Java Developer - Workflow Orchestration

Java Developer – Workflow Orchestration in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

We seek a backend developer with strong experience in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST API, and workflow orchestration platforms such as Orkes Conductor or Netflix Conductor.

Position: Java Developer – Workflow Orchestration

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Industry: IT and Services

Function: IT-Software Development

Experience: 4–8 years

Employment Type: Full‑time

Estimated Salary: AED18,000–30,000 per month

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Create, configure, manage, and optimize workflows using Orkes Conductor or Netflix Conductor.
• Build reliable workflow orchestration logic to automate business processes across multiple backend services.
• Integrate Java services with RESTful APIs, external systems, message queues, and third‑party services.
• Work with DevOps, QA, SRE, product, and engineering teams to deliver stable and scalable backend solutions.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and system‑level tests to improve code quality and deployment confidence.
• Monitor backend services, workflow executions, logs, alerts, and dashboards to maintain system health.
• Troubleshoot workflow failures, service errors, API issues, queue delays, and performance bottlenecks.
• Provide L2 and L3 support for Java microservices, Conductor workflows, and production incidents.
• Investigate root causes of technical issues and deliver practical fixes, workarounds, or long‑term improvements.
• Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams on deployment, scaling, release management, and operational readiness.
• Support CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.
• Assist development teams in integrating, testing, and operating Conductor workflows within backend applications.
• Participate in on‑call rotations to support high availability, quick incident response, and service reliability.
• Maintain clean technical documentation for workflows, service integrations, support procedures, and troubleshooting steps.

• Strong professional experience in Java development, preferably using Java8 or higher.
• Hands‑on experience with Orkes Conductor or Netflix Conductor for workflow orchestration.
• Solid understanding of Spring Boot, REST APIs, backend service design, and microservices architecture.
• Experience working with message queues such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging platforms.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or related DevOps platforms.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, containerized deployments, and modern application delivery practices.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools used to track system performance and reliability.
• Ability to debug distributed systems, investigate production issues, and resolve workflow or service failures.
• Strong analytical skills with a practical approach to root‑cause analysis and incident handling.
• Comfortable working with DevOps, QA, SRE, product teams, and application developers in a fast‑paced environment.
• Good communication and coordination skills for production support, technical discussions, and cross‑team delivery.
• A reliability‑focused mindset with awareness of uptime, scalability, performance, and operational stability.

• Java, Java8 or higher
• Spring Boot
• Microservices architecture
• Orkes Conductor, Netflix Conductor
• Workflow orchestration
• Backend development
• RESTful APIs
• External service integration
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, message queues
• CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions)
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Unit, integration, system testing
• Production and incident support (L2, L3)
• Root‑cause analysis, monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards
• DevOps collaboration, SRE coordination, technical documentation