Senior Java Developer

Job Description:

• Contribute to migration and modernization initiatives from legacy Big Data components to the target platform.
• Analyze existing data and service flows to preserve key business outcomes while improving architecture quality and maintainability.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java services using strong object-oriented principles and clean coding standards.
• Build and support Spring Boot applications on modern Java runtimes.
• Implement architecture patterns including microservices, layered design, and event-driven communication.
• Write and maintain BDD scenarios and automation using Cucumber and Gherkin.
• Collaborate within Agile Scrum teams through sprint planning, delivery, and continuous improvement cycles.
• Containerize and deploy workloads with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Contribute to delivery pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and GitOps deployment workflows with ArgoCD.
• Partner with product, architecture, and operations teams to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable delivery.
• Contribute to a collaborative engineering culture focused on quality, documentation, and continuous learning.

Requirements:

Education and experience:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience as a Java Developer, including significant hands-on experience in enterprise application development.
• Demonstrated experience in senior-level responsibilities such as technical decision-making, cross-team coordination, and mentoring.

Core required skills and experience:

• Solid experience as a Java Developer with strong object-oriented programming fundamentals.
• Experience and comfort with Domain Driven Design, including bounded contexts, aggregates, entities, value objects and domain models.
• Proficiency in Java Design Patterns (for example: Singleton, Factory, Builder, Observer, Strategy).
• Experience in software architecture design (microservices, layered, event-driven architectures).
• Hands-on experience with the latest JDK and Spring Boot framework.
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies and sprint-based delivery.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools: Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Working knowledge of databases and storage: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and AWS S3.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and ArgoCD for GitOps-based deployments.
• Experience writing and maintaining BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) tests (for example: Cucumber, Gherkin).

Engineering and delivery expectations:

• Strong ability to translate functional requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of secure coding principles, resiliency patterns, and production-readiness practices.
• Experience performing code reviews, driving coding standards, and improving overall software quality.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across development, integration, and production environments.
• Practical experience balancing delivery speed, technical debt, and long-term maintainability.

Domain knowledge (advantageous):

• Experience or exposure to the payments, finance, or banking domain is a strong plus.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Big Data technologies (for example: Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into daily development workflows improve productivity, code quality, and documentation.