Senior Java EE Developer

Pretoria, South Africa | Posted on 03/08/2026

We are looking for an experienced Senior Java EEDeveloper with 7+ years of hands-on enterprise Java development experience. Theideal candidate will have a strong background in building secure, scalable, andhigh-performance backend systems within complex enterprise environments. Youwill contribute to solution architecture, lead development efforts, andcollaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust businessapplications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade backendapplications using Java EE/Jakarta EE standards.
  
• Build and optimize APIs, microservices, and integrationlayers using frameworks such as Spring / Spring Boot, JAX-RS, JPA, EJB,Hibernate.
  
• Develop and maintain high-performance server-sidecomponents and batch processing workflows.
  
• Implement unit tests, integration tests, and ensure codequality through best practices and standards.
  
• Participate in solution architecture design sessions fornew and existing systems.
  
• Contribute to the design of scalable, modular, andresilient backend architectures.
  
• Identify performance bottlenecks and recommend systemimprovements.
  
• Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL,Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server.
  
• Develop efficient SQL queries, stored procedures, and ORMmappings.
  
• Ensure data integrity, performance, and security.
  
• Integrate systems using REST, SOAP, JMS, Kafka, or othermessaging platforms.
  
• Develop and maintain middleware components and enterpriseintegration patterns (EIP).
  
• Work with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions,GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, etc.).
  
• Build containerized services using Docker; experiencewith Kubernetes is a plus.
  
• Experience deploying Java applications in AWS, Azure, oron-premise environments.
  
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation/configurationtools is considered an advantage.
  
• Implement application security best practices(authentication, authorization, OWASP standards).
  
• Work with identity providers (OAuth2, SSO, JWT, Keycloak,Azure AD, etc.).
  
• Lead development streams and mentor junior developers.
  
• Conduct code reviews and enforce development standards.
  
• Work closely with business analysts, testers, and productowners.
  

Requirements

Requirements

• Strong experience in Java EE/Jakarta EE, Spring, SpringBoot, and ORM frameworks.
  
• Strong experience with DevOps and ability to build andmanage pipelines and support development.
  
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, microservicesarchitecture, and enterprise integration.
  
• In depth AWS experience with experience encompassingservices like API Gateway, EC2, Lambda, etc.
  
• Strong SQL and database design experience.
  
• Experience with message brokers (JMS, Kafka, RabbitMQ)and service-oriented architectures.
  
• Experience with Git and CI/CD automation.
  
• Experience deploying and monitoring Java applications incloud or hybrid environments.
  
• Experience with Kubernetes / OpenShift, Apache Camel,MuleSoft, or other integration frameworks
  
• Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk)
  
• Caching frameworks (Redis, Hazelcast)
  
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) are beneficial.