Software Engineer II

At SmartBear, we believe building great software starts with quality—and we're helping our customers make that happen every day. Our solution hubs—SmartBear API Hub, SmartBear Insight Hub, and SmartBear Test Hub, featuring HaloAI, bring visibility and automation to software development, making it easier for teams to deliver high-quality software faster. SmartBear is trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft.

Software Engineer II – JAVA

QMetry Test Management

• Solve challenging business problems and build highly scalable applications
• Design, document and implement new systems in Java 17/21
• Develop backend services and REST APIs using Java, Spring, and JSON

Product intro:
QMetry is undergoing a transformation to better align our products to the end users' requirements while maintaining our market leading position and strong brand reputation across the Test Management Vertical.

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About the Role:
As a Software Engineer II, you will be key in developing high-performance and secure backend services using Java/J2EE technologies. You will be responsible for building robust REST APIs using Spring, Hibernate, and JPA, ensuring scalability, performance, and security in a fast-paced agile environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver quality software solutions, apply strong analytical skills to resolve issues efficiently, and contribute to code reviews, testing, and documentation. Your day-to-day work will involve working with relational databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, web servers like Tomcat, and potentially AWS services such as EC2, RDS, and S3.

Responsibilities:

• Develop scalable and secure Java applications using Spring, Hibernate, and JPA
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services
• Analyze and resolve bugs and performance bottlenecks efficiently
• Work with relational databases and web/application servers
• Follow Agile development methodologies and actively participate in sprints

Experience and Skills Required:

• 4–7 years of hands-on Java backend development experience
• Strong understanding of OOP concepts and core Java design patterns
• Proficient in Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate, JPA
• Solid experience with RDBMS like MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with web servers such as Tomcat
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, Route53, EB) is a plus
• Exposure to build tools like Maven, Gradle, and Ant
• Knowledge of Linux and scripting is an added advantage

Personal Attributes:

• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Ability to write clean, readable, and maintainable Java code
• Self-motivated and able to work independently or within a team
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams
• Quick learner with a proactive and collaborative mindset

Why you should join the SmartBear crew:

• You can grow your career at every level.
• We invest in your success as well as the spaces where our teams come together to work, collaborate, and have fun.
• We love celebrating our SmartBears; we even encourage our crew to take their birthdays off.
• We are guided by a People and Culture organization - an important distinction for us. We think about our team holistically – the whole person.
• We celebrate our differences in experiences, viewpoints, and identities because we know it leads to better outcomes.

Did you know:

• Our main goal at SmartBear is to make our technology-driven world a better place.
• SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve.
• SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, MA with offices across the world including Galway Ireland, Bath, UK, Wroclaw, Poland, Ahmedabad and Bangalore India.
• We've won major industry (product and company) awards including B2B Innovators Award, Content Marketing Association, IntellyX Digital Innovator and Built-in Best Places to Work.

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