Position Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Java API Developer to design, develop, and optimize scalable backend services and RESTful APIs. You will play a key role in architecting secure, high-performance systems, mentoring junior developers, and driving engineering best practices across the team.

This role requires strong hands-on coding ability, architectural thinking, and experience building production-grade APIs in cloud or enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.

• Architect secure, high-availability backend systems with performance optimization in mind.

• Implement clean, testable, and maintainable code following SOLID principles.

• Optimize application performance, troubleshoot bottlenecks, and resolve production issues.

• Collaborate with frontend developers, DevOps, QA, and product teams to deliver high quality features.

• Participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews.

• Implement API security standards (OAuth2, JWT, API Gateway policies).

• Ensure code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and code reviews.

• Mentor junior developers and promote engineering best practices.

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps improvements.

Technical Requirements

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience.

• Strong expertise in Java (8/11/17+).

• Solid experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security.

• Hands-on experience building RESTful APIs.

• Experience with microservices architecture.

• Strong knowledge of SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle) and ORM frameworks

(Hibernate/JPA).

• Experience with API security (OAuth2, JWT).

• Familiarity with Git, Maven/Gradle.

• Experience working with Docker and CI/CD pipelines..

• Strong understanding of data structures, concurrency, and multithreading.

Good to Have

• Experience with Kafka or RabbitMQ.

• Cloud deployment experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

• Kubernetes knowledge.

• Experience with API documentation tools (Swagger / OpenAPI).

• Experience in fintech or high-transaction systems.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Proactive mindset with ownership mentality

Working hours:

Mon to Fri 9am-6pm

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