Job Description:
Senior Engineer Java / Spring Boot / AWS (46 years)
About The Role
You will contribute to building and enhancing microservices using Java/Spring Boot deployed on AWS. The role focuses on backend development, testing, production stability, and collaboration across engineering and functional teams.
Required Skills
- Strong knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservice fundamentals.
- Experience with core AWS services (API Gateway, ECS/EKS, Lambda, or CloudWatch).
- Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and SQL.
- Handson experience with JUnit/Mockito and CI/CD workflows.
- Experience using GitHub Copilot or similar AI tools for development productivity.
- Basic familiarity with API Gateway, event streaming (Kafka), or rules engines (Drools/Blaze).
- Understanding of Docker or Kubernetes concepts.
- Exposure to application monitoring tools like Splunk/CloudWatch/ArgoCD
- Experience with tools Postman, Sonarqube
Responsibilities
- Translate user stories into clean, maintainable code using Java and Spring Boot.
- Participate in design discussions, propose technical solutions, and evaluate tradeoffs.
- Build microservices with proper validation, logging, exception handling, and performance hygiene.
- Assist with database modeling, writing queries, and creating tables, functions, or stored procedures.
- Write unit tests and participate actively in peer code reviews.
- Support UAT by clarifying requirements, reproducing issues, and validating fixes.
- Contribute to production issue troubleshooting with logs, metrics, and dashboards.
- Maintain Jira stories, documentation, and API specifications.
- Use AI tools like GitHub Copilot to speed up coding, testing, refactoring, and documentation.
- Demonstrate strong communication, learning mindset, reliability, and collaboration
Qualifications
- 46 years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
Location:
This position can be based in any of the following locations:
Chennai
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