Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Java Engineer to join our innovative development team. You will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable applications and services. This role requires deep expertise in modern Java ecosystems, microservice architectures, and distributed systems design patterns.
Requirements
Core Development
7+ years of professional software development experience, primarily in Java/JEE.
Expert proficiency with the Spring Framework, including Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, and Spring Data.
Proven experience in designing and building Microservices and highly distributed systems.
Deep understanding of common architectural and scaling patterns:
Kafka & Scaling: Experience with message brokers, guaranteeing message order, and implementing idempotency.
Saga Pattern: Practical application of distributed transactions for eventual consistency across microservices.
CQRS: Understanding of Command Query Responsibility Segregation and managing eventual consistency.
Orchestration vs Choreography: Ability to choose and implement appropriate service coordination strategies.
Solid experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).
Strong experience designing, documenting, and implementing APIs (RESTful services). DevOps & Cloud
Hands-on experience with Cloud Computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Proficiency with CI/CD tools, specifically Jenkins, for automation of build, test, and deployment processes.
Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with other SDLC tools (e.g., Git, Jira, Confluence). Soft Skills
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a high-performing team.
Demonstrated experience in driving projects from Zero to Prod (concept to production
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Lead the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical applications using Java, Spring Boot, and JEE technologies.
Implement and manage microservices, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability by leveraging core microservices patterns (e.g., Service Discovery, Circuit Breaker, API Gateway, and CQRS).
Design and build robust, secure, and well-documented APIs (REST/gRPC) and manage inter-service communication using synchronous and asynchronous (event-driven) messaging patterns
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, DevOps, QA) to define, design, and ship new features.
Drive the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline using tools like Jenkins.
Architect and implement solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in coding, testing, and system design.
Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to established standards.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across various system components.
Excellent understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) to support distributed microservices architectures.
What we offer
Our goal is to build an inclusive positive culture where everyone can feel comfortable being themselves, empowering people to create their own high standards and therefore more value. We work together to promote fairness while recognising, valuing and embracing differences – providing a transparent support structure and generous training budget to help our people develop skills to progress their career. Our region supports a hybrid model that can flex across a wide spectrum of working options determined by business, customer and individual needs.
You'll benefit from a comprehensive health and wellness plan, private healthcare (clinical and mental wellbeing), discounted gym memberships, and in office yoga sessions and massages. We offer a fantastic benefits package including a competitive pension scheme and recognition schemes through bonus/reward initiatives. Colleagues are entitled to an annual volunteering day – so you can take time to support a cause close to your heart. We also love to stay social with trips to the zoo, quiz nights, sports events, theatre trips and much more.
We are an equal opportunities employer. It is our policy to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and we actively welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition. As users of the Disability Confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for this vacancy.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments. If you require any adjustments for the application process, the interview, or the job itself, or if you need this information in an accessible format, please contact [email protected].
About GlobalLogic
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a trusted digital engineering partner to the world’s largest and most forward-thinking companies. Since 2000, we’ve been at the forefront of the digital revolution – helping create some of the most innovative and widely used digital products and experiences. Today we continue to collaborate with clients in transforming businesses and redefining industries through intelligent products, platforms, and services.
