change.
  

Requirements

• Experience : 3 to 5 years’ of experience working as a software developer.
• Proficiency in Core Java: Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP), data structures, and algorithms.
• Frameworks: Experience with Spring (including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Security), and Hibernate.
• Database Management: Familiarity with SQL and experience with databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Version Control: Proficiency with Git.
• Software Design Patterns: Understanding and application of common design patterns.
• Problem Solving: Ability to analyze and solve technical problems effectively.
• Communication and Collaboration: Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with team members.
• Testing: Experience with unit testing frameworks like JUnit.
• Mentorship: May be expected to mentor junior developers.
• Code Quality: Focus on writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and related tools.
  

Nice-to-have Skills

• Working knowledge of microservices architectures and Domain-Driven Design approaches.
• Some experience and knowledge of Python.
• Some experience and knowledge of JavaScript/Node.js.
• Some experience and knowledge of ORMs like Hibernate or JPA.
• Extra bonus skills (if missing, we will provide rapid onboarding enablement on these):
• Some experience in nascent GenAI technologies and approaches, such as using OpenAI API with GPT LLMs
• Practical experience of using MongoDB
  

Skills: junit,postgresql,spring boot,algorithms,oops,oracle,collaboration,spring mvc,git,java,spring,spring security,problem solving,ci/cd,core java,communication,hibernate,data structures,springboot,sql,software design patterns,object-oriented programming (oop),mysql